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The Happy Together Tour is back in full swing after a three-year hiatus

Live review.

By Chyrisse Tabone, Rock At Night Tampa

Live Review: Happy Together Tour – The Cowsills, The Vogues, The Buckinghams, The Association, Gary Puckett, Ron Dante, The Turtles – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida – June 1, 2022

The Happy Togethe r tour, which was created by David Fishof in the mid-eighties, has become a tradition for many baby boomers who crave the music of the sixties. Every year the tour, which consists of The Turtles (Flo & Eddie) and numerous other 60s pop bands, rolls into cities across the U.S.  Patrons often show up in tie-dye attire and hair-challenged men wear hippie wigs.  Adding to the atmosphere, vendors sell vintage records, cassettes, scented candles, clothing, and pop art memorabilia.

The tour has become a Rock At Night tradition in the last decade. Thanks to COVID, the world hasn’t experienced the tour since 2019 (our last show experience was 2017).  So the kick-off of the tour at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, had a special significance as baby boomers again met to break bread with their favorite sixties artists.

As I arrived to the theater on June 1 st , the lobby was buzzing with boomers. Having spent a lot of the last two years masked and indoors, it was nice seeing this many seniors out and about—smiling and full of life. A few crochet vests, boots, and of course, tie-dyed shirts were observed, but this year, people seemed to be wearing mostly street attire. Only a few wore face masks since the requirement has been lifted in our state.

The first band that appeared promptly at 7 p.m. was The Cowsills, which consisted of Bob, Paul, and Susan Cowsill.  During the evening The Cowsills sang hits like “The Rain, the Park, And Other Things,” “Indian Lake,” “We Can Fly”, and “Hair/Let the Sunshine In” (from “Aquarius”).  During the “Hair” song the videos on the screen behind the band included ads for Dippity Do, Glemby Girl Salons, and hair styles of the day.

Between songs the band quipped and said, “We changed it up. We’re telling jokes.” Susan Cowsill asked, “Why did the alligator wear a vest?” As the audience shook their heads, she responded, “Because he was an investigator.” After hearing a roar of “ah’s’ and laughter, I knew it would be a nostalgic evening of music and “Dixie Riddle Cup” jokes.

After a short 20-minute set, The Vogues performed crowd favorites like “Special Angel”, “You’re the One”, and “Five O’Clock World”, which was the theme song of the The Drew Carey Show . For the tour, The Vogues consist of Troy Elich, Royce Taylor, and Shawn Stevens. Elich conversed with crowd, saying “As we passed The Cowsills they said, ‘young crowd’.” The last song was a 1968 mega hit for the band, “Turn Around, Look At Me”, which was featured in a Volkswagen commercial in 2019.

The Buckinghams came out looking extremely youthful singing “Hey Baby (They’re Playing Our Song)”, which had everyone dancing in their seats. Original members Nick Fortuna on bass and Carl Giammarese on vocals noted they have performed together for 55 years “because of you allowed us to make our music.” They told stories about performing on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , the Ed Sullivan Show , and backing The Monkees.  They performed “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” and a personal favorite was 1967 hit “Kind of a Drag.”

There was an approximately 20 minute intermission before The Association entered the stage.  The harmonies were beautiful and sounded just like the records I remembered, with hits like “Cherish”, “Windy”, and “Never My Love”.  The Association noted there was controversy when they released their song “And Then Along Comes Mary, which by today’s standards would be a non-issue.  There were plenty of jokes about being “old” during the evening as the band thanked the crowd for “staying up late.”

Gary Puckett came on stage looking extremely fit as he belted out hits like “Lady Willpower, “Over You”, and “This Girl is a Woman Now”.  He noted, “I can’t hit the high notes now” but his voice was actually powerful and spot on.  Before introducing “Young Girl”, he thanked the crowd for “making it a humongous hit by putting out your 49 cents” and added “I am a neighbor and live here in Clearwater.” He said his personal favorite song is “Woman, Woman”—and one cannot argue with that.

Last up, The Turtles came on stage, with Flo (Mark Volman) wearing a vest comprised of Snoopy and Peanuts characters and saying, “We missed you. My paycheck went out the window and I haven’t seen it since you left.” Flo was hysterically funny as he played the old, absent-minded curmudgeon most of the evening.  Unfortunately, Eddie (Howard Kaylan) was not present but Ron Dante, a master in his own right, filled his formidable shoes. The crowd was even treated to “Sugar, Sugar”.

