THE BECKIES (1976)
Here's the final release of the great Michael Brown of Left Banke fame : The Beckies one and only LP. Michael Lookofsky (later to adopt the ridiculously unpronouncable "Brown") was born in New-York. His father Harry, owned a recording studio and encouraged his son to play and compose on the piano. The Beckies were the latest group incarnation of Michael Brown. You may remember him as the keyboardist and mastermind behind the legendary Left Banke. Some years later, after the brief Montage episode, came Michael's real second group: Stories, who spent a few months charming audiences before releasing their first single "I'm Coming Home" for their first national hit. The other Beckies are Mayo James MacAllister (who would play with Sparks on the Big Beat 1976 tour and with Hilly Michaels on his wonderful 1980 LP "Calling All Girls"), Gary Hodgden (who would change his name to Gary West with his next outfit "Shooting Star") and Scott Trusty. Mayo James and Gary have left behind them an already long career as local teen idols with Kansas City's biggest group, Chessman Square. It was Scott who brought them and Michael together to form the Beckies, knowing that their musical sensibilities and mutual sense of fun could mesh in solid pop fashion. And it worked. The album has never been re-issued to this day on CD.
Songs
Right By My Side (Etude) / River Bayou / Midnight And You / Fran / Other Side Of Town / Song Called Love / Can't Be Alone / River Song / On The Morning That She Came / One Of These Days / Run Jenny Run
Songs
Right By My Side (Etude) / River Bayou / Midnight And You / Fran / Other Side Of Town / Song Called Love / Can't Be Alone / River Song / On The Morning That She Came / One Of These Days / Run Jenny Run
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A classic!!!!
Thanks
I have a Beckies song on mp3 called "The Story" and it's really good. Do you know if this was supposed to be on the forthcoming album before they fell apart or what?
Much gratitude is due here, for posting this, so here goes...
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As you know, I've been a frequent visitor to your blog for quite some time. I'm amazed at all the great music I've been fortunate enough to have been exposed to here. I have The Beckies LP but I've looked, without success, for mp3's of it for years. Thanks so much for having it in this format. It's a very enjoyable album. I should have known to check here first.
Merci beaucoup !
Thank you very much !
Thank you so much for this post.
michael brown put out another album in form of a cd and cassette release in 1994 titled " on this moment " under artist yvonne vitale . brown wrote the music and plays keyboards and keyboard bass throughout the album . very nice stuff and extremely hard to find .
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