JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND – Sound of Waves (2025) *HQ Exclusive*
JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND are celebrating their 50+ years with the release of a new album, ”Sound of Waves”, via Moonstone Music. What makes the news of the album so unique is that it represents their first studio effort in 37 years.
New England institution John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band have been around since 1972, but they got their big break in 1983, when movie producer Kenny Vance hired them to provide the songs for the bar-band movie Eddie And The Cruisers. The film and its soundtrack were hits, and The Beaver Brown Band went on to contribute soundtrack-rock jams for movies like Rocky IV and Cobra.
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band are still around, and their lineup still features original members Cafferty, guitarist Gary Gramolini, and saxophonist Michael “Tunes” Antunes. They haven’t released an album since the soundtrack to 1989’s Eddie And The Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! – but that’s about to change.
It’s obvious that Cafferty and the guys maintain their original ’80s sound here – that’s what fans want to hear.
Cafferty wrote all the songs on the new LP. In a press release, he says that Bruce Springsteen encouraged him to record it. Lead single “Day In The Sun” is a big, honking piece of montage-ready rock ‘n’ roll. Cafferty always got tons of Springsteen comparisons, and this song does indeed sound a lot like Springsteen.
But it’s 1985 Springsteen, not present-day Springsteen. The entire ”Sound of Waves” belongs to that decade.
John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band did some dates presenting the album, and now join John Waite and Wang Chung on “I Want My 80s”, Rick Springfield’s ’80s-nostalgia U.S. tour.
Highly Recommended
01 – Palisades
02 – Day In The Sun
03 – Blue California
04 – Blue Moonlight Drive
05 – Loveland
06 – Forever
07 – Send A Little Message To You
08 – Lasting Impression
09 – Razor ‘n’ Rock
10 – Great Divide
11 – Promise & Dream
12 – Hearts Of The Mighty
13 – Sound Of Waves
John Cafferty (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
Gary Gramolini (lead guitar)
Michael “Tunes” Antunes (saxophone)
Dean Cassell (bass)
Steve Burke (keyboards)
Jackie Santos (drums)
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