By webmaster, on August 17th, 2011 IF YOU are of a certain age you certainly remember the singing family pop band, The Cowsills. They hit it big in 1967 with “The Rain, The Park, and Other Things,” “Indian Lake” and their hugely popular version of “Hair.” (There was something deliciously subversive about the innocent Cowsills singing a song from that notorious, groundbreaking musical.) The Cowsills were actually the basis of the TV series, “The Partridge Family.”
From the outside, they were simply perfect — a sunny, shiny, all-American success story — but … <Read the rest of the story at wowOwow>
By webmaster, on August 13th, 2011 Enjoy an interview with Bob by WPRO and a little from the Q&A session and live performance at the Rhode Island Film Festival.
By webmaster, on August 11th, 2011 By Lindsay Wilkes-Edrington
They got their start in Newport, then rose to national fame in the late 1960s, touring the country and performing on popular programs like “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “American Bandstand.” But after a few years of success, and after inspiring the creation of “The Partridge Family,” musical act The Cowsills began their fall, watching a mix of mismanagement and their father Bud’s firing of the oldest member Bill bring them down.
On Wednesday evening, Paul, Bob, Susan and Richard Cowsill united in Providence to shed some light on what they endured and where they are now. <Read the rest of the story & see pictures at Newport Patch>
By webmaster, on August 10th, 2011 By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI – Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — They got their start playing frat parties at Brown University and doing gigs at school dances and church gatherings in Newport. They covered Beatles songs on Bannister’s Wharf, which was fitting enough. They hoped to be the next Fab Four: Bill, Bob, Barry and John.
ater, three more family members, including their mother, would round out the fresh-faced clan — The Cowsills — whose harmonies would climb to the top of the pop music charts.
Surviving members of the group that enjoyed a meteoric rise in the 1960s — the Cowsills would serve as the inspiration for the TV show “The Partridge Family” — are scheduled to perform Wednesday evening in Providence. It’s a rare on-stage reunion in the state where they saw their beginnings.
The performance will follow … <Read the rest of the article at Yahoo! News>
By webmaster, on August 9th, 2011 By Michael Janusonis Journal Arts Writer
The Cowsills, a Newport-based family group of singers who inspired “The Partridge Family” TV series, became Billboard chart toppers in the late 1960s thanks to their squeaky clean image and catchy tunes.
“The Rain, The Park, And Other Things;” “We Can Fly,” “Indian Lake” and later in the hippie era, “Hair,” were among their hits, performed at the height of their popularity by five brothers, sister Susan and their mother, Barbara. They were paraded in front of the TV cameras with the likes of Ed Sullivan, Dean Martin, Mike Douglas, Johnny Carson, Johnny Cash, Buddy Ebsen, even Hugh Hefner. They had their own TV special and screaming girl fans. They seemed happy and carefree and intensely talented.
But behind the glare of the spotlights … <Read the rest of the review at The Providence Journal>
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