BIO

John Cafferty: An award-winning songwriter and recording artist with multi-platinum albums, John Cafferty could simply be known as "The Man Who Made Eddie Cruise"


THE BEAVER BROWN BAND
Indeed, after playing together for more than 25 years, from the beachside haunts of their native Rhode Island to concert venues nationwide, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band bring both passion and hard-won perspective to their musical careers. And those years have given Cafferty a story to tell which, like the best rock song-writing, is both personal and universal.
 

Cafferty, and Beaver Brown saxophonist Michael Antunes (who actually appeared as the saxophonist in the Eddie and the Cruisers movie) know much about winning and losing. By 1982, despite their status as one of the strongest club bands in the Northeast, they still had not won a recording contract. So, they took the risk of writing and performing the music for a yet-to-be released movie. Of course, the film Eddie and the Cruisers became a blockbuster hit and Cafferty's rendition of Tender Years (which had been a poignant gem in the band's repertoire for years) and On the Dark Side flew to the top of the Billboard Charts.

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