Flo explained, “We had our first hit song when I was 17 years old and in a surf band called the Crossfires. We did a Bob Dylan song. We didn’t understand the lyrics at the time—and either did Bob. It’s a really confusing song and we were too young to appreciate it.” He noted, “We were younger then but older than that now.” He asked the audience to participate by singing “No, no” and jumped into “It Ain’t Me, Babe.”

Flo introduced the phenomenal band which backed every artist during the evening: Godfrey Townsend (guitar), Manny Faocarazzo (keys), Greg Smith (bass), and Chris Camilleri (drums). Finally, The Turtles broke into crowd favorites “Eleanor” and “Happy Together”, which brought the audience to their feet dancing. The finale included all the featured bands together on stage.

I really enjoyed the show—and so did the audience which gave many standing ovations during the evening.  The performances were truly amazing and I was blown away by the voices–real, pure, and without Auto-Tune, people.  It truly is WORTH going to see the Happy Together tour so I urge people to catch it this summer.  Go alone or bring your parents for an evening of sing-along songs and AM radio nostalgia–I did!

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Music and concerts, music and concerts | concert review: ‘happy together’ tour returns state fair fans to the ’60s, but time is taking its toll.

Among the 6,718 souls in attendance at Monday night’s “Happy Together” concert at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand, there were almost certainly several who thought they caught the tour last year.

But such are the vagaries of memory. This multi-act revue built around what pop radio was pumping onto the airwaves in the late 1960s actually hasn’t stopped in the Twin Cities since 2019. And, even then, it was an abbreviated version that split the bill with Tommy James and the Shondells. Not since 2016 has the Fair’s first Monday evening (Senior Day, naturally) hosted “Happy Together” as headliner.

Yet it was an annual tradition from 2011 to 2016. The Turtles could always be counted on for a night at the Grandstand, bringing along a host of poppy hitmakers of old.

But Monday’s show gave a sense that it might be in its twilight. Voices have grown ragged, memories for lyrics and setlists are challenging. But it was nevertheless a fine, fun 100 minutes of music, one act quickly taking the stage after another, an excellent backing quartet making it all sound a lot like the aging audience remembered it. And the best act was not only the most advanced in age, but also the only performer on the tour who’s gained admittance to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

That would be Jerome “Little Anthony” Gourdine, the soaring high tenor at the forefront of the Imperials. At age 82, he can still hit the high notes, sustain them marvelously and pour a lot of emotion into his vocals. And the backing band seemed particularly inspired by the excellent arrangements of such melancholy R&B laments as “Hurt So Bad” and “Goin’ Out of My Head.”

The winner for second-strongest set was probably the Cowsills, who batted leadoff and proved the show’s bounciest bunch, both musically and literally. Setting the night’s effervescent tone on their opening number, a sunshine-splashed, harmony-laden version of “The Rain, the Park and Other Things,” the siblings capped their four-song set with the title tune from the musical, “Hair,” which had more rock ’n’ roll spirit than any song all evening.

After that, there were long stretches of ballads and mid-tempo fare with not an adrenaline rush to be found, except perhaps from the fine sax solos by the Classics IV’s Paul Weddle, who brought a welcome spark to that band’s hits, “Stormy” and “Spooky.” But there were no original members of that group, nor of the Vogues, a vocal trio of a similar style to the Lettermen and Sandpipers. While their “Five O’Clock World” was delivered with spirit, the show was growing sleepier with every muzak-flavored ballad.

Some came from Gary Puckett, whose achingly earnest lounge-ready fare has always seemed an odd fit for this tour. At 80, his voice has grown threadbare and unsteady, so perhaps it’s best that he allowed the crowd to sing the still-icky-after-all-these-years “Young Girl.”

If “Happy Together” comes to an end, it will probably have to be the Turtles who pull the plug, and their closing set gave a sense that it might be time. Replacing longtime leader Howard Kaylan since 2017 has been Ron Dante, best known as the voice of the Archies (yes, they did “Sugar, Sugar”). But his voice, too, sounded weathered, and original member Mark Volman could barely be heard. Yes, “Elenore” is still an almost perfect piece of pop and the full-crowd sing-along on “Happy Together” was very enjoyable — given a final reprise by all of the acts, per usual — but it felt like this tradition has run its course.

