Gary Puckett and The Union Gap 7/28/17 Hamden Town Center

What is it about 1968? Recent previous entry The Stylistics formed as did Gary Puckett and The Union Gap, must have been the hangover from the Summer of Love. Crowded Town Center for the final installment of the 2017 summer series. The benefit of riding the initial band success for almost 50 years is that the show is pretty well scripted. GP and the UG is no exception, they played songs from everyone and anyone with their "hits" sprinkled in. Lady Madonna, Quinn The Eskimo, Happy Together, Kicks, Runaround Sue, a bizarro Sonny and Cher song, a BeeGees tune were part of their repertoire. GP told a story of riding around the Arizona desert in a 68 red corvette with Glen Campbell which led into "By The Time I Get to Phoenix", natch. He is also of the age to pray at the altar of Elvis Presley, from which he pulled a few hits. Being "Union Soldiers", they did a fitting, but lengthy tribute to US veterans that came with a heartfelt plea to interact with the GP website in an effort to connect vets with available services. While I support and see the definite need for veterans affairs, for someone who was 5 in 1968, the conflicts which we have gotten into (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan) in my lifetime have needlessly created a vet population. Striving for a world without war seems to be the best way to honor our military.