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Podcast: Pete McMurray Show
Episode: John Cafferty on the name of the band "It was the name on a paint can. We were rehearsing in this storefront back in Providence RI, and ... someone said, 'Beaver Brown' and we said, 'Boy, that's not too good! We'll think of something better next week!'"
Description: When the ‘Eddie and the Cruisers’ movie came out - the soundtrack by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown band skyrocketed them to stardom.  "On the Dark Side" went #1 and was all over radioThey’re celebrating 50 years this year and releasing their first album in 37 years Rock legend. Songwriter. Road warrior. John Cafferty talks:-50 years in the biz-How has songwriting changed in his 60's-Comparisons to Springsteen "When we started playing there (Asbury Park) small crowd... we had Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Southside Johnny & the Jukes, Jon Bon J...