Summer Concert Series Offers Country Veteran Seals

Veteran country performer Dan Seals will let the good times roll at Liberty Lake this weekend as part of a continuing summer concert series.

Seals - who has kicked out 11 No. 1 country hits, including “Let the Good Times Roll, “Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)” and “Three Time Loser” - is a crooner in the more traditional sense of country music.

He will give a free performance at the Liberty Lake Pavillion Park Sunday starting at 2 p.m.

Spokane’s own Backroads country band will open for him.

Raised in Dallas, Seals was born into a musical family. His father was a musician and lifetime friend of Ernest Tubb. His uncle wrote Ray Price’s 1956 hit “Crazy Arms.” His cousin, Johnny Duncan, was a successful country musician in the late ‘70s.

At age 4, Seals played in a family band with his brother Jim Seals (of Seals & Crofts fame). He later went on to form half of the ‘70s duo called England Dan & John Ford Coley. The two created pop hits like “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight” and “Nights are Forever Without You.”

When they parted ways, Seals decided to pursue a career in country music. He landed his first No. 1 hit in 1985, singing a duet with Marie Osmond on “Meet Me in Montana.”

In 1986, his hit “Bop” earned him the Country Music Association award for Single of the Year.

His song “Addicted” was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1989.

The Seals concert is part of the first annual Summer Music Festival at Liberty Lake’s Pavillion Park. The Boxtops are scheduled to perform Aug. 2.

To reach the concerts at Pavillion Park, take the Liberty Lake exit off Interstate 90 and look for yellow-and-black signs directing traffic to the park. Overflow parking will be available.

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