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REVIEW: Happy Together Tour at Palace Theatre

Musicians from the Happy Together Tour 2023 on stage at the show's finale at the Palace Theatre in Albany, NY, Tuesday, August 1,2023.

ALBANY – For 14 years, the Happy Together tour has brought people together to reminisce on the good ol’ days when life was easy and music was played at high school sock hops. Baby boomers, born before the 1960 grew up listening to songs that became Top 40 Billboard hits. Songs, like the title of this concert tour and “Sugar Sugar,” remain hip and loved to this day by boomers and younger generations who have discovered the songs on the radio, though pop culture or their parents.

Since 1989 the musical preferences centered around 90’s pop icons N*SYNC, Backstreet Boys, Brittney Spears and 98 Degrees. At the time, these teen idols became sensations and I grew to love them.

At the Palace Theatre, The Cowsills, The Classics IV, The Vogues, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Little Anthony, and The Turtles with Ron Dante, front man of The Archies, all performed. Each were acts which my parents grew up listening to.

The voices during the Tuesday, Aug. 1 show were still at their prime as if one heard them 50 years ago on an album for the first time. Their stage presence and musical command was impressive, admirable, and entertaining.

The songs played during the show remain relevant now. “Tears On My Pillow” from Little Anthony was covered by Sha-Na-Na and heard in the film “Grease”, “Sugar Sugar” by The Archies was used as the theme song for the TV show Cake Boss, and “The Rain, The Park, & Other Things” of The Cowsills was included in the “Dumb and Dumber” movie soundtrack.

Life often imitates art, not only out of flattery, but also in the form of music. Musicians sometimes cover songs that turn into the pinnacle hit of their career. For example, Linda Rondstadt covered Little Anthony’s “Hurt So Bad” and the Atlanta Rhythm Section did  a rendition of the Classics IV “Spooky” and are remembered for the covers more than the originals.

Having heard these acts perform live for the first time, it was difficult for me to pinpoint the top moments of the tour. Maybe it was watching 83-year-old Little Anthony sing and dance to “Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop”, hearing “The Vogues sing the gorgeous “You Are My Special Angel” in perfect harmony, or dancing to “Sugar Sugar” with my mom who grew up reading “The Archies” comics and watched the TV show.

Perhaps it was hearing my Mom’s response to certain songs that made her get emotional, feel goosebumps, and dance made the overall experience priceless.

Connecting With Paul Cowsill

A week prior to the Happy Together Tour, I had a phone conversation with Paul Cowsill, the lead singer of The Cowsills Band. Paul, his brother Bill, and sister Susan, were one of six acts to perform and were the opening act of the tour.

The Cowsills Band, who were the inspiration for the Partridge Family TV show, came out with top hits as “The Rain, The Park And Other Things”, “We Can Fly”, “Indian Lake”, “Love American Style”, and “Hair”.

Paul reflected upon his return visit to Albany and the experience he had on the Palace Theatre stage in an email on Thursday, Aug. 3.

“What a night we had at the Palace Theatre. We sang our hits and the audience seem(ed) to love hearing the songs from their past. It was great getting back to Albany, where we hadn’t been back to since the 90s,” he wrote.

According to Paul, who has participated for the past nine tours, said every artist on the tour loved going out on the tour.

“The tour is crazy good. Our demographic, our audiences never had MTV and they never had VH1..They went to concerts and they’re still going to concerts, so as long as they’re going, we’re going and we’re really in it together.” Cowsill said.

Paul added that he, along with his siblings Bill and Susan are touring more than they did when they were children, booking 61 shows total for 2023. The band will continue to do one-night shows for the Happy Together Tour through Sept. 1 and will extend into next year.

Paul said that the fans’ response to the older acts coming to town has been incredible.

“These people are excited that we’re coming to their town and they get there and everybody’s doing a great job.” he said. “And so the people feel like they’re back in their teens.”

Even millennials, Gen-Z, and Gen Alpha (the younger generation) fans who grew up listening to the oldies alongside their parents are also attending the Happy Together Tour.

