Music of the 60s with guests

Paul Cowsill’s interview was fun and entertaining as he talked about the Cowsills and their music. Bill Chadwick was great and talked about his associations with the Monkees. Bill Hanley and John Kane were both informative. John Kane talked about his sound engineering for the Beatles at Shea Stadium (1966), the Beach Boys, Bill Graham’s Fillmore East, and of course Woodstock.

It was another groovy show.

We talked about and played music from:

• Pop rock
• British Invasion
• Psychedelic Rock
• Sunshine pop
• And more.

1) Paul Cowsill

The Cowsills are an American singing group from Newport, Rhode Island composed of six siblings noted for performing professionally and singing harmonies at an early age, later with their mother.

The band was formed in early 1965 by brothers Bill, Bob, and Barry Cowsill. Their brother John joined shortly thereafter.

Originally Bill and Bob played guitar and Barry played the drums. When John learned to play drums and joined the band, Barry began playing bass.

After their initial success, the brothers were joined by their siblings Susan and Paul along with their mother, Barbara. A seventh sibling, Bob’s fraternal twin brother Richard, was never part of the band during its heyday, although he occasionally appeared with them in later years.

Best known for The Rain The Park and Other Things, Hair, We Can Fly and few others.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JULY 14: Singer Paul Cowsill of the classic pop-rock band The Cowsills performs onstage during the Happy Together tour at Saban Theatre on July 14, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

For more information, please check the following website:

• http://cowsill.com/home/

2) Bill Chadwick

Bill Chadwick has many associations with The Monkees as a songwriter, TV show extra, studio musician, and confidant of the group throughout its initial run in the 1960s. Bill contributed to the Monkees project through multiple avenues.

His song, “Of You,” was recorded at one of the earliest Monkees recording sessions in the summer of 1966.

Bill’s other songwriting credits for the group include:

• If I Knew
• French Song
• Time and Time Again
• You and I
• If You Have the Time
• How Can I Tell You
• Zor and Zam

Bill also contributed backing vocals and instrumentation on many Monkees tracks. He went on to become a lighting director and tour manager for The Monkees and photographed the group extensively throughout the late 1960s. Also worked for Boyce and Hart, Donovan, and a few others

For more information, please check the following websites:

• Bill Chadwick
• https://www.timeandagaingallery.com/

3) Bill Hanley

Bill Hanley is an American audio engineer and is regarded as the “father of festival sound”. He is most widely known as the sound engineer behind the Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York in August 1969.
Along with John Kane, an author of The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Bill Hanley Sound.

For more information, please check the following websites:

• The Last Seat in the House
• John Kanes Studios/