John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
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Best known for the music behind the 80s Rock n Roll fable "Eddie and the Cruisers" and the sequel years later, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band were often stereotyped as the music of the film. John was a house painter by day, and played with his band at night, just trying to get something happening. The Rhode Island band struck oil when Scotti Brothers/CBS signed them to do a soundtrack for a movie they were still working on. The movie was a blockbuster, and the album went multi-platinum with 2 singles screaming up the charts.
Influenced by: Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Tom Petty
- Label:
- Scotti Brothers/CBS
- Active:
- 1970s-1980s, with 1983 breakthrough
- Scene:
- Rhode Island/Northeast
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