“We are getting a lot of younger people at these shows and we always go, oh, were you wrangled into coming? And the kids go, no, I was raised on this music.” Cowsill said. “So all of us as parents, we’re continuing to play The Beatles…having those kids get exposed to the music that we grew up with and they love it. They just love it.”

Paul, Bob, and Susan Cowsill continue to reach out to their audience through music tours, shows with their family band, as well as their podcast. “People are hip to everything,” Paul Cowsill said.

In fact, the Cowsills podcast has 107 shows that feature a famous musician from the classic rock world to relive their heydays and released their new album, Rhythm of The World, last year and the vinyl album edition was released this year on Record Store Day.

Once the band finishes the Happy Together tour during the first week of September, the three Cowsills will continue touring, but adding more family members. The three are planning to take part in the Flower Power Cruise in March 2024 to celebrate the music of the 1960’s and a 1970’s. They are also in the studio recording new music.

Paul Cowsill encourages fans and individuals who have not seen the Happy Together Tour or the bands themselves to attend the show while it’s happening.

“People are just loving this show and they’re telling everybody who hasn’t gone to the show to go to the show.” Paul said. “You better see it before you’re dead, because this is the show to see. They (the promoters) keep booking it so we’ll see how long she goes.”

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Happy Together Tour Resumes in 2022

The Turtles continue as the signature headliners, but with the voice of the Archies, Ron Dante , again joining Turtles founding member and singer Mark Volman. (Fellow Turtles founder, Howard Kaylan, hasn’t participated  for several years.)

The rest of the 2022 lineup: Gary Puckett & the Union Gap ,  The Association , the Vogues, and The Cowsills . Together, they represent dozens of Top 10 radio hits. Watch them all perform in the opening night’s finale below.

Mark Lindsay – the longtime lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders – announced in 2021 that he would not be participating in 2021 or 2022, due to numerous ankle injuries. In addition, Chuck Negron (formerly of Three Dog Night) was expected to participate in 2022 but also bowed out due to concerns about a pre-existing lung condition in the era of Covid.

The new edition, began June 1 and continues through August. Many of the dates were originally scheduled all the way back to 2020.

The Turtles have sold over 40 million records worldwide. Their hits include: “Happy Together,” “She’d Rather Be With Me,” “Elenore,” “It Ain’t Me Babe” and “You Showed Me.”

Watch  Volman and Dante perform “Happy Together” during the 2019 tour

Gary Puckett & the Union Gap enjoyed five Top 10 singles including their 1967 debut, “Woman Woman,” as well as “Young Girl” and “Lady Willpower.”

The Association returned to the lineup in 2021. One of the most popular singing groups to have come out of the ’60s, they are best known for their #1 hits “Windy,” “Cherish” and “Never My Love,” as well as the Top 10 singles “Along Comes Mary” and “Everything That Touches You.”

Watch them perform “Along Comes Mary” in 2019

The Vogues scored such Top 10 singles as “Turn Around, Look at Me,” “You’re the One” and “Five O’Clock World.”

The Cowsills have been part of the last several years of the tour. Bob, Paul and Susan Cowsill are a family singing group and the original inspiration for television’s  The Partridge Family  and are best known for the songs “The Rain, The Park and Other Things,” “Hair,” “Indian Lake” and “Love American Style.”

Watch the full lineup for the opening night medley finale on June 1

Happy Together 2022 Tour  (Tickets for many of the dates are available  here  and  here )

