The Cowsills
TUPERWARE
presents
an evening
with
THE COWSILLS
A Special Performance
Honoring
Delegates, Leaders and Guests
to the
47th National
4-H Congress
8:30 P.M. Tuesday
December 3, 1968
The Auditorium Theatre
Chicago, Illinois
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The Cowsills
In this day of the put-on and the put-down, The Cowsills are a refreshing change. Every piece of music they offer glitters with sincerity and attention to detail.
Adding to their charm is the "One-for-all-and-all-for-one" spirit so dominant in all they do. From father Bud and mother Barbara through 20-year-old Bill and 8-year-old Susan — and including the five boys in between — it's obvious that everyone in this closely-knit family glories in the achievements of the individual members.
Ironically, there seems to have been no real plan to develop a family singing group. In his travels around the globe during 20 years with the Navy, Bud collected an assortment of musical instruments. He brought them home more as souvenirs than as something he expected the kids to play, but he and Barbara were pleased when the keepsakes stimulated an interest in music.
Eventually, Bill and Bob learned to play guitar and Barry the drums. By 1965 when Bill was 17, Bob 16 and Barry 11, they were playing local teen clubs, church benefits and parties.
Then John, who was 8 at the time, talked his way into the act as a drummer and convinced Barry to switch to bass guitar. Although Barbara's vocal participation had been confined to the family living room when she wasn't washing, ironing, scrubbing or cooking, she was a full-time member of the group when "The Rain, the Park and Other Things" was made.
Barbara got some female companionship onstage in September 1967 when Susan made her Cowsills singing debut with "SweetTalkin'Guy,""Hello,Hello," and "To Sir With Love." From then on The Cowsills were never without her.
Seventeen-year-old Paul, who had been studying trumpet and rehearsing with the group for some time, rounded out the seven-member team of performing Cowsills earlier this year. Dick Cowsill, 19-year-old twin brother to Bob, is road manager and lighting technician; father Bud is general manager and sound man.
The concept that The Cowsills bring to their music is love what you're doing and others will love it, too. It's obviously successful because "The Rain, the Park and Other Things" was followed quickly by the even more successful "We Can Fly."
The sparkling talent and enthusiasm, that have won The Cowsills such widespread acclaim, foretell new and greater heights to come. The question, which only time can answer, seems to be merely how high and how soon.
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