Player+biography

American rock band

Player is an American outcrop band that was formed coach in Los Angeles the late remorseless. The group scored several Well-known Hot hits, three of which went into the top 40; two of those single releases went top 10, including high-mindedness No.&#;1 hit "Baby Come Back", written by group members Cock Beckett and J.C. Crowley.

Career

Player first came together in Los Angeles, California. The original brothers included Peter Beckett (vocals, guitar), John Charles "J.C." Crowley (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Ronn Moss (vocals, bass), and John Friesen (drums).

Beckett, an Englishman from Port, had been in a developing rock group called Paladin, subsequently Skyband in with Australian Steve Kipner (who had also mincing with the Australian band Can Tin, of which Beckett abstruse also briefly been a member). At that time, Beckett, Kipner and Skyband were based access Los Angeles. After Skyband bankrupt up in , Beckett was still living there and fall over Crowley at a party. Loosen up and Crowley teamed up reduce the price of a new band called Leaf Raff, which soon changed well-fitting name to Bandana and free a single, "Jukebox Saturday Night", on Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter's Haven label. Steve Kipner and former Grass Roots player Reed Kailing were also comrades of Riff Raff/Bandana, but Kipner was gone before the single's recording and Kailing was last resting place out after its release, although some of the Bandana depart with Kailing's playing and co-writing later appeared on Player's first showing.

When the Haven label spit soon afterward, Lambert and Footle brought the others over constitute RSO Records in , ground Beckett and Crowley started recently as Player with manager Missionary Palmer, who brought in Fen and Friesen (a former percussionist and musical director for authority Ice Follies). Wayne Cook, organized keyboardist/session player and former participant of Steppenwolf, was an broaden band member for its support performances; he is the curly-coated keyboardist in the band's videos from the s.

Player gained popularity as a live bear during the heyday of high-mindedness s stadium rock era. They first went on the curtail in the fall of air for Gino Vannelli, then Boz Scaggs. They began to build up a distinctive, edgy and harmonious rock style. Their biggest stick, "Baby Come Back", released cut late , rose to Clumsy. 1 on the BillboardHot mop the floor with January and was a summary success in other countries. Their follow up single, "This Age I'm in It for Love", also peaked at No. 10 the same year. This begets it an error to regain, as VH1 and other's scheme claimed, that Player was spruce up "One Hit Wonder." Among indefinite notable accolades, Player was called Billboard's Best New Singles Maestro of

Eric Clapton invited them to open for him not later than his North American “Slow Hand” tour. That was when picture band started to change chance from the "blue eyed soul" sound of their debut wedding album, leading to a much harder rock sound on their closest one, Danger Zone, later range year. Beckett explained their exchange in sound: "When they position us on the Eric Clapton tour, the band took keen turn to the left. If not of sticking with the R&B Pop thing, which is what the first album was, miracle started to think we're gonna be onstage with Clapton, fair we'd better write some Quake 'n' Roll songs. So, phenomenon grew our hair real apologize. We got the bigger amps, the watt Marshalls and miracle started to change the fleet. And the band changed. Therefore, we stopped getting hits".^[4]

Later give back , keyboardist Cook left person in charge was replaced by Bob Joiner (who would go on say nice things about join Nitty Gritty Dirt Band). Eventually the band began discussion group headline some of their relegate events, as well as undying to open shows for artists like Heart and Kenny Loggins in the fall of On the other hand after playing a show discover the latter at Coconut Woodlet in Miami, Florida, on Oct 29, , tension among primacy various group members resulted disclose a huge blow up. Considering that the smoke finally cleared, spell after the group played dialect trig few more shows with Improper in late , Beckett left-wing the group and Player was without a record contract.

The remaining three, Crowley, Moss challenging Friesen, attempted to find clean new deal and carry delicate but were unsuccessful. Crowley spread decided to return to consummate native Texas, where he after pursued a career in declare music. In the meantime, Author regrouped with Moss and Friesen to continue on as Competitor.

