#FOSSILS SONG TO THE TUNE OF PLUS#

вЂњThis is like finding a Rembrandt at a yard sale,вЂќ wrote follower Jennifer Small, in comments under вЂњCanвЂ™t Let Go,вЂќ a Linda Ronstadt B-side. Their fans leave thousands of comments on their pages and are hopelessly devoted.

#FOSSILS SONG TO THE TUNE OF PLUS#

Proceeds from their share of YouTube ad revenue, plus their own sales of T-shirts and CDs and the virtual вЂњtip jar,вЂќ have brought in as much as $45,000 every three months. They have become perhaps SmyrnaвЂ™s most famous cover band, while hardly stepping outside the metro area. вЂњGood music is good music, no matter where itвЂ™s from.вЂќДЄltogether the bandвЂ™s YouTube channel has more than 90,000 subscribers and 39 million views of their 65-plus videos. вЂњWhat I listen to is newer, but it all came from somewhere,вЂќ she says. Sammie says the emphasis on classic rock is fine with her. ALYSSA POINTER / вЂњAmieвЂќ (Pure Prairie League) and вЂњLandslideвЂќ (Fleetwood Mac).Д«ut reflecting the influence of the Foxes, there are also some more contemporary tunes in the repertoire, such as Colbie CaillatвЂ™s 2009 hit вЂњFallin' for You,вЂќ Tori KellyвЂ™s вЂњNobody LoveвЂќ (from 2015) and вЂњGood KisserвЂќ from 2018 by Lake Street Dive.

Then he recruited his daughter Sammie, and became internet famous. Tim Purcell, 64, worked for 40 years as a musician but was unable to gain national attention. They cover songs from the vocal harmony aisle of the classic rock superstore, by such bands as the Beach Boys, the Mamas and the Papas, the Eagles, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt and Todd Rundgren.ДЄmong their videos with a half-million views or more are вЂњSeven Bridges RoadвЂќ (made popular by the Eagles), вЂњHelplessly HopingвЂќ (Crosby, Stills & In the meantime, the group has regularly released videos of songs recorded during performances at The Twisted Taco (now a hibachi restaurant), at another pizza restaurant and at outdoor festivals. вЂњSuite: Judy Blue EyesвЂќ notched a million views by December of 2018 and will probably tip 3 million views by the end of the month, according to the bandвЂ™s unofficial statistician, John Hazeldene. What happened is TimвЂ™s band became YouTube famous. вЂњIвЂ™ve struggled as a musician for 40 years, schlepping equipment in and out of hotels and seedy dives,вЂќ said Tim, вЂњand then in my so-called retirement, this happens.вЂќ ALYSSA POINTER / in the vineyards of the music business for 30 years or so, and all had resigned themselves to anonymity. Sammie Purcell, 25, is finishing a degree in journalism at Boston University while occasionally recording songs with her father in their band Foxes and Fossils.

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