New York, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The third annual Hippiefest tour coincides with the 40th anniversary of the 'Summer of '68', a period of change that continues to define our country today. Flash back to the music of those days with Jack Bruce of Cream, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Melanie, The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Terry Sylvester, Janis Ian, Joey Molland of Badfinger, and Jonathan Edwarsds.
Read below for a 'who's who' on tour this year:
JACK BRUCE (CREAM)
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Jack Bruce is best known as the founder and lead singer of the world's first mega band Cream. A prolific and highly influential songwriter, Bruce composed most of Cream's hits including 'I Feel Free,' 'Sunshine of You Love' and 'White Room.'
Hit songs: 'I Feel Free,' 'Sunshine of Your Love' & 'White Room'
ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS
Eric Burdon's life has been a musical journey matched by few other performers in rock and roll music history. He has gone from the driving force of the grittiest British Invasion band to pioneering the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene. Thereafter, he fronted WAR - the biggest funk band of the 1970's, cut an LP with an early influence, jazz-blues great Jimmy Witherspoon, and came full-circle, reuniting his original band, The Animals, for a series of projects and world-wide tours. In recent years he's formed new groups of 'Animals' and released a series of studio CDs, live CD's, a DVD.
Hit songs: 'House of the Rising Sun,' 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place,' 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood,' & 'Boom Boom'
MELANIE
Melane became the voice of an era in one magical instant onstage at Woodstock when she sang her song "Beautiful People" and inspired the first panorama of candles and cigarette lighters ever raised at a concert event. That, in turn, moved the singer to write "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain"), which sold more than one million copies in 1970 and prompted Billboard, Cashbox, Melody Maker, Record World, and Bravo to anoint her as female vocalist of the year. Her single "Brand New Key," an infectious romp about freedom and roller skates, topped the charts in 1971.
Hit songs: 'Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),' 'Brand New Key'
THE TURTLES
The Turtles were one of the most dynamic American pop groups of the 1960s. They evolved from The Byrds-influenced folk rock to a fusion of chamber pop and pop-rock, highlighted by soaring vocal harmonies. 1967 proved to be the Turtles' most successful year on the pop charts as 'Happy Together' replaced the Beatles' 'Penny Lane' at No 1.
Hit songs: "Happy Together," "She'd Rather Be With Me" and "It Ain't Me Babe"
JANIS IAN
Who are the great songwriters in America today? Ask any student of the form, and Janis Ian will be counted among them. The writer of 'Jesse,' a song recorded by so many others that few remember Ian wrote it; 'Stars,' possibly the best song ever written about the life of a performer, recorded by artists as diverse as Mel Torme and Cher; and the seminal 'At Seventeen,' a song that brought five of her nine GRAMMMY nominations and is now reachings its third generation of listeners.
Hit songs: 'Jesse,' 'At Seventeen,' 'Stars' & 'Society's Child'
BADFINGER FT. JOEY MOLLAND
Born and raised in Liverpool ,England, Joey joined Badfinger in 1969 and over the next 5 years they wrote and recorded for the Beatles' Apple Records. Their hits included "No Matter What", "Day After Day", "Baby Blue", "Without You" and the Paul McCartney song" Come and Get It" He played on George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" album and John Lennon's "Imagine" album. He also performed with George Harrison at the "Concert for Bangia Desh".
Hit songs: "Come And Get It," "No Matter What,' "Day After Day" and 'Baby Blue'
JONATHAN EDWARDS
Jonathan Edwards is an American musician, folk-singer, performer and songwriter with 'one of the most distinctive voices on record' (Music City News). His songs combine a natural musical talent with wit and a remarkable penchant for storytelling. In his early years, he opened for acts like The Allman Brothers and B.B. King, later becoming a success in his own right with tracks like 'Sunshine' and 'Shanty.'
Hit songs: 'Sunshine' & 'Shanty'
TERRY SYLVESTER
Terry Sylvester is without a doubt a 60s rock legend. His first band, The Escorts, appeared with The Beatles on many occasions at the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool. In 1968 Sylvester joined up with The Hollies with whom he would make his most indelible mark on the rock world. Collaborations with rock titans abound, including Elton John and The Alan Parsons Project. Across the span of his career, Sylvester has been awarded 5 Platinum, 9 Gold and 6 Silver discs.
Hit songs: 'The Air That I Breathe,' 'Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,' 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother,' & 'Sorry Suzanne'
A full list of Hippiefest tour dates and lineups is available at: https://www.hippiefest.net
