ABOUT THE MYSTICS
The Mystics was Boise’s top band during the mid-1960s, one of rock and roll’s most influential eras. They are the only Idaho Sixties band still with an original member and feature some of the valley’s best rock musicians playing classic rock by classic artists—the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Everly Brothers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Neil Young, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and many more. The band has spent nearly three decades of playing at festivals, private and company parties, reunions, wedding receptions, cruise nights, fundraisers, benefits, the governor’s ball, Alive After Five, Nampa Nights, the Western Idaho Fair, Boise River Festival, Boise’s Fourth of July Celebration, the Idaho Botanical Garden’s summer concert series, and other events, and has opened for the Guess Who, Rick Nelson, Chad and Jeremy and many others. Players have come and gone during their tenure, with most of the early members being replaced by some of the area’s best professional musicians. Current members include Mystics co-founder and longtime Statesman columnist Tim Woodward, Lawson Hill (32 years), Rico Weisman (22 years) and Don Cunningham (15 years).
