Primary Contact:
Davis Arts Council
Kirt Bateman
Executive Director
Davis Arts Council
Contact: Jeff Albright
/ rockstarpr@aol.com
HAPPY TOGETHER TOUR
CONTINUES TO CELEBRATE THE MUSIC OF
THE SIXTIES WITH
FOURTH ANNUAL TOUR BEGINNING IN EARLY JUNE
THE TURTLES FEATURING
FLO & EDDIE, CHUCK NEGRON,
FORMERLY OF THREE DOG
NIGHT, GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP,
MARK LINDSAY, FORMER
LEAD SINGER OF PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS
AND GARY LEWIS & THE
PLAYBOYS TO BRING GOOD TIME MUSIC TO THE
THE MASSES
WITH OVER FIFTY SCHEDULED DATES IN THE U.S. AND CANADA
THE HAPPY TOGETHER
TOUR COMES TO THE KENLEY STAGE JULY 8 WITH
THE DAVIS ARTS
COUNCIL
TEN STUDENTS FROM
BELMONT UNIVERSITY TO EXPERIENCE
ALL FACETS OF TOURING
AS THEY HOP ON THE BUS TO JOIN
HAPPY TOGETHER FOR
"ROCK AND ROLL REALITY TOUR"
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SALT LAKE CITY -- In
the three years since The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie brought back some
friends for the 25th Anniversary Tour in 2010, "Happy Together" has
become one of the most successful summer tours in existence, constantly hitting
the road and celebrating the music of the 60's for thousands of
"Happy" fans to enjoy across North America.
This year's Happy
Together Tour -- comprised of The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Chuck
Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Mark
Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders and Gary Lewis
& The Playboys -- will begin on Saturday, June 8 at the Hard Rock
Hotel & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi and subsequently land in more than
fifty cities across the United States and Canada on a trek that is expected to
last through early October (see below for itinerary).
"Happy Together
Tour 2013 will be the biggest and most successful tour we have done in the past
7 years," states Mark Volman (aka "Flo") of The Turtles
featuring Flo & Eddie. "It's 54 cities over 9 weeks, and the groups on
this year's show bring with them hours of hit songs and memories certain to
please every fan of the 1960's. We are so excited to be a part of this great
show. You don't want to miss it!"
Hours of hit songs,
indeed.
In all, the five
artists on this year's tour have over sixty Top 40 hits to choose from,
including six number one songs.
Half of those Top 40
hits were Top 10!
The Turtles featuring
Flo & Eddie have headlined and hosted all the previous Happy Together Tours
and will be doing the same for this year's shows.
Gary Puckett & The
Union Gap return from last year, while Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul
Revere & The Raiders returns from 2010 and 2011.
Chuck Negron, formerly
of Three Dog Night, joined The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie on 2009's
Hippiefest Tour.
The relative newcomer
to the Happy Together Tour is Gary Lewis & The Playboys, who shared the
stage with The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, The Mamas & the Papas,
The Grass Roots and The Buckinghams on the immensely successful 1985 Happy Together
Tour.
"I'm very excited
to be on the Happy Together Tour again with my great friends from the
60's," exclaims Gary. "We have wonderful acts and all you'll hear is
hits!"
From such songs as
"Happy Together," "Joy to the World" and "Young
Girl" to "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation
Indian)" and "This Diamond Ring," fans will, once again, delight
in hearing the songs sung by the original singers that they've heard on the
radio for the past several decades.
"Happy
Together" by The Turtles hit #1 on the charts in 1967 (displacing the
Beatles' "Penny Lane") and remains a staple on classic rock radio to
this day. Although their biggest hit and signature song, it's just one of their
nine Top 40 hits, which includes such popular songs as "She'd Rather Be
With Me," "Elenore," "You Showed Me" and "It
Ain't Me Babe." In 1968, far ahead of their time, they would release one
of music's first concept albums, The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands,
where they pretended to be eleven different bands with different names, each
providing a song in a different genre. The album -- which showcased their
incredible range of vocal talent -- spawned the hits "Elenore" and
"You Showed Me" (both peaking at #6 on the Billboard charts). Mark
Volman and Howard Kaylan have remained plenty busy over the years with both The
Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie and their extracurricular music activities.
The band has sold over 60 million albums worldwide and continue to please
audiences with their fun-filled performances.
Chuck Negron
co-founded the hugely popular, multi-platinum band, Three Dog Night in 1967.
