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Born on this day, March 2, 1956, John Cowsill.
Hat tip, This Day in Rock:
1956 – BORN ON THIS DAY, JOHN COWSILL, THE COWSILLS, (1967
Posted on 12:49 AM by STU SWEATMAN
1956 – Born on this day, John Cowsill, The Cowsills, (1967 US No.2 single ‘The Rain, The Park & Other Things’, 1969 US No.2 single the theme from ‘Hair’). TV’s Partridge Family was based on the family.
Posted on 12:49 AM by STU SWEATMAN
1956 – Born on this day, John Cowsill, The Cowsills, (1967 US No.2 single ‘The Rain, The Park & Other Things’, 1969 US No.2 single the theme from ‘Hair’). TV’s Partridge Family was based on the family.
The Cowsills were the inspiration for The Brady Bunch, weren't they? Whoops, I mean The Partridge Family.
John Cowsill
Associated acts: The Cowsills, The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Dwight Twilley
John Cowsill (born March 2, 1956 in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American musician, best known for his work as a singer and drummer with his siblings' band, The Cowsills. He is currently a drummer and vocalist for The Beach Boys touring band, which features original Beach Boy Mike Love and long time member Bruce Johnston. He has also played keyboards for the "Beach Boys Band", and according to the band's website, he does Al Jardine's and the late Carl Wilson's vocal parts.[1] He also has performed and recorded with Jan and Dean. In the early 1980s, he recorded with the one hit wonder band Tommy Tutone, playing percussion and singing back-up vocals on the band's hit, "867-5309/Jenny", although he did not appear in the video.
For a time, he was part of Dwight Twilley's band, as was his sister Susan Cowsill.
In 2003, he married Vicki Peterson of The Bangles.
Cowsill began playing with the Beach Boys touring band on keyboards in 2000. He moved to the drums in 2008. His solos for the concerts include "Wild Honey," and "Sail On, Sailor." In 2011, Cowsill was confirmed to be performing alongside The Beach Boys on their 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour. Cowsill appears on the band's subsequent studio album, That's Why God Made the Radio (2012). He also performed on Mike Love's solo albums Unleash the Love (2017) and Reason for the Season (2018).
In 2017, he joined with Vicki Peterson and Bill Mumy as the band Action Skulls to release an album (also including posthumous contributions from the bassist Rick Rosas) entitled Angels Hear.
Associated acts: The Cowsills, The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Dwight Twilley
John Cowsill (born March 2, 1956 in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American musician, best known for his work as a singer and drummer with his siblings' band, The Cowsills. He is currently a drummer and vocalist for The Beach Boys touring band, which features original Beach Boy Mike Love and long time member Bruce Johnston. He has also played keyboards for the "Beach Boys Band", and according to the band's website, he does Al Jardine's and the late Carl Wilson's vocal parts.[1] He also has performed and recorded with Jan and Dean. In the early 1980s, he recorded with the one hit wonder band Tommy Tutone, playing percussion and singing back-up vocals on the band's hit, "867-5309/Jenny", although he did not appear in the video.
For a time, he was part of Dwight Twilley's band, as was his sister Susan Cowsill.
In 2003, he married Vicki Peterson of The Bangles.
Cowsill began playing with the Beach Boys touring band on keyboards in 2000. He moved to the drums in 2008. His solos for the concerts include "Wild Honey," and "Sail On, Sailor." In 2011, Cowsill was confirmed to be performing alongside The Beach Boys on their 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour. Cowsill appears on the band's subsequent studio album, That's Why God Made the Radio (2012). He also performed on Mike Love's solo albums Unleash the Love (2017) and Reason for the Season (2018).
In 2017, he joined with Vicki Peterson and Bill Mumy as the band Action Skulls to release an album (also including posthumous contributions from the bassist Rick Rosas) entitled Angels Hear.
Previously at DU:
Sunday, January 20, 2013: Favorite Cowsills song. Do you have one?
Try this one:
Hair - Cowsills 1969
6,798 views•Apr 25, 2015
Carlos Pedro
25.6K subscribers
Remastered.High quality sound.
Or this one:
"Hair" by the Cowsills
1,568,853 views•Dec 22, 2007
trance23
The Proto-pop pre-Partridge Family ensemble - "The Cowsills" - deconstruct the counter-cultural classic "Hair" for the Saturday Morning Sugar Pops crew
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