Davy Jones Kicks off 17-Act Lineup For 2002 'Flower Power' Concert Series at Epcot

Davy Jones (of Monkees Fame) Kicks off 17-Act Lineup For 2002 'Flower Power' Concert Series at Epcot
Special Music To Fill the Air April 19-June 2

Flower Power will bloom bigger than ever -- with hit music from four decades -- during the 2002 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, April 19 through June 2 at Walt Disney World Resort.

Davy Jones of The Monkees leads off a lineup of 17 musical acts that will perform daily during the festival. Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, The Grass Roots, The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Paul Revere & The Raiders and more will be featured during the six-and-a-half-week event. Shows daily will be 4:30, 5:45 and 7:10 p.m. at America Gardens Theatre.

This year's trip down a musical memory lane includes groups and members of groups that collectively produced 132 Billboard Top 40 hits. Sixty of those recordings climbed into the Top 10 -- including 13 No. 1 songs -- between 1965 and 1995.

A new musical dimension will be provided by an act that never climbed the pop charts: Mannheim Steamroller will make its Walt Disney World debut with a distinctive fusion of Baroque, chamber and symphonic musical styles that founder Chip Davis has described as "18th century rock 'n' roll." The group recently created its eighth Fresh Aire album project.

Here's the complete schedule:

April 19-21 - Davy Jones
April 22-24 - Survivor
April 25-28 - Orleans
April 29 - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
April 30-May 2 - Eddie Money
May 3-5 - The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie
May 6-7 - Ron Dante of The Archies
May 8-9 - John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
May 10-12 - Paul Revere & The Raiders
May 13-14 - Gary Puckett
May 15-16 - Rare Earth, Iron Butterfly, Sugarloaf All-Stars
May 17-20 - Starship featuring Mickey Thomas
May 21-23 - The Grass Roots
May 24-26 - Arlo Guthrie
May 27-28 - The Rock N Roll Run House featuring The Knack
May 29 - Mannheim Steamroller
May 30-June 2 - The Nelsons

Flower Power concerts are included with regular Epcot admission.

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When Flower Power 2002 Groups Bloomed Atop The Pop Music World
[Years designated are when songs were No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Chart]

This Diamond Ring (Gary Lewis & The Playboys, 1965)
Last Train To Clarksville (The Monkees, 1966)
I'm A Believer (The Monkees, 1966-67)
Happy Together (The Turtles, 1967)
Daydream Believer (The Monkees, 1967)
Sugar, Sugar (The Archies, 1969)
Indian Reservation (Paul Revere & The Raiders, 1971)
My Sharona (The Knack, 1979)
Eye of the Tiger (Survivor, 1982)
We Built This City (Starship, 1985)
Sara (Starship, 1986)
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (Starship, 1987)
(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection (Nelson, 1990)