#168
May 20 1985
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Tough All Over
Genre: Heartland Rock
3.25 out of 5
Highlights:
C-I-T-Y
When the question was asked in the movie, Eddie and the Crusiers, “What ever happened to Eddie and the Cruisers?” I never expected that 30 years later I would be asking…what ever happened to John Cafferty?
Yeah yeah, he ripped off Bruce’s sound. But about 20 years later so would Arcade Fire and The Hold Steady and they were praised for it. (But boy does he bite hard on Bruce on “Tex-Mex”)
Sure, JC&tBBB sound more like John Parr and Jackson Browne and REO Speedwagon and, well, every other “heartland” band but they weren’t castigated nearly as hard as JC was.
This is the follow up to the soundtrack album and, although they tried to distance themselves, it hung around their neck like an albatross. Even kids like me wouldn’t give them the time of day.
Do I sound remorseful? Maybe. Is this any good? It’s completely serviceable second rate Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes stuff. The kind of band that would do well at a fair or Beer and BBQ Festival in July.
Maybe that’s where they are…
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