Jun 05 – Melbourne, FL – King Center for the Perf. Arts Jun 06 – Daytona Beach, FL – The Peabody Daytona Beach Jun 08 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall Jun 09 – Durham, NC – Carolina Theatre Jun 10 – New York, NY – Palladium Times Square Jun 11 – Westbury, NY – NYCB Theatre at Westbury Jun 12 – Lowell, MA – Lowell Memorial Auditorium Jun 16 – Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak Jun 17 – Staten Island, NY – St. George Theatre Jun 18 – Northampton, MA – Calvin Theatre Jun 19 – Lynn, MA – Lynn Auditorium Jun 21 – Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Melody Tent Jun 22 – Cohasset, MA – South Shore Music Circus Jun 23 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo PAC Jun 24 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts Jun 25 – Lancaster, PA – American Music Theatre Jun 26 – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom Jul 12 – Medford, OR – Britt Pavilion Jul 14 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Music Hall Jul 15 – Las Vegas, NV – The Smith Center Jul 16 – Scottsdale, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Jul 17 – Costa Mesa, CA – Pacific Amphitheater Jul 29 – Greensburg, PA – Palace Theatre Jul 30 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre Aug 01 – Ocean City, NJ – Ocean City Music Pier Aug 02 – Englewood, NJ – Bergen PAC Aug 06 – Waukegan, IL – Genesee Theatre Aug 07 – Milwaukee, WI – Wisconsin State Fair Aug 10 – Dayton, OH – Fraze Pavilion Aug 12 – New Buffalo, MI – Silver Creek Event Center Aug 13 – Owensboro, KY – RiverPark Center Aug 18 – Shipshewana, IN – Blue Gate PAC Aug 20 – Saint Charles, MO – Family Arena Aug 21 – Kansas City, MO – Kauffman Center For the Perf. Arts Aug 24 – Effingham, IL – Effingham Perf. Center Aug 25 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place Aug 26 – Wisconsin Dells, WI – Crystal Grand Music Theatre Aug 28 – Deadwood, SD – Deadwood Mountain Grand

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It is maddening that Chuck negron is not a part of Three Dig Night, It isn’t Three Dog Night if there is only 2 of them!

It’s now really only One Dog Night.

They can do a tour with the One Top and the Temptation.

From what I read Chuck is willing to sing with Danny Hutton but there is no interest with Danny. Hopefully, Danny and Chuck can honor Corey Wells and do a tour one summer.

Did anybody notice Gary Puckett replaced Chuck on this year billing for at least the first 3 shows of 2021? Does anybody know why?

Chuck is taking a break this year but plans to be back for 2022. He announced it on a recent podcast interview with The Cowsills.

Cory died some years ago.

Of course, the year the tour comes to my town, Erie, PA, Mark Lindsay won’t be on the bill! Not fair! Oh, well, hope you get to feeling better, Mark. Maybe I’ll get to see you in a future gig! Still love ya’, dude!

I’ve loved this show for many years, and have gone to see a whole bunch of them, going way back now. Slowly but surely age and infirmity is taking its toll on the performers of this generation, to the point where they often have to put the show together with spit and wire, and just grab whoever is able to at least walk on stage. The biggest loss has been Howard Kaylan, that incredible voice of the Turtles, who hasn’t toured with the show for several years now. This year’s lineup has a few performers who can still thrill you — The Cowsills are marvelous, The Association still has their sound, and I’m sure Ron Dante does a credible job of filling in for Howard with the Turtles, as well as his own songs, but when you hear “Eleanor” you know it’s not THAT voice. The Classics IV, also don’t have THAT voice, which has long ago passed. The Vogues? Ehh, who knows? But I saw Gary Puckett years ago with this show, and he could no longer sing then. Don’t know when this video of him is from, but according to what I saw, he is no longer THAT guy. Chuck Negron really could pretty much pull off his songs, so that is a loss. And while best wishes go out to Happy Together Tour perennial stalwart Mark Lindsay, the truth is his vocals have long had no discernable character whatsoever. So, in truth, no big loss there, except if you’re in love with him, as many still are.

Despite these problems, I still love this show, and have been grateful to the Turtles for bringing it back year after year. I’ve seen many great performances, but in later years, many not so great performances, and even some folks that just shouldn’t even have been on a stage at that point (Wayne Fontana most recently comes to mind). The truth is, you have to wonder how much longer they will be able to find folks who are physically able to do these tours, and can still sort of pull off what they’re famous for. Which is why I’ve kicked myself many times for the shows I didn’t go to that are forever lost (Jack Bruce being one). And why I now constantly remind myself to get out there if it’s something that does mean something to me, because you never know when it’s all going to be over — for you, or for them.

Gary Puckett sang in the show 2 yrs ago in Scottsdale.. sounded good.

Gary Puckett sounded great in 2019 when I saw him at The Carolina theatre in Durham NC!!!!

Saw it is Scottsdale in 2019.. was much fun.. was 62 then so I was on young end of crowd. Great tunes brought back memories. I see they are not in AZ for 2022. Hoping they make it here.

