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Buckinghams pleased all ages with '60s hits : News : Oswego Ledger-Sentinel : Hometown Newspaper for Oswego and Montgomery, IllinoisBuckinghams pleased all ages with '60s hits
| A chance to sing-a-long
| by Nicole Nicolas
| 6/23/2005
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An overflow crowd of about 5,000 came out from all over Illinois to see The Buckinghams at PrairieFest in Oswego last Saturday night.
The crowd of both young and old enjoyed dancing to the Chicago-based pop group as they performed a string of their mid-1960s hits, including “Susan,” “Kind of a Drag” and “Don’t You Care.”
During “Susan” people clapped together and sang out the refrain, “I love you, yes I do,” at the band’s request.
“I like the fact that they played as good as they did for as old as they are,” said Russ Peach of Montgomery.
During the show, The Buckinghams also played hits from some of their 1960s-era musical contemporaries, including The Turtles and The Grassroots.
The Buckinghams reformed after nearly a two decade hiatus when WLS-AM invited them to play a reunion concert at ChicagoFest, said Carl Giammarese, the group’s original lead singer.
“It was such a successful concert, we started getting offers to play more dates,” Giammarese said.
The current edition of The Buckinghams includes Giammarese, Nick Fortuna on vocals and bass, who is an original member, Bruce Soboroff on the keyboard , Bob Abrams the lead guitarist and Tom Schekel on the drums.
Currently, they perform 75 to 80 dates at casinos, festivals and theaters every year, Giammarese said.
“The main reason (they came back was) because there was a big resurgence for ‘60s bands. The fans have kept us touring,” Giammarese said.
Giammarese said he enjoys performing at festivals like the PrairieFest because, you have a great audience with a lot of energy and he knows the audience is out to just have a good time, Giammarese said.
“ (It was) a great time. They kept you going—dancing and having a good time,” said Amy Fox of North Aurora.
In the future, The Buckinghams are planning to make a Christmas album and another new album.
“We’re writing some. Its kind of in its infant stages,” Giammarese said
Giammarese said on their new CD they will try to recreate the sound they created in the 60s with “augmented and diminished cords and try to recapture the horns.” |
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