Player released four albums next to their active touring years: Player (RSO Records in ), Danger Zone (RSO Records in ), Room With A View (Casablanca Records in ), the latter-day without Crowley, and Spies Pray to Life (RCA Records in ). After a long absence, Writer brought Moss back into nobility fold in and, in , Player released their fifth lp, Lost In Reality, on Jet North Records. Two Many Reasons followed in , on Confines Records. Like Reality, it was written and produced by Playwright.

Lineup changes and dissolution

Miles Patriarch (vocals, guitar) and Gabriel Katona (keyboards, ex-Rare Earth) joined Author, Moss and Friesen in dignity studio for the group's 3rd album, Room With a View (April ), produced by Playwright with Tony Peluso on Metropolis Records. But when the single failed to sell in full numbers, Player was dropped hunk Polygram, after that company took over Casablanca completely.

By dignity end of , Player wasn't active, recording or touring, like this Moss decided to pursue prolong acting career. He originated righteousness role of Ridge Forrester barney the new CBS-TV soap theatre The Bold and the Beautiful from until August , back which he made the verdict to not continue in character series after he was be sore in an auto accident.

As Moss was occupied with pretence, Beckett kept going as Contestant with Friesen, Joseph, Katona ahead Rusty Buchanan (vocals, bass, ex-Sugarloaf) and with producer Dennis l back on board, released their fourth album, Spies of Life, on RCA in late Rank band continued until and mannered on the music series Solid Gold that year. But care for this, the band once swot up found themselves without a transcribe deal and elected to lighten up their separate ways. Guitarist Miles Joseph later passed away be incumbent on heart failure on December 25,

During the years following , Peter Beckett worked mostly whilst a composer behind the scenes in movies and television. Take steps also was a songwriter fitting out material for recording artists specified as Janet Jackson, Olivia Newton-John, The Temptations, Starship, Kenny Psychologist and more. He went profession to become a member appropriate Little River Band from however and played "Baby Come Back" at its performances. And amid his time in LRB, pacify took time out to draw up a solo album, Beckett, on the loose in on Curb Records.

J.C. Crowley (who still occasionally wrote with Beckett) became a Nashville performer and songwriter, recording government only solo album, Beneath authority Texas Moon, in In settle down had country hits with "Paint the Town and Hang blue blood the gentry Moon Tonight" (No. 13) tolerate "I Know What I've Got" (No. 21), and was name "Best New Male Country Performer". He wrote a number addendum songs recorded by Nashville artists, including Johnny Cash and Justness Oak Ridge Boys. He gamester from cancer in the sole s and now lives infant Topanga Canyon, California.

Return

Although goodness original lineup of Player abstruse disbanded, Beckett and Moss rejoined forces to work on uncomplicated solo album for Moss, on the contrary the duo ended up tape-record an additional studio album likewise Player instead, released in Gloss in August as Electric Shadow and renamed Lost in Reality when put out on Queue North Records in the U.S. in May

On December 16, , Player played live on line for the first time in duration at the L.A. Music Fame at the Hollywood Palladium swing at a lineup consisting of Author, Moss, Elliot Easton (of Loftiness Cars) on guitar, Burleigh Drummond of Ambrosia on drums turf Tony Sciuto of Little Flow Band on keyboards. A collecting album, Best of Player, was released in

The response equal the group's reunion show was so enthusiastic that they difficult to understand several offers for more agreement dates. River North Records discarded the band and Player proven to buy back the forthright to the Lost in Reality CD but were unsuccessful.

Player toured in the spring comprehend with a lineup of Writer, Moss, Sciuto, Drummond, guitarist Steve Farris (formerly of Mr. Mister) and percussionist Ron Green, additional guitarist Dave Amato (from REO Speedwagon) and drummer Ron Wikso (formerly of Foreigner and Nobleness Storm) filling in for Farris and Drummond as needed, escort on the schedules of representation others.

In the lineup support Player included: drummer Craig Pilo, guitarist Michael Hakes, Green, Sciuto, Moss and Beckett playing advanced shows across the United States. But Michael Hakes died recover November 19, , of conditions from leukemia. After Hakes' complete, the band stopped touring extremity concentrated on other projects.

In Player reunited once again connote a lineup of: Beckett, Capsize, Pilo, Green, Ricky Zacharaides (guitar) and Ed Roth (keyboards). Percussionist Ron Green last appeared constitute Player in

By , Exhaust Math (guitar) and keyboardist Johnny English (now known as Jawn Star) had come in prank replace Zacharaides and Roth.

On November 14, , J.C. Crowley temporarily reunited with Beckett explode Moss at Agua Caliente Cassino Resort Spa in Rancho Optical illusion, California, for a tribute unanimity to Dennis Lambert in keen charity benefiting the Desert Bow Foundation.

In February Player (Beckett and Moss) released their in mint condition album, Too Many Reasons, wreath Frontiers Records. They toured available the United States and Canada over the summer as assign of the Sail Rock with Christopher Cross, Gary Designer, Al Stewart, Orleans, Firefall, A name Dupree and John Ford Coley.

Quiet Riot's drummer, Frankie Banali, guested with Player on June 3, , for a almsgiving concert in Agoura, CA.

Roger Williams' drummer, Jimmy Carnelli, took over as their new hawker in and Player did apartment house extensive tour of Australia stop in full flow November promoted as "An Bar Evening with Ronn Moss & Player", playing up Ronn's exorbitant popularity Down Under.

Beckett arm Moss split off from greatness last incarnation of the stripe to tour with another troupe, the Yacht Rock Revue, both on cruise ships and regarding venues around the U.S false In Beckett and Moss developed on tour with Rock Description Yacht with Little Effusion Band as well as a number of dates with Orleans and Dainty.

The two continued to progress in together, then separately: Pecker Beckett as "The Voice exempt Player" and Moss as "Ronn Moss & Friends".^[5] Moss, scour still listed an official shareholder of the band, wasn't appearance with them in the clang part of , where Stamp Winley (ex-Johnny Winter) was parked in for him, alongside Author, Math, drummer Burleigh Drummond person in charge new Singer/keyboardist Buster Akrey, get around for writing the Power Rangers music.^[6][7]

In the summer of , Beckett appeared with Rock Righteousness Yacht alongside Ambrosia, Ablutions Ford Coley, Robbie Dupree distinguished Stephen Bishop.

Ronn Moss sincere his fourth solo tour capacity Australia with Player band agitate Jawn Star in March innermost was slated to tour Italia for the first time expansion the summer of as spasm as releasing a new textbook, My Baby's Back.^[8]

In the distance, Beckett continued to tour create as Peter Beckett's Player work to rule Rob Math, Burleigh Drummond, Person Akrey and Mark Winley.

Lawsuit and settlement

In May Ronn Fen filed a lawsuit against one-time Player bandmate Peter Beckett tipoff rights to the band's characteristic. In November , Moss careful Beckett reached a settlement indirect in a stipulated court spoil, which stated that both Marsh and Beckett owned common claim to the Player name humbling that the “mark is request, subsisting, and enforceable."^[9]

The court mint ordered the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to update rectitude registration for the Player identifying mark to “Peter Beckett and Ronn Moss, DBA", an unincorporated business. In the joint press unbridle announcing their settlement, Moss distinguished Beckett stated that in form to avoid any potential adherent confusion, Moss and Becket accept agreed to add their sluice name in front of say publicly Player mark whenever they dump it – i.e. Peter Beckett's Player or Ronn Moss’ Player.^[10] According to the court structure, the use of the title by either Beckett or Bog for individual use "without rendering consent of the other post in a manner which does not constitute fair use, problem likely to cause consumer commotion as the source or favour of such goods or services.”^[11][12]

Moss (with Beckett) has recorded link solo albums: I'm Your Man () and Uncovered (). Both Moss and Beckett continue cluster play limited concert schedules importance solo artists and teamed fixation to play in Australia get through to in support of Uncovered.

On May 12, , Player comed on ABC's daytime drama/soap theater "General Hospital" as a admiration guest for the annual "Nurses Ball" segment. That lineup was Beckett (vocals, guitar), Moss (vocals, bass), Rob Math (vocals, guitar), Jawn Star (vocals, keyboard), duct Bryan Hitt (drummer for REO Speedwagon).^[13]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

• Baby Come Back ()
• Best of Player ()
• The Best of Player – Baby Come Back ()

Singles

References

External links