Transporting their audiences to the fun and feel-good '60s is what The Large Flowerheads do best, and they've been rewarded with a loyal following.
Originally active in the '90s, The Large Flowerheads reconvened in 2007 with a more deliberate focus on the charted hits of the '60s, from bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival. The result is a universally recognizable setlist that stirs up sing-alongs and dancing for hours. “It's become a self-perpetuating party,” says drummer Maureen “Moe” Jerant.
The Large Flowerheads create more than a fantastic vibe, they also cultivate community and embrace the nostalgia their music invokes. “People will hear a song and come up and say it reminds them of their high school dance, or hanging out at the Parkway, or their first date with their husband or wife,” says Jerant. “Guys will tell us songs are meaningful to them because that was one of their rays of hope when they were in Vietnam.”
She and the band are always available at the merch table after a show to spend time with their people. Fans have created a community by meeting each other at Flowerheads concerts, an extended family of friends in the spirit of '60s social culture.
Getting the audience engaged has become one of the Flowerheads' specialties, and their up-for-it followers have taken to bringing tambourines and even megaphones with which to jam along. “It's about a lot of things,” Jerant says. “Not just a party. Getting out, meeting people, making connections, cultivating relationships—being human in the twenty-first century.”
On the 27th of this month, The Large Flowerheads' Beat Cabin Fever Party at Allentown's Fearless Fire Company ushers in the spring with a night of awesome energy. Get in on the fun!
