Johns: John Cafferty

John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band: On The Dark Side

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Hailing from Narragansett, Rhode Island, John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band originated in 1973, starting out as a J. Geils Band clone (Cafferty claims they modeled themselves after the Boston group).

On The Dark Side is from the soundtrack of the 1983 film, Eddie and The Cruisers, which was about a fictional band whose leader, Eddie Wilson, mysteriously disappears after his car crashes over a bridge - his body was never found. Eddie's singing comes from John Cafferty, The Beaver Brown Band fills in musically for The Cruisers.

If you overlook the heavy handed Springsteenesque approach and the fact that this is yet another rewrite of Neil Diamond's Cherry Cherry, it's not bad, it has cheesy Pop appeal. Apparently, the band will soon be appearing on the upcoming reality series, Loder's Run: The Quickening and best of all, they're still available for corporate bookings!