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ROCK & ROLL CALL
Our always welcome friend and visitor this week is one of the founding members of the Rascals (“The Young Rascals”) FELIX CAVALIERE who was trained in classical piano by his mother. When Felix attended Syracuse University he founded a doo-wop group The Escorts – in 1964 Felix became a member of Joey Dee’s backing band The Starliters – as in the “Peppermint Twist”. He met Starliter David Bragati and his younger brother Eddie and the legendary Rascals were born.
It seems like they were an instant success, you couldn’t turn on a radio with without hearing -“A Beautiful Morning”, “Groovin”, “Good Lovin’”, “Lonely Too Long”, “People Got To Be Free”, “A Girl Like You” and “How Can I Be Sure.”
Felix and The Rascals are Live in concert with “The People Got To Be Free” tour.
Friday, April 26 | Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts | Patchogue, NY
Saturday, April 27 | Keswick Theatre | Glenside, PA and Friday, May 17 | Sony Hall | NYC
The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and The Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2010. The Rascals lit up the Broadway stage in 2013.
Let’s welcome our visitor Felix Cavaliere this Saturday 4/13/24.
CB
