{"id":377,"date":"2011-05-20T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/?p=377"},"modified":"2011-05-24T10:45:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T17:45:39","slug":"life-in-the-cowsills-was-bright-on-the-outside-misty-on-the-inside-for-bob-cowsill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cowsill.com\/home\/2011\/05\/life-in-the-cowsills-was-bright-on-the-outside-misty-on-the-inside-for-bob-cowsill\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in The Cowsills was bright on the outside, misty on the inside for Bob Cowsill"},"content":{"rendered":"
The dairy ads milked The Cowsills for all their wholesome family worth.<\/p>\n
In the 1960s, before the Osmonds, the Jackson 5 or the fictional Partridges were the reigning family dynasties of pop music, The Cowsills out of Newport, R.I. \u2014 kid siblings Bill, Bob, Paul, Barry, John and Susan, plus mom Barbara \u2014 ruled airwaves and TV variety shows with hits like “The Rain, the Park and Other Things,” “Indian Lake” and “Hair.”<\/p>\n