With the return of the great ’60s band – Coo Coo Ca Choo – this Saturday, I thought it would be appropriate to bring back my blog post from their last show at the Palladium’s Side Door. So here you go:
If you grew up in Tampa in the 1960s, as I did, you were lucky. Tampa had lots of great bands and lots of places to hear them – teen clubs, rec centers, union halls, rock clubs, and opening for big names at Curtis Hixon Convention Center.
Now, a bunch of guys who were my idols during my pimple phase have gotten together to form the band they wish they had played with back in the day. Coo Coo Ca Choo is a stageful of veteran musicians and showmen – only now they’ve got better equipment! And a light show!
Seriously, if you love hits from the 1960s, this is the best band you are likely to hear anywhere. They sing in perfect five-part harmony. They do the hard songs that other bands don’t attempt. The Hollies. The Zombies. The Beach Boys (singing better harmony than you’ll hear at a current Beach Boys show). They do the last half of Abbey Road, for God’s sake!
Since they are all old and rich now, they have the best music website that money can buy. Check it out at: http://www.coocoocachooband.com/
Catch them this Saturday night in the intimate Side Door Cabaret starting at 8 p.m. I suggest you see them now before they all decide to retire from the music business – again!
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