John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band

American rock band

John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band is an American rock band from Rhode Island which began its career in 1972, and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s. Originally known as simply Beaver Brown, they got their name from a paint can. The classic lineup of the group (consisting of John Cafferty on vocals and guitar, Gary Gramolini on lead guitar, Pat Lupo on bass, Kenny Jo Silva on drums, Bobby Cotoia on keyboards, and Michael "Tunes" Antunes on saxophone) started out as a New England bar band based in Narragansett, Rhode Island and established a following up and down the Northeast corridor with strongholds in the beach resort towns of Narragansett and Misquamicut, Rhode Island; New York City; New Haven, Connecticut; Boston, Massachusetts; and Asbury Park, New Jersey.

They first achieved success with a 1980 self released single pairing two of their songs, "Wild Summer Nights" and "Tender Years", which sold over 10,000 copies and had radio play up and down the Atlantic seaboard. On many of the band's shows over the past decade, drummer Don "DC" Culp has filled the role when Santos is not available. In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked the fictional Eddie and the Cruisers at No. 18 in their list of 25 Greatest Movie Bands. John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band continue to tour. Their music has appeared on the soundtracks of several major motion pictures including There's Something About Mary (1998) and Dumb and Dumber To (2014). Original bassist Pat Lupo died on June 21, 2021, at the age of 66. In August 2021, the band were the headline performers at the Providence Performing Arts Center's first in person event since the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic the previous year, sharing the bill with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. In September 2022, the band celebrated its 50th anniversary with the release of its first Greatest Hits album. On May 26, 2023, the band issued their first new single since 1989, entitled "Day in the Sun" from their as of yet unnamed forthcoming album which was initially scheduled to be released in 2023. On August 14, 2023, "Send a Little Message to You", the second single from the upcoming album, was released. On August 30, 2023, the band released "Blue Moonlight Drive", the third single from their forthcoming album.