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8-29-09
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| Non-Member | $40.00 |
| Member | $35.00 |
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RE: Read: From Booking Form @ charliesouza.com RE: New Rascals
The band features Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame's Dino Danelli on drums and Gene Cornish, guitarist and original founding member of the Rascals (a.k.a. the Young Rascals) "Paragons of blue-eyed soul—that is, soul and R&B music by white performers. Other well-known purveyors include the Righteous Brothers, Steve Winwood, Van Morrison and Joe Cocker. However, no one among them had more commercial clout in the Sixties than the Rascals."
The band also features Florida Music Hall of Fame Nominees Bill Pascali (former Vanilla Fudge B-3 organist & lead singer) and Charlie Souza (former Tom Petty bass player)
The Rascals' biggest hit, "People Got to Be Free," is an impassioned response to the assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. It topped the charts for five weeks in 1968 and inspired a follow-up single, "A Ray of Hope," written for and about Teddy Kennedy. At this juncture, the Rascals began focusing on albums instead of singles, as was typical of the time. Their more experimental, elongated approach resulted in records like Freedom Suite, a double album from 1969. By the early Seventies, the Rascals had mutated into an impressionistic jazz-rock outfit and moved from Atlantic to Columbia Records. It marked a continuing process of evolution for the band. With Many Hit Singles & Hit Albums, The Rascals have earned their place in Music History!
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