With a recording session scheduled in Nashville, a new music video set to debut a few days later and a Deep South concert tour with his four-man band taking shape for late spring, the stars finally seemed to be aligning for 44-year-old country singer-songwriter James Cazad.
But, like a story twist in a sad country song, fate had other plans for the Wayne County native.
On Tuesday, while shoveling snow at his day job with a Huntington landscaping business, Cazad suffered a massive heart attack and died.
âIt was such a shock,â said Cazadâs manager, Marilyn Young. âHe was headed for better things. We were supposed to be in Nashville next week to record another song.â