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The Rascals
Were Groovin'
All Night At Robins Theatre

June 13, 2026

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Felix Cavaliere and The Rascals are out celebrating their 60th Anniversary. They made a stop at the Robins Theatre on Friday night to bring some happy, 1960's vibes to downtown Warren.

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It was a night filled with hits, many from The Rascals but the band also played some from some other '60s acts that had the audience singing along.

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Songs like "A Beautiful Morning" and "Love Is A Beautiful Thing" had people swaying in their seats.

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Early in the show, Cavaliere asked the audience "Do you remember a long time ago when you could write a song and not piss anyone off?"  Which drew laughs from the crowd.  

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 The theme of the night was peace, love and joy.  And the songs that were played proved that theme time and again.  During "Mustang Sally" the band also played snippets of "Play That Funky Music," "Land of 1,000 Dances," and "Get Ready."

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During "Groovin'" the band launched into "Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie," "My Girl" and "Just My Imagination" which was fantastic.

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Cavaliere is now in his early 80s, but you would never know it by his energy, stage presence and his voice.  He still sounds great and his backing band is fantastic too.

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The main set closed with their two biggest hits, "People Got To Be Free" and "Good Lovin'."  The band quickley returned to encore with "In The Midnight Hour" and an homage to the true kings of Rock and Roll, Chuck Berry and Little Richard by playing "Roll Over Beethoven," "Long Tall Sally" and "Good Golly Miss Molly."

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The Ides of March featuring Jim Peterik, opened the show with several original tunes as well as several tunes that Peterik has written for other artists.  Three of the band members have been around since 1966 where they had a handful of regional hits around the Chicago area.  However, in 1970 the band had a number 2 hit on the charts with "Vehicle."

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Years later, Peterik went on to form Survivor and wrote several hit songs with that band ("Eye of the Tiger," "High On You) as well has hits by 38 Special ("Hold On Loosely").  It was great hearing those songs performed by the guy who wrote them.  

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Even more special was hearing "Eye of the Tiger" while Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini was sitting two rows in front of me.  You knew he played that song while he was training in the '80s.  

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That's the great thing about going to concerts.  You never know who you might run into!

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Photos and review by Greg Drugan

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