1. >> archives
  2. >> America

America

#6 America Reduced
Credit: Courtesy of venturahighway.com
CAPTAINS AMERICA: Mellow out to the soft rock sounds of America on August 13.
Saturday August 13, 2022 08:00 PM EDT
Cost: $20+
CL RECOMMENDS
CL Critic Hal Horowitz Recommends: Still looking for those alligator lizards in the air fifty years after they started, these breezy Brits have become synonymous with harmonious vocals and soft rock. It has been 15 years since their last album of original material, but no one comes to hear the new stuff. So sit back, relax and float down Ventura Highway with yacht rockers who popularized the genre before it had a name. — HH

From the venue:

America’s albumssix certified gold and/or platinum, with their first greatest hits collection, History, hitting four plus million in salesdisplayed a fuller range of the trio’s talents than did their singles. Their material encompassed an ambitious artistic swath; from effects-laden rockers to oddball medleys to soul-bearing ballads, America displayed a flawless blend of disparate genres and styles as wide-open as the great American plains.
More information