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John Cafferty

John Cafferty

Born:
in Narrangansett, Rhode Island

  • Genre: Rock
  • Active: '80s, '90s
  • Instruments: Vocals, Guitar

Biography

Arguably the quintessential one-shot band of all time, Cafferty and company (who, back in the early '70s, were simply a hack New England bar band) had their 15 minutes of fame courtesy of a ridiculously overwrought 1983 film called Eddie and the Cruisers (starring Michael Pare). The movie dealt with the suspicious death of a fictional singer/songwriter, modeled on a conflation of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, who had made the transition from smart rock & roller to serious artist. Seems as though Eddie had recorded a brilliant but unreleased album that fused Chuck Berry-style rock & roll with French Symbolist poetry. A record way ahead of its time, the master tapes of The Dark Side went missing, right around the time of Eddie's "death." Needing a band to supply music for the film, the producers used the Springsteen-ish sounding Cafferty and his clock-punching backup band. With the Springsteen-ish single "On the Dark Side" paving the way, Cafferty led, arguably, the most anonymous band with a hit record in the history of rock & roll. With the movie doing reasonably well in theaters and extremely well on video, sales of Cafferty's album -- which, ironically, had been out for months before the band's involvement with Eddie and the Cruisers and barely caused a murmur -- skyrocketed. But, as the movie faded from the public consciousness, so did Cafferty's imitation of Springsteen. ~ John Dougan, All Music Guide

Representative Albums:

Eddie & the Cruisers, Live & In Concert, Tough All Over

Similar Artists:

John Mellencamp, Huey Lewis, Southside Johnny, Tommy Conwell, Dan Baird, Willie and the Poor Boys, Rank and File, The Rainmakers, Jason & the Scorchers, Mitch Ryder, Tom Petty, NRBQ, Nils Lofgren, Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul, The Honeydrippers, Joe Grushecky, Dave Edmunds, The Blasters, Bryan Adams

Influences:

Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, John Fogerty
 
 
Wikipedia: John Cafferty

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band are an American rock band of the 1970s and 1980s, from Narragansett, Rhode Island. Originally known as simply Beaver Brown, the group (consisting of John Cafferty on vocals, Gary Grammolini on guitar, Patrick Lupo on bass, Kenny Jo Silva on drums, Bobby Cotoia on piano, and Michael Antunes on saxophone) initially established a popular following throughout Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

They achieved their greatest fame when they performed the music of a fictional band in the hit 1983 movie Eddie and the Cruisers. The film produced a Top 10 soundtrack album and a #7 hit single ("On the Dark Side"). The group's sound at this point was virtually cloned from the distinctive sound of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

The group's 1985 follow-up album Tough All Over made the top 50, getting some attention for "C.I.T.Y" and the title track. Another song from that album, "Voice of America's Sons", was the featured theme song on the official motion picture soundtrack of the movie "Cobra" starring Sylvester Stallone. [[1]] Subsequent releases were mostly sequels to the Eddie and the Cruisers concept, and Cafferty and the band faded from popular consciousness.

Prior to "Cobra", the band's song "Hearts on Fire" was featured in another Stallone film, film Rocky IV [[2]], and has been used in several parodies.

They still tour sporadically.

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