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By Chris Bonanno
The next performance in the LIVE! From
Vero Beach Concert Series will be held on
Thursday, Feb. 8 as The Cowsills take the
stage at The Emerson Center, located at
1590 27th Ave., according to a release from
Paris Productions, which is putting on the
event series along with MusicWorks, Inc.
The band originated in the 1960s with
four brothers who wanted to be The Beatles
and has changed over time as other family
members have stepped in, including Paul
Cowsill.
"For me, it's the best because here I am
traveling with one of my sons, and it's too
fun," said Paul Cowsill, whose son Brendan
sings and plays rhythm guitar with the band.
"My brother Bob's son Ryan, he took over
keyboards for me. I just wanted to sing and
dance around. I'll play keyboard if needed,
but Ryan's handling all of those duties for
now. Our drummer is my sister's husband."
The Cowsills will also are known for
songs including but not limited to "The
Rain, The Park and Other Things," "Pen-
nies," "La Rue Due Soleil," "Thinkin' About
The Other Side," "Dreams of Linda," "River
Blue," and "Getting Into That Sunny, Sunny
Feelin’ Again," per the release.
"We always start our shows, no matter
how long they are, with 'The Rain, The Park
and Other Things,' " Cowsill said. " "The
Flower Girl' was our first million seller on
MGM and people love that. We end every
show with 'Hair' and people just love that.
It's a crazy song and it was a huge hit. It was
our biggest hit and people still remember it.
We had another song called 'Indian Lake'
that was also big hit for us, another million
seller."
Cowsill elaborated on what patrons at the
event can expect from the performance.
"To get on a time machine with us. We
head back because we had five hits," he said.
"If we're doing an hour-and-a-half show
with just five hits, we'd be leaving there in
about 15 minutes. So we do a lot of cover
tunes. We take songs from our favorite
bands in our past, and we do them in our
show and it's really great. We'll even do some
new songs off of our new album that's out
called 'Rhythm of the World.' We're going to
be doing maybe two or three of those songs
so it's a fun night. Everybody will know
every song that we're singing, except maybe
the new ones."
Cowsill also discussed his excitement and
audiences for the group’s live performances.
"Our demographic loves live music and when we come out there, especially after
COVID, people are just so happy to be
there, and we’re happy to be there as well. It's
all live and so anything can happen," he
said.
Tickets can be purchased from a range
between $50-$100. Those interested in pur-
chasing tickets can do so through
musicworksconcerts.com.
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