From Staff Reports

HENDERSONVILLE — The Super ‘60s band played two 75-minute sets featuring hits of the 1960s on the evening of Nov. 21 during an outdoor concert/dance on the veranda outside the main building on a relatively mild evening.

The band, which is arguably the most popular rock oldies cover band in Western North Carolina, drew around 200 people, with many staying till the end — and dancing to the music.

The concert’s first five songs included “More Today Than Yesterday,” “Mercy, Mercy,” “Last Time,” “Gloria” and “Daydream Believer.” 

The first set ended with one of the most popular songs of the night — and seemingly always a crowd-pleaser — Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline.” As usual, the crowd sang along, merrily.

In the second set, the band introduced a song it had not played for a long time — the Grass Roots’ 1967 classic “Let’s Live for Today.” Regarding the hit, Songfacts.com says: “This song embodies the hippie ethos of seeking love, not money, and simply letting life unfold: ‘We’ll take the most from living, have pleasure while we can....’”

The show concluded with a bang with a red-hot medley of three mega-hits by Tommy James and the Shondells — 1966’s “Hanky Panky,” 1967’s “I Think We’re Alone Now” and 1968’s “Mony Mony.”