Don Gibson Theater: In Concert - Chad and Jeremy

One of the most enduring jewels still glistening from the British Invasion of the Sixties, Chad and Jeremy scored almost a dozen top 40 hits here in the States between 1964 and 1966, including three songs instantly recognizable to anyone of "a certain age."

Yesterday's Gone - Willow Weep for Me - A Summer Song

During those delirious years when America lost its mind over anything British, Hollywood producers were thrilled to find a long haired pop act from the UK who could actually act as well as induce teen screams. Suddenly Chad and Jeremy were everywhere on the American TV dial, on Hullabaloo, Shindig, The Tonight Show, The Merv Griffin Show and Where the Action Is... but most noticeably the boys broke through to prime time network comedy with starring appearances on iconic shows like Batman, The Patty Duke Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show (remember when they played the Beatle-like singers "The Red Coats" and Rob brought them home to meet Laura and the kids? Sure you do... and it remains one of the most requested repeats of any show on the TV Land Network..)

After a string of battles with this record company and that, a shift to more progressive efforts in the studio (which impressed the critics but less so the fans,) both Chad and Jeremy were lured away from the pop business by more immediate opportunities in legitimate theatre and television production (with Jeremy finding success in London's West End and Chad serving for a time as musical director for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.)

By chance a PBS pop star reunion show brought the friends together again in 2003 for what was expected to be a one time performance, but the reaction the next day was so strong from theatres and promoters wanting to book the act that Chad and Jeremy found themselves suddenly with a rejuvenated career. And they've been touring across the US and Canada every year since.

Unashamedly pretty melodies, humor and sophistication, folky acoustic guitars, flawless harmonies... and fiercely creative. Taking a song down any garden path it might want to follow, and somehow guiding it home at dusk. The duo are amused at their own celebrity, and aren't afraid to be seen having fun... so ineffably British... so dry and whimsical...

These guys sound as good as they ever did. They're pristine performers, still in fine voice. The show was structured as a capsule history of the act, the songs interspersed with wry sketches of key points along the road. The fondness of the two for each other, for the audience, and for show business is quite real. It seems as though the duo is finally enjoying the kind of career they should have had in the first place... and their fans have finally caught up with them.

– The Brooklyn Rail