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The Cowsills have everything it takes to be musical stars today—talent, hit records, Las Vegas performances and solid booked tours. But if you compare them with many other successful musical groups you will find something missing and it is this that makes the Cowsills one of the most beloved groups of all!
It's noticeable right away from the very start the first time you meet them or even when watching them perform. What they don't have in the family is the famous Hollywood ego-trip attitude that success so often brings!
The reason for this is a simple one, too—it's LOVE! You see, the Cowsills are so busy loving everyone else that they don't have time to be in love with themselves first!
Barbara Cowsill's children have never doubted that she loved them and through the years as they've grown older they've grown even closer together! It is the knowledge that each one needs the others that sets them apart from the typical Hollywood crowd.
BACK SCRATCHES
The Cowsill's understand each other and they know that there are times when you need someone just to be near you. Mini-Mom says that she can always tell when these times are. "They'll come to me sometimes at night and I can tell by their expression or attitude that they really need me right now. Maybe they don't want to talk, they might feel like just being close.
"Of course when they were smaller they wanted to be cuddled and hugged and now that they're older they've gotten more independent.
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Still, Barry, when he's tired he likes me to scratch his back!
"John loves his head rubbed and when he's very tired, or has come home late from a date, he'll lay on the couch with his head on my lap until he gets too heavy and I tell him to split!
LOVES TO HUG
"Paul is really affectionate and he just loves to go around hugging people—me, or Susan, or his date. One time he hugged me so hard he fractured one of my ribs and I had to go to the doctor!"
Perhaps it is the warm and close-association that comes from being a part of a large family that's helped mold the Cowsills into such great performers and beautiful people. Anytime anyone stepped out of line he had the rest of the group to reckon with!
The Cowsills know their own ability. They know whether they're doing something well or not so there's no fighting or bickering about it. And they're very objective in criticizing themselves and each other, too, knowing that criticism often helps a great deal!
FAMILY CONFERENCE
Everyone in the group gets a turn to sing lead so no one ever feels slighted. Once in a while two of the boys may both want to sing the lead, but everything's always worked out in a family conference.
"If two want to do the lead," says Mini-Mom, "then both of them cut a tape and we take a vote on who did it better. Everyone accepts the decision as final so feelings are never hurt because everyone is honest!"
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