How great a person and musician. After all the hell this family went through. They did and still try to spread love and happiness. And their so good at it. And watching many videos you can tell they love each other so much. And harmonies amazing. It's a big family thing. They had it all yet suffered as youth. But all turned out well. Billy was doing good for himselfvin Canada. They can sing covers of anyone's music and sound great. I hope those left in the family have nothing but great joy. Like they gave millions of us. They entertained the biggest generation in history!!! Thanks for the great sentimental memories. Fantastic musician's and people!!✌️📻🎶☮️🎸🎹💖✌️🎼
That time and era of the 60's was great so many talented musicians and the probably the best 🎵🎶 music to ever be played from the era! From American musician to the British invasion! The music from that era is the best!
Thank you Bob. You are so talented and put in all the work to be successful. Sorry you and Bill's dream didn't turn out the way you had envisioned it to be. Thanks for persevering and continuing to tour around. You three are still great. Thanks from Stan Culp - Ontario, Canada. February 6, 2024
Absolutely LOVE this! A blast from my past...as a kid, I grew up listening to the Cowsills. I could listen to Bob for hours, This was so much fun! Thank you for posting.
I thought this was going to b a cool video and then when the folks in the audience started singing the background I smiled and cried at the same time. I remember the Rain, The Park and other things from 1967 when my grandparents bought me a transistor radio for my birthday and I heard it on a tation is Massachusetts, WTXL. I was 6. What a great memory! Turning back the clock 51 years later and hearing these tunes sure bring you back.
Bob I don’t know if you’ll see this … but if you do I wanna say I was very impressed. That you showed up , your singing… nice voice , your stories , and your graciousness about even touchy matters . You are a mature soul. Blessings.
That was very moving ! I watched it three times Made me cry…. You ladies singing did that! No one ever gets “too much support”. What a blessing to Bob to know that you all were really listening…. And that the music mattered. Twice in a month ! Movie Jesus Revolution got me too!
Im crying.... I was but a 'wee little tot' in the back paddocks of Queensland in Australia, when I first heard this band of family gorgeousness. I never knew the sadness they lived through the wonderfulness of Rain the Park etc, Indian Lake and Hair...... NOW I remember who taught me how to dance - Susan...... wonder voices just wonderful.... GO Bob...🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥲🙃🙃🙃😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩
Ed Asner is a guest there? Wow! (May he rest in peace.) 🥳 The Rain, the Park, and Other Things and other songs, most remarkable audience participation ever. So Wonderful! I wish I had been there!
I love the Cowsills I grew up listening to them Flower girl was a wonderful song but my favorite is Indian Lake I remember hereing this song when a bunch of us was going camping and fishing there's nothing like it hearing a good song on the way going on a trip love you all your brother in Christ Elvis Aron Presley Combs
What an incredible video. His family's been through hell. They all came out with perfect personalities. And so humble. A few years ago I watched. Bob Paul and Susan. Sing Indian lake on the Mike Huckabee show. Incredible sound. Thank you for all the years cowsills. And by the way, that damn audience is talented. I hear some true singers in their.wonderfull .
What a talented guitar/singer/songwriter, as well as having an awesome sense of humor! Bob is soooo comfortable on stage, makes you feel like you know him.
What a lovely audience!! when they started singing the harmonies on The rain the park and other things and saw Bob's reaction I was literally touching my chest just from how awesome and sweet that was!! It's a blessing to still have The Cowsills around, I hope I can meet them soon on a gig, as soon as the current situation is over. I can't thank you enough for this video!!
Tom Petty’s audience sang Breakdown to him, complete w the back up parts. He just sat down on stage and took it in. Obviously touched. I was 5 when this song was on the radio. Great to see Mr. Cowsill experience a similar vibe in a much more intimate setting. Oh, to be in that room. Great, great pop song. Enough to stick with me 55 years. Bravo!
Remember hearing 'Rain, the Park and other things' for the first time at 6 yrs. and have loved them ever since. I still own and listen to thier music. Hair is the coolest sounding song even today. They are all such beautiful people with amazing talent. R.I.P. Barry and Bill. Thank for your gift. Listening to your music makes me happy, happy, happy-eeee...
They made some huge hits! In retrospect their music was more complicated than other artists of that time. No digital editing or "auto-tune" back then. Real talent.
