MY MUSIC: MY GENERATION – THE 60S

– Concert Special Brings Back the Sounds of Peace, Love and Protest –

The MY MUSIC series returns to PBS with an exiting retrospective that focuses on hip, hit-making artists from the second half of the 60s.

Drawing on the appeal of previous MY MUSIC showcases on folk (THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND) and rock (THE BRITISH BEAT), MY GENERATION – THE 60s is a treasure-trove of essential folk-rock, rhythm-and-blues and pop classics that continue to resonate with baby-boomers. The program airs as part of the March 2008 pledge drive (check local listings) on PBS.

Leading off the celebration of the peace and protest decade are the New Rascals, who perform their chart-topping pair of blue-eyed soul smashes “People Got to Be Free” (1968) and “Groovin’” (1966). The dynamic Dennis Tufano of the Buckinghams brings back another number-one rocker, “Kind of a Drag,” and Ohio’s state song singer, Rick Derrenger, returns to the stage to perform his frat-rock anthem “Hang On, Sloopy,” which features extended lyrics edited from the songs original 1965 release.

We Five of the folk music craze in the mid 60s reunite to sing “You Were on My Mind,” while Roger McGuinn of the Byrds reprises his legendary folk-rock group’s rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man,” one of 1965’s biggest hits.

From the softer side of the 60s, the Association reunites with two million-selling standards, “Cherish” and “Never My Love.” Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. of the original Fifth Dimension offer their top-of-the-chart take on the late Laura Nyro’s “Wedding Bell Blues.”

For the first time on television, Jackie DeShannon revisits her era-defining masterpiece, the Burt Bacharach-Hal David ballad “What the World Needs Now Is Love.” The 60s “psychedelic sounds” are represented by Vanilla Fudge’s “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” and the infamous “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vidda” by metal pioneers Iron Butterfly. In a lighter vein, Ron Dante, voice of the Archies, closes with the bubblegum monster “Sugar, Sugar,” 1969’s top hit.

With introductions by “Mama” Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas, MY GENERATION – THE 60s remembers and rejoices in an unforgettable time of profound change and music that remains relevant today.

Underwriters: Public Television Viewers and PBS. Producer: TJL Productions. Executive producer: TJ Lubinsky. Format: CC Stereo

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CONTACT: TJ Lubinsky, TJL Productions, Tel.: 724/940-2644; tjlubinsky@verizon.net