My research shows that no member of the current Association plays woodwinds. When they sing “Windy”, does anyone play the flute or recorder, which Terry Kirkman used to play? Thanks

I think they use some sort of synthesizer for the flute part …just saw them in PA tonight

I saw the Happy Together tour last night in Quakertown, PA (7-29-21). The show was excellent! You should go & see it! It’s about 90 minutes of outstanding music!

Happy Together Tour in Louisville, KY on 8/24/2021 SNUBBED the Monarchs. Totally disrespected them by not mentioning that they opened up for them and it was their 60th anniversary.

Hi Storm, Glad to hear Gary Puckett could still do it when you saw him. He must have had a cold or something at the show we saw. I guess no one wants to draw attention to it if fans haven’t noticed, but for those who do (and it was difficult not to) saying something about your condition that evening would be better than leaving fans thinking that you don’t have much voice left at all anymore.

Gary Puckett sounded good in 2019 , going to the show in Scottsdale in July

FIVE dates in Massachusetts, but not ONE in Texas? Really, guys?

good article! i looked at the book, “shell shocked”, by howard, and noticed, once again,”with jeff tamarkin”… jeff, don’t you ever sleep? take a rest… ya got it coming…

Ha, sleep is so overrated. But thank you.

Saw them Thursday night August 25, 2022 in Des Moines. Gary Puckett is 80 years old next month and he still sounds great. All the rest of them are great too lots and lots of fun! I’ve seen them for five times with different people in the lineup and love it every time!

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Happy Together Tour

July 14 @ 7:00 pm.

DATE: July 14, 2024 DOORS: 6:00PM CONCERT: 7:00PM

TOUR INFO 2024 will mark the 15th year of the highly successful, hit-filled summer package, THE “HAPPY TOGETHER” TOUR. The touring sensation that has criss-crossed the nation delighting audiences for over a decade returns this summer with a show full of chart-topping hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s – an undeniable 61 Billboard Top 40 smashes. The Tour is once again joined by THE TURTLES, who also act as musical hosts for the evening. Along with THE TURTLES will be JAY and the AMERICANS, THE ASSOCIATION, BADFINGER, THE VOGUES and the COWSILLS.

THE TURTLES are best known for their harmony-heavy California pop sound. With such hits as “Elenore,” “She’d Rather Be With Me,” “It Ain’t Me Babe,” “You Showed Me” and the title of the tour, “Happy Together,” the band ruled the airwaves in the late ‘60s. Ron Dante joins the line-up to delight with his own mega-hits, “Sugar Sugar” and “Tracy.”

We are proud to present JAY and the AMERICANS, Few groups have ever reached the musical heights with hits from 1962 – 1971. This group charted an amazing Five Billboard Top 10” hits and Twelve “Top 20” hit records. Their breakout hit was “She Cried”. Their next chart hit was “Only In America “, which they followed with hit songs ‘”Come A Little Bit Closer”, “Cara Mia” and “This Magic Moment”, which hit the “Billboard Top 10”.

Also returning to the tour for 2024 are THE ASSOCIATION, who enjoyed massive radio success in the ‘60s, with such #1 hits as “Cherish,” “Windy,” “Never My Love” and “Along Comes Mary”. This iconic vocal group was a staple on the radio airways in the 1960’s.

THE VOGUES are also known for their harmony-driven soaring pop sound. They had numerous Top 10 hits with singles such as “Five O’clock World”, “You’re The One,” “My Special Angel” and “Turn Around Look At Me,” among others.

BADFINGER, from their legendary lineup, Joey Molland continues the unforgettable legacy of BADFINGER. One of the original signings to the Beatles’ Apple Records label. They had their first hit single with a Paul McCartney penned song, “Come and Get It”, which went to #7 in the U.S. charts. BADFINGER followed this with their own compositions “No Matter What”, “Day After Day” (produced by George Harrison), and “Baby Blue”, which went to #8, #4 and #14 respectively.

Rounding out the bill are THE COWSILLS, the harmonious singing family (two brothers and a sister) that inspired the smash ‘60s hit television show, THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY. They are sure to delight with their best-known songs, “Hair,” “Indian Lake,” “The Rain The Park & Other Things (I Love The Flower Girl)” and more.

The tour has played more than 50 plus shows a year and 2024 will be no exception.

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