What a decent guy - with all that he and his family has been thru. Some of the other family members did not fare as well. How unfortunate that his dad had such problems. Congrats Bob!
I was in high school 12 to 15 (1966 to 1968) when the Cowsills were on the radio in Brisbane then. You must have been young not to have heard all these songs by the Cowills then and since. Some kids then thought they were too cool and preferred Cream, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles etc But you could like them all then and still be cool. Loved them and their songs then and now.
It was Incredible how right they were at 17:51-17:53 for an impromptu group of women just sitting there. You Know many of them were probably reliving themselves singing along with the song on the radio originally as pre-teens or teens. A lot of love and nostalgia heard in there....
Love the Cowsills and this was so great, the 46 minutes flew by in a second; Amazing stories and listening to Bob! Great to hear the audience participating and harmonizing with Bob on the songs, he's still sounding the same as in the 60s! Greetings from the Netherlands!
Wow Bob sounds fantastic...it warms my heart to hear his voice so rich and his playing so crisp. So gracious and humble...Thanks for making this available.
Wow. That was great, I’m a 61 year old guy and, like everyone else who remembers, I got a little choked up when the audience sang along in Flower Girl. (The title they wanted to use, I learned).
Great performance, great introduction and great audience! As others have said, it was fun to see Bob's surprised delight at the sweet singing. As promised in your title :) , thank you!
Bob used to play for four hours every Friday night at Pickwick’s Pub in the San Fernando Valley. The whole audience sang along, often harmonizing. I miss those nights. He’s a wonderfully warm and talented performer.
Thanks for sharing your living room with all of us. I can't express how wonderful it was to immerse myself in your visit with Bob Cowsill. The memories flooded back my god I cried. Thank you so much. Keep on Keepin On!
I am now obsessed with The Cowsills, after seeing them on the Happy Together Tour. I always loved The Rain, The Park And Other Things, but really appreciate their talent now after seeing their live performance. Thanks for this.
Loved it when Bob sang his song. I am a twin and have an older sister. I can't believe that I am sixty years old now!!! Occasionally we would sing together and were mesmerized at the sounds we created. I believe if we had stuck to it and worked at it we could have been famous too. Of course we did not!!!
This has got to be the only time I've heard an audience sing this well - it gave me goosebumps! Plus Bob is fantastic, as are all of the Cowsills (RIP Billy and Barry) I grew up with The Cowsills, too and used to run into John years ago in the music scene. He's a fantastic musician - as are all of the Cowsills.
@@VickiAbelsonLive And now, a year later, it's wonderful. God bless you for posting this and bringing us back, for a minute, to a much simpler time. What a lovely man Bob is.
I planned to just skip through this to hear what he was going to sing. But I watched the whole thing and this was one of the best talks I've heard in a long time. Thanks for posting it.
It’s 2024 we desperately needed this to sooth our souls
What a nice guy!! They are American treasures
Just a great moment in time.for me,us simple times ,hope in.hindsight they.can enjoy this a little 😊im same age as susan another with a.crushon her.
He seems like a really great man. Thanks for sharing this.
How great a person and musician. After all the hell this family went through. They did and still try to spread love and happiness. And their so good at it. And watching many videos you can tell they love each other so much. And harmonies amazing. It's a big family thing. They had it all yet suffered as youth. But all turned out well. Billy was doing good for himselfvin Canada. They can sing covers of anyone's music and sound great. I hope those left in the family have nothing but great joy. Like they gave millions of us. They entertained the biggest generation in history!!! Thanks for the great sentimental memories. Fantastic musician's and people!!✌️📻🎶☮️🎸🎹💖✌️🎼
so well said, amen.
Anybody who sees this, please support them by buying their new CD. First new Cowsills album in 30 or so years.
Yes Bob came out so much better than some of the others. So talented. He is quite the looker too!! Congrats Bob!
I come back and watch this when I need a good laugh and smile :)
That time and era of the 60's was great so many talented musicians and the probably the best 🎵🎶 music to ever be played from the era! From American musician to the British invasion! The music from that era is the best!
Thank you Bob. You are so talented and put in all the work to be successful. Sorry you and Bill's dream didn't turn out the way you had envisioned it to be.
Thanks for persevering and continuing to tour around. You three are still great.
