Rhode Island’s multi-platinum John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, will be celebrating 50+ years in the business with the release of “Sound of Waves,” a new 13-song album, their first in 37 years.
In 1982, John Cafferty was commissioned to write and perform the soundtrack for a film that turned out to be “Eddie and the Cruisers,’ a rock cult classic with a triple platinum soundtrack. Cafferty’s soulful, raspy voice propelled the movie’s theme “On the Dark Side” to # 1 on the Billboard Rock charts and the MTV video charts, while the movie’s second hit “Tender Years” rose into the Top 10 of the Billboard AC charts.
Today John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band continue to tour around the world. That tour will bring them to NYC for an album release concert at the Cutting Room on Thursday, April 10th, the day before the album release, from Moonstone Music.
According to Cafferty, the new album almost didn’t happen. After almost four decades of not writing and recording new music, he was encouraged by Bruce Springsteen to do it again.
Over the years, Cafferty and company have jammed on stage with many of the greats of rock and roll, including Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Dion, and opened on tour with the Beach Boys, Foreigner, and Bryan Adams.
Starting May 28th, Cafferty joins Rick Springfield on his “I Want My 80s Tour” for selected dates, along with John Waite and Wang Chung.
“The ‘Sound of Waves’ album is a celebration of a lifetime legacy as musicians and 50+ years as a band. The songs are newly written with a respectful reflection of colors from an era of music’s diverse history and the precious life moments and loving relationships that have served as our hearts’ inspiration,” said Cafferty.
The title track from the group’s 1985 album, “Tough All Over” became their second # 1 on the Billboard Rock Charts and the song “C-I-T-Y” reached the Billboard Top 20.
Over the years, John has placed 35 songs in major motion pictures. They included Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky “IV,” and “Cobra.” The Farrelly Brothers hit films “There’s Something About Mary” and “Dumb and Dumber Too,” & Eddie and the Cruisers I and II.
The lead single from the group’s upcoming album is “Day In the Sun,” which was spotlighted in Peter Farrelly’s film “Rick Stanicky.” Here’s a video link of a live performance.
All songs on the new release were written by Cafferty.
The Rhode Island rockers put out their first “Greatest Hits” album in 2022 on Iconoclassic Records.
In addition to band founder Cafferty, two original members remain in the group. They are guitarist Gary Gramolini and saxophonist Michael “Tunes” Antunes.
In NYC John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band will be appearing at the Cutting Room on Thursday, April 10.
