Featured Playlist
- 15 Songs
- Introducing the Beau Brummels · 1965
- Introducing the Beau Brummels · 1965
- Triangle · 1967
- Introducing the Beau Brummels · 1965
- The Beau Brummels: Volume 2 · 1965
- Turn Around: The Complete Recordings 1964-1970 · 1965
- Laugh, Laugh (Original Stereo Version) - Single · 1965
- Good Time Music · 1965
- The Beau Brummels, Vol. 2 · 1965
- Oldies 60s · 1966
Essential Albums
- Though The Byrds or The Lovin' Spoonful might have come closer to being America's Beatles in terms of mainstream impact, San Francisco's Beau Brummels were musically much nearer to taking the U.S. Fab Four title (though there were five of them). Their 1965 debut album, produced by Sly Stone, held two hits ("Just a Little," "Laugh, Laugh") that married haunting, minor-key melodies with irresistible pop hooks, revealing guitarist/songwriter Ron Elliott's sophisticated palette. They were early riders on the country-rock train, rocking up Don Gibson's "Oh, Lonesome Me," and they lent a garage-rock touch to Jimmy Reed's blues grinder "Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby." But for much of the album, they fly the flag of mid-'60s U.K.-style beat pop boldly into American territory.
Albums
- 2012
- 1968
- 1967
Artist Playlists
- San Francisco's snappy answer to the British Invasion also pioneered country rock.
Singles & EPs
About The Beau Brummels
Often credited as early architects of the San Francisco sound, the Beau Brummels found immediate success with their 1964 debut single, "Laugh, Laugh." With its autumnal folk-pop jangle and moody melodic hooks, the song bore enough resemblance to the burgeoning British Invasion that many fans mistook these young Americans for Brits. Defined by the partnership of singer Sal Valentino and guitarist/singer Ron Elliott, they went on to notch a clutch of mid-'60s hits including "Just a Little" and "You Tell Me Why," while anticipating both the folk-rock and country-rock genres. In the late '60s, they went on to release their two best albums in 1967's enchanting Triangle and its 1968 follow-up, the eclectic, countrified Bradley's Barn. A pair of reunion albums were made in 1975 and 2013, but they failed to match the exceptional quality of the group's original '60s run.
- ORIGIN
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- FORMED
- 1964
- GENRE
- Rock