Thanks from Stan Culp - Ontario, Canada. February 6, 2024
👏👍 I just saw them on the Flower Power Cruise and I agree 💯. They are fantastic in concert, and very kind and accessible to their fans.
Absolutely LOVE this! A blast from my past...as a kid, I grew up listening to the Cowsills. I could listen to Bob for hours, This was so much fun! Thank you for posting.
I thought this was going to b a cool video and then when the folks in the audience started singing the background I smiled and cried at the same time. I remember the Rain, The Park and other things from 1967 when my grandparents bought me a transistor radio for my birthday and I heard it on a tation is Massachusetts, WTXL. I was 6. What a great memory! Turning back the clock 51 years later and hearing these tunes sure bring you back.
Still makes me cry every time, Jim,.
I read the comments before the video, so I knew it was coming, but still got chills when the audience joined in.
when music comes from Your heart you get this....nostalgic....crying here
I had same reaction!
There's this one lady on the right channel who is extraordinarily correct! Wow.
This is a refreshing performance! Love seeing the entire audience in full participation with Bob. Awesome!
My happy childhood memories....the Cowsills ❤
Who would tape a mic on a moment like this having a legend artist in your presence .
I remember this so well…God Bless them all. Better time and much simpler, at least for me.
Bob I don’t know if you’ll see this … but if you do I wanna say I was very impressed. That you showed up , your singing… nice voice , your stories , and your graciousness about even touchy matters . You are a mature soul. Blessings.
I forwarded it to Bob!
That was very moving !
I watched it three times
Made me cry…. You ladies singing did that! No one ever gets “too much support”. What a blessing to Bob to know that you all were really listening….
And that the music mattered.
Twice in a month ! Movie Jesus Revolution got me too!
That's still great real music 🎶 still today! That family was very great! Even before the Jackson 5 and osmands families
This was soooo good to watch. What a great guy Bob Cowsill is! Thanks for posting. wonderful audience too.
Why can't we have groups like this today. It would make us very , very happy.
Because only our generation(I was born in 1961), was raised with relatively decent manners and family values… not so these days.
*Bob, Susan & Paul still sound great today in 2020..... Bless the ones who have passed on.*
You forgot John?
The singalong with The Rain, the Park… is one of my favorite RUclips moments of all time.
@@razmo21 I agree!
Agreed. The world needs more of this!
Im crying.... I was but a 'wee little tot' in the back paddocks of Queensland in Australia, when I first heard this band of family gorgeousness. I never knew the sadness they lived through the wonderfulness of Rain the Park etc, Indian Lake and Hair...... NOW I remember who taught me how to dance - Susan...... wonder voices just wonderful.... GO Bob...🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥲🙃🙃🙃😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩
Ed Asner is a guest there? Wow! (May he rest in peace.) 🥳 The Rain, the Park, and Other Things and other songs, most remarkable audience participation ever. So Wonderful! I wish I had been there!
He's still got IT!!!!!❤🎉😂
Found this clip by chance, and was totally blown away with just how talented Bob Cowsill is. The Cowsills are definitely a class act.
And charismatic!
I love the Cowsills I grew up listening to them Flower girl was a wonderful song but my favorite is Indian Lake I remember hereing this song when a bunch of us was going camping and fishing there's nothing like it hearing a good song on the way going on a trip love you all your brother in Christ Elvis Aron Presley Combs
Must have been a huge privilege being in the same room as Bob and watching him do the flower girl song. And what a down to earth guy.
I’m with ya! Anytime they were on Ed Sullivan my mom would tell me!
What an incredible video. His family's been through hell. They all came out with perfect personalities. And so humble. A few years ago I watched. Bob Paul and Susan. Sing Indian lake on the Mike Huckabee show. Incredible sound. Thank you for all the years cowsills. And by the way, that damn audience is talented. I hear some true singers in their.wonderfull
.
Nov. 2023 Love this! All those girls can say they sang with Bob, LIVE. So much fun to see.
I never thought of it like that! Cool!
I saw them on Valentine's Day in 1970 with my girlfriend. It was so fun. Thanks for posting this. You and the Cowsills are awesome.
How can you be of a certain age and not know the words to The Rain, The Park and Other Things. They are forever planted in my brain.
What a talented guitar/singer/songwriter, as well as having an awesome sense of humor! Bob is soooo comfortable on stage, makes you feel like you know him.