The group went on to become one of the most successful bands of the late 60's
and early 70's with 21 Top 40 hits and three number one songs including
"Joy to the World," "Black and White" and "Mama Told
Me (Not to Come)." The band's first gold record was "One," which
featured Chuck on lead vocals as did "Joy to the World" and many
other of the band's biggest hits including "Old Fashioned Love Song."
Chuck has kept the music that he helped make famous "alive" by
continuing to perform throughout the decades.
This year's Happy
Together Tour starts on Chuck's birthday and he's looking forward to being a
part of the festivities. "Performing with the Happy Together Tour is one
of the highlights of my career!"
Gary Puckett & The
Union Gap was one of the most successful musical groups of the sixties,
boasting five Top 10 singles. Gary's unmistakable signature voice garnered six
consecutive gold records and top ten Billboard hits such as "Young
Girl" and "Woman Woman." In 1968, Gary Puckett & The Union
Gap sold more records than any other artist including the Beatles. Gary Puckett
has performed on more than thirty network television shows and prime time
specials during his career, even adding a command performance for the President
and Prince Charles at the White House. The Union Gap disbanded in 1971. Gary
continues to tour nationally and internationally.
Gary comments,
"The Happy Together Tour is a tremendously fun and entertaining show both
to do AND to see! It's a pleasure and an honor to be one of the featured
performers. Don't miss it!"
"Indian
Reservation" by Paul Revere & The Raiders hit #1 on the charts in
1971, selling over 4 million copies which made it the biggest selling single
for Columbia Records for almost a decade. This massive hit followed quite a few
that came before it from the band including "Kicks,"
"Hungry," "Just Like Me" and "Good Thing" (as
well as the Mark Lindsay Top Ten solo hit, "Arizona," from 1970). In
all, the band would achieve no less than fifteen Top 40 hits, five going Top
10. In February of this year, Mark released, "Like Nothing That You've
Seen," ultimately described by Little Steven on Sirius/XM Radio's
"Underground Garage" as the "coolest song in the world." A
full album, via Bongo Boy Records, will be coming out this summer.
"I'm
hyper-excited about being back on the Happy Together Tour this year and I'm
working out to get in top shape for my high energy show," says Mark.
"I hope to see you all out on that road and we'll have some great rock and
roll fun together!"
Aficionados of the
60's pop classics have cause to rejoice with the return of Gary Lewis & The
Playboys. It was the summer of 1964 when Gary Lewis & The Playboys were discovered
by producer Snuff Garrett. By the following year, they had a song go straight
to the top of the charts called, "This Diamond Ring." After the
second hit titled, "Count Me In," went to number two, Gary and the
band proved they would be a continued success. They followed with more Top 10
songs such as "Save Your Heart for Me," "Everybody Loves A
Clown," "She's Just My Style," "Sure Gonna Miss Her"
and many more (seven in all). In 1965, Gary, himself, was Cash Box magazine's
"Male Vocalist of the Year," winning the honor over other nominees
Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. He was the first and only artist during the
1960's to have his first seven releases reach Billboard magazine's Top 10 on
the Hot 100 chart. Still going strong, Gary released a new single last year
titled, "You Can't Go Back."
For the second
consecutive year, ten Belmont University students will be joining
"Professor Flo," Mark Volman, for an invaluable experience on the
road in their own tour bus for approximately two weeks of the Happy Together
Tour beginning June 14 in Clearwater, Florida.
Under the guidance of
Volman -- a founding member of The Turtles and Curb College professor of
Entertainment Industry Studies -- the students will be working with the artists
on tour and crew professionals in the area of tour management, stage
management, audio engineering, tour accounting and merchandise sales This will
be in addition to learning the process of loading in, setting up, breaking down
and loading out.
"This is a unique
and wonderful experience for all of us," comments Volman. "The
students get a chance to see and experience first-hand what life on the road is
really all about... We like to think of it as the Rock and Roll Reality Tour."
Come on out, join the
fun and imagine how the world could be, so very fine... so Happy Together!
For further
information, photos or interview requests, please contact Jeff Albright / The
Albright Entertainment Group at rockstarpr@aol.com.
Monday, July 8 -
Ed Kenley Centennial Amphitheater - Layton, Utah
About the Davis Arts
Council
With a foundation in culture, creativity and
community the Davis Arts Council along with Layton City and private donors they
offer a variety of extraordinary ticketed performances with our Summer Nights
with the Stars. We also provide our free Sunday Night Concert
Series; Free Wednesday Night Movies; Arts in the Park, and a
partnership for children with Layton City in their theatrical productions.
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