Hits of the ’60s coming to KPC

The sweet sounds of the '60s are headed to the Kirkland Performance Center.

The sweet sounds of the ’60s are headed to the Kirkland Performance Center.

Rear View Mirror, a band known for its renditions of 1960s classics by everyone from The Beatles to James Brown, will perform a free show at 2 p.m. on Oct. 23.

“No one in the Pacific Northwest is doing the ’60s to the depth and breadth that we are,” RVM bass player Dave Lavin said, adding a lot of other bands tend to veer into the ’70s as well.

“We have these Boomers who are just eating it up,” keyboardist and musical director John Paredes said.

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The six-member band, consisting of lead singers Robin Weakland and Annette Jackson, guitarist Karl Moffitt, Paredes, Lavin and drummer Ron Tuttle, performs well-known hits from big artists such as “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison and “Daydream Believer” by the Monkees.

“It’s hard to see these songs going out of favor in the next 20 years,” Paredes said. “I don’t think there’s any other decade where you can say that about the music.”

RVM also is known for performing some of the novelty songs of the ’60s, including the theme from “The Munsters” and “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham and The Pharoahs.

“People connect to (those novelty songs),” Paredes said.

The band members have different day jobs and live in different towns in the Northwest, from Mukilteo to Kirkland to Portland, so they practice when they can, usually getting together two to four times a month.

“We love doing it,” Lavin said of what keeps them excited about performing. “For me, this is kind of full circle — it’s the music I grew up with.”

Lavin, who lives in Kirkland, is particularly excited about performing at the KPC.

“It’s a great venue,” he said, adding the show will include era-appropriate visuals and clothing worn by the band.

“We’ll have some colorful lighting that exemplifies the vibrancy of the era,” Paredes added.

While admission to the KPC show is free, tickets are available at the box office, and canned food donations to Northwest Harvest will be accepted. For more information about the show, visit kpcenter.org.

RVM also has upcoming shows Nov. 25 at Matthews Winery in Woodinville and a performance Feb. 11 as part of a Boys and Girls Club fundraiser in Snohomish. For more information about the band, visit rvm60s.com.