The Cowsills News

A Palcorp Prods. and Thinking Bee presentation. Produced by Louise Palanker, Ian Broyles, Bill Filipiak.

's "Cinesonic" sidebar and the generally amped-up segment of music films, and especially pop/rock music films, at least two of the films fall under the shadow of the syndrome, offering fuller pictures of acts heretofore unexplored in a deeper way.

Directed by Santa Barbara-based Louise Palanker, Family Band: The Cowsills Story is an engaging, in-depth, and fascinating look at how one of the most popular bands of the 1960s - and probably the most ambitious and inclusive family-based group - crumbled under the weight of an abusive father-manager. Following the band from its early days on Ed ... (more)

When Santa Barbaran Louise Palanker was young, her favorite band was The Cowsills, a mom and her kids.

It was a wet and snowy day in Toledo as bass guitarist and songwriter Derrick Anderson sat down for an interview with Toledo Free Press Star .