From Elvis Costello to Peter Yarrow, 30A Songwriters Festival was about the art of the song
January 17, 2024
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John Cowsill, left, and Vicki Peterson perform at the restaurant LaCo in Seacrest Beach, Florida during the 2024 30A Songwriters Festival on Sunday January 14, 2024.
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Not so husband-and-wife duo John Cowsill and Vicki Peterson. Their resumes are long. He and his siblings scored hits in the 1960s as family band the Cowsills; he later logged two-plus decades as a keyboardist and drummer for the Beach Boys. Peterson was an MTV regular in the 1980s as a member of the Bangles, then spent years in Los Angeles/New Orleans roots rock ensemble the Continental Drifters alongside sister-in-law Susan Cowsill.
Their Jan. 14 set at Seacrest Beach restaurant LaCo was only the second time they'd ever performed as a duo. But their chemistry, musical and otherwise, was obvious as they harmonized on the Continental Drifters' "Anything" and traded marital asides.
"She's the only one I never really cheated on," Cowsill said of Peterson.
His wife quickly noted his qualifier: "Never really?"
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