What a lovely audience!! when they started singing the harmonies on The rain the park and other things and saw Bob's reaction I was literally touching my chest just from how awesome and sweet that was!! It's a blessing to still have The Cowsills around, I hope I can meet them soon on a gig, as soon as the current situation is over. I can't thank you enough for this video!!
You made my day!
@@VickiAbelsonLive you made mine, so we're even!
Maybe he forgot for a moment how the impact of a great pop song has on the public. Great solo performance here.
Tom Petty’s audience sang Breakdown to him, complete w the back up parts. He just sat down on stage and took it in. Obviously touched. I was 5 when this song was on the radio. Great to see Mr. Cowsill experience a similar vibe in a much more intimate setting. Oh, to be in that room. Great, great pop song. Enough to stick with me 55 years. Bravo!
❤❤❤
Just stumbled on this. Excellent and so much fun!
This made me so happy, happy, HAPPY! I have always wanted to see them in concert, such amazing talent!
Ed Asner?!?!? wow! Great performance by Bob!
Remember hearing 'Rain, the Park and other things' for the first time at 6 yrs. and have loved them ever since. I still own and listen to thier music. Hair is the coolest sounding song even today. They are all such beautiful people with amazing talent. R.I.P. Barry and Bill. Thank for your gift. Listening to your music makes me happy, happy, happy-eeee...
outstanding....thanks
My great pleasure.
They made some huge hits! In retrospect their music was more complicated than other artists of that time. No digital editing or "auto-tune" back then. Real talent.
So many great remembrances of growing up with their music and others. Best time to grow up! We are so fortunate. Thanks for the memories!!!🎉
What a decent guy - with all that he and his family has been thru. Some of the other family members did not fare as well. How unfortunate that his dad had such problems. Congrats Bob!
God bless them - such talent and they allowed it to flourish in spite of all their obstacles.
I had never heard of the Cowsills until a month ago.. I live in Australia... I love them
Me too, now I'm obsessed, so talented, could have been the eagles before the eagles
I was in high school 12 to 15 (1966 to 1968) when the Cowsills were on the radio in Brisbane then. You must have been young not to have heard all these songs by the Cowills then and since. Some kids then thought they were too cool and preferred Cream, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles etc But you could like them all then and still be cool. Loved them and their songs then and now.
And how many of those are sitting here singing along with him! What a nice memory to have on January 1st 2021
omg, I think I cried a bit when everyone just joined just right on The Rain The Park and Other Things. Some of those people really hit it just right.
I know what you mean the audience response was beautiful
I might have cried, you didn't see me cry, no one knows if I really cried.
It was Incredible how right they were at 17:51-17:53 for an impromptu group of women just sitting there. You Know many of them were probably reliving themselves singing along with the song on the radio originally as pre-teens or teens. A lot of love and nostalgia heard in there....
Same here. There was also one prominent alto who really shone with her perfectly pitched harmony throughout :) Love her!
@@thebordernow I surely was.
Bob is such a great storyteller. I wish he'd write a memoir.
Most amazing family and musicians ever! sooo talented. More relevant now than ever. We need their spirit today! Thank you!
Love the Cowsills and this was so great, the 46 minutes flew by in a second; Amazing stories and listening to Bob! Great to hear the audience participating and harmonizing with Bob on the songs, he's still sounding the same as in the 60s! Greetings from the Netherlands!
Wow! That's the best audience participation moment I've ever heard on the Rain, the Park and other things.😀
Thank you! There are some amazing women in the house.
They crushed it!
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Wow Bob sounds fantastic...it warms my heart to hear his voice so rich and his playing so crisp. So gracious and humble...Thanks for making this available.
Truly my pleasure
Excellent storyteller
This is beautiful! He’s great but the audience is too. Sweet.
I'm blown away, what a true talent. I wish I could have been there
thanks Bob !!!
This is awesome. So glad I stumbled on this.
Wow. Bob is witty, engages the audience ,great storyteller...thanks for this
A beautiful and simple time- they don't make talent like his anymore
I was going to look for a video how to test the safety of eclipse glasses. Im glad i landed here.
HAHA
I have to admit the clip really did make me smile. What a funny, entertaining, and uplifting clip. I would gladly pay to see Bob do a one man show.
Alright....how did he do that?........Magic to my heart!
