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AM Radio gives ride in the way back machine

They play all the songs that you grew up listening to.

AM Radio Tribute Band will perform from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Palmerton Community Festival.

The band plays all the songs from the 1960s and early 1970s, according to Kevin Burk, band leader.

“We play a lot of the old radio dial from the ’60s and ’70s,” Burk said. “We lean toward the tunes you don’t hear every day.”

Some of those songs Burk alluded to include “Spirit in the Sky,” by Norman Greenbaum, as well as music from Three Dog Night and the Ronettes.

“We’re a seven-member band with five lead singers, so there’s a lot of harmonies going on,” he said. “That seems to stand out to the crowd.”

That the band’s music is “harmony driven” seems to resonate with its audience, Burk said.

“We get lot of repeat customers, a lot of people with frequent-flier miles,” he joked.

Burk said the band is from the Montgomery County area and has been together for 10 years.

“We seem to have developed (a fan base) in the general Lehigh Valley area,” he said. “A lot of Lehigh Valley folks tend to go to those shows.”

AM Radio Tribute Band mimics the music and vocals with an uncanny likeness to the original recordings as you’ll ever hear — live.

According to the band’s website, be prepared for a ride in the way back machine as they emulate the sounds, voices, appearances, slogans, images and styles in authentic detail with outfits ranging from mod dress to multicolored flower power, psychedelic tie-dye shirts, go-go boots, long hair and an amazing energy that urges you to travel back to one of the most creative decades of our time.

Feel yourself begin to turn on, tune in and experience what it was like to be a part of a generation that exploded like a pressure cooker full of color, creativity and love.

AM Radio Tribute Band gives us a glimpse into the years when our brains leaped with joy at the music that’s come to define us.

Those years may have passed, but each time we hear the songs we loved, the joy they once brought us surges anew.

AM Radio Tribute Band will perform from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Palmerton Community Festival. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO