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There will be plenty of fun as the Cannery Casino & Hotel hosts Cannerystock, a tribute to the psychedelic 60's. The festival will feature performances by three artists – The Cowsills, Vanilla Fudge and Electric Prunes. The event will be held at The Club inside Cannery Casino & Hotel Saturday, August 23 with doors opening at 5:00 p.m.
Tickets start at $14.95 plus tax and fees and go on sale Friday, June 20 at the Cannery Casino & Hotel's ticket sales counter located at the front desk. Tickets will also be available for purchase by calling (702) 617-5585 or (866) 287-4643 (toll free), or by visiting www.cannerycasinos.com.
In addition to great music, there will be plenty of delicious food and thirst-quenching drinks along with a groovy atmosphere to promote peace, love and happiness.
The real-life inspiration behind the hit television series "The Partridge Family," The Cowsills were one of the biggest pop acts of the late 1960s. Distinguished by their angelic harmonies and sun-kissed melodies, the group's origins lie with brothers Bill and Bob Cowsill, who as children began their singing careers covering Everly Brothers hits. They recruited younger brothers Barry and John to play bass and drums, respectively, and as Beatlemania dawned, the teen foursome began performing live at school dances and church socials. The Cowsills performed on such notable shows as the "Ed Sullivan Show, "The Johnny Cash Show" and "The Tonight Show" and had their own NBC television special in 1968. "Indian Lake" and "We Can Fly" followed in the summer and in 1969 they had their biggest hit, the multi-million selling title song from the movie, "Hair."
Vanilla Fudge was an American psychedelic band that recorded albums from 1967 to 1970. Their hit singles include "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "Take Me For a Little While." The members of Vanilla Fudge are great admirers of The Beatles and covered several of their songs including "Ticket to Ride" as well as "Eleanor Rigby." Although the band reunited several times since their split, Vanilla Fudge recorded a greatest hits album in 2001 with all new recordings of previous songs and three new songs. Vanilla Fudge was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame on October 15, 2006.
Before evolving into the Electric Prunes, a group of teenagers from Los Angeles started out as The Sanctions and then Jim and The Lords in the mid 1960s. Though the band members went their separate ways in 1970, they got back together in 1999 to record new material and produce a band documentary. Some of the Electric Prunes hits include "I Had Too Much to Dream," "Get Me To The World On Time" and "Everybody Knows You're Not In Love."
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