Wow. That was great, I’m a 61 year old guy and, like everyone else who remembers, I got a little choked up when the audience sang along in Flower Girl. (The title they wanted to use, I learned).
This brought back so many happy memories that I just cried.
Incredibly down to Earth….This was awesome…God bless Bob and Cowsills!
Wow, can he play and sing... And he has such a personality!
What a great musical memory 🎶❤️😌.. u all super & luv hearing u last week/Branson Mo
What an absolutely amazing house concert!
Great performance, great introduction and great audience! As others have said, it was fun to see Bob's surprised delight at the sweet singing. As promised in your title :) , thank you!
My great pleasure!
I love 'Hair'. My youngest granddaughter likes to sing it with me. She is 6 years old.
I’ve been sending this link to my family and friends. It made me happy!
Bob used to play for four hours every Friday night at Pickwick’s Pub in the San Fernando Valley. The whole audience sang along, often harmonizing. I miss those nights. He’s a wonderfully warm and talented performer.
Thanks for sharing your living room with all of us. I can't express how wonderful it was to immerse myself in your visit with Bob Cowsill. The memories flooded back my god I cried. Thank you so much. Keep on Keepin On!
Aw, so sweet!
Put a smile on my face. Good post.
So glad! Makes me smile, too.
I wish I was in that audience!
saw them last night, still sound great
They came out the same year that I was born so , I am very glad that I came across them and only wish that all the members were still with us .
me too
What a great 45 minutes worth of sheer fun! Thank you Vicki Abelson for presenting Bob at your function...I truly enjoyed this!
Music running through his bones ... a pleasure to watch
Awesome. My best Friend's Sister gave me The Cowsills Live LP for my 10th birthday. Still have it!
I feel so fortunate to have grown up in the 60s. Yes, it had its problems, like every decade, but it was an exciting time to be young and alive.
Sounds fantastic.
I luv this! Thank you for posting! ❤
looks like everybody is having a great time ....... excellent job, bob ...... and audience!
Wow, I just discovered the Cowsills did the theme song for Love American style. They were the gods of American music.
Oh yes they did. I loved their sound!
I didn't want it to end. Loved it. I sang along, too.
Me neither!
I am now obsessed with The Cowsills, after seeing them on the Happy Together Tour. I always loved The Rain, The Park And Other Things, but really appreciate their talent now after seeing their live performance. Thanks for this.
I know they had a great sound!
Loved it when Bob sang his song. I am a twin and have an older sister. I can't believe that I am sixty years old now!!! Occasionally we would sing together and were mesmerized at the sounds we created. I believe if we had stuck to it and worked at it we could have been famous too. Of course we did not!!!
Great video, I’m 64 remember these songs do well. Great times
Bob is so wonderful on his own he is still fantastic .
Bob he is a really good person
Bob, you are a complete livin' doll!! thank you so much for making me smile so much this evening...
This has got to be the only time I've heard an audience sing this well - it gave me goosebumps! Plus Bob is fantastic, as are all of the Cowsills (RIP Billy and Barry) I grew up with The Cowsills, too and used to run into John years ago in the music scene. He's a fantastic musician - as are all of the Cowsills.
Wow, Bob would make a hell of a comedian!
Amid the earthquakes the world problems it was so nice to sit down on a Saturday afternoon and watch this video. THANK YOU WITH TEARS IN MY EYES.
You made my day! Thank you, Ashton!
@@VickiAbelsonLive And now, a year later, it's wonderful. God bless you for posting this and bringing us back, for a minute, to a much simpler time. What a lovely man Bob is.
I planned to just skip through this to hear what he was going to sing. But I watched the whole thing and this was one of the best talks I've heard in a long time. Thanks for posting it.
I agree. Bob killed!
great sounds...thank you cowsills....!!!!
I'm 59...sure brought back memories. Thank you for posting, much appreciated!
+D Perry So glad you enjoyed. 59 here, too.
Scene 18:02 😂was great he didn't expect that!
What a treat! An evening with Bob Cowsill, in your house. Thank you very much for taking the time to share that treat with us all.
WOW!!!! Vicki, A bit over 4 years ago and I discover it tonight.
So glad you did, Jim!
The audience actually sounds nice. That's a awesome song, and that guys voice hasn't changed a bit.
Did you people notice Ed Ashner sitting 2 seats away from Bob, glad they made it and the songs they made we will never forget, Rock On Cowsill’s