Susan Cowsill, formerly of Newport, RI and now of the Big Easy, brought her hook-filled, pop-injected songs and voice to the Narrows Thursday night.Susan is a terribly underappreciated talent who has no doubt benefited and been cursed by being one of the singing Cowsills, chart toppers in the 1960s with "Hair," "The Rain, The Park and Other Things," (performed at the concert) and "Indian Lake"--pretty darn good pop records, in your humble blogger's opinion. Later she was a member of an underappreciated group, "The Continental Drifters," which was one of the first groups to perform at the Narrows.
Now 50 years old, she seems dedicated to her art, despite the tough times she's endured (most lately, Hurricane Katrina and the death of siblings). Her voice remains strong--with more than a dash of world-weariness--and her songs, memorable.
Local heroes Louie Leeman and his band (below) did the opening honors.
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The Lovely Susan Cowsill and her GREAT Band did it again.
Thank you so much for having the Susan Cowsill Band here.
She does have a voice of an Angel and boy can Russ play a mean set of drums.Mary and The Craft Brothers were hot that night.Have them back soon please.
The opening Band were so good. They really got the show going.Loved the music and the songs were great. We really enjoyed them and hope they come back too.
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