Ron Elliot and singer Sal Valentino were left with ample time to devote to songwriting. An unfortunate timing for the label, as it had The Great Society with Grace Slick who released Somebody To Love earlier in 1966, and almost signed The Grateful Dead and The Charlatans before it folded.īut sometimes events unfold in mysterious ways. To top off their woes, Autumn Records went under after it ran out of money in a futile race to compete with the big labels. Bass player Ron Meagher joined the National Guard in order to avoid going into service, and drummer John Peterson decided to leave the band and join Harper’s Bizarre, another band on the Autumn label roster. The band recruited guitar player Don Irving to substitute for Elliot on the road, but in 1966 Irving was drafted to the army. Ron Elliot, the band’s guitar player and main songwriter, was diabetic and life on the road did not agree with this health. However things started to unravel in 1966.
They even had a cameo TV appearance at one of the Flintstones episodes in December 1965, performing as the Beau Brummelstones. The songs charted well given the small distribution reach of their record label. First was Laugh, Laugh and then one of the best hits of 1965, Just A Little.
They were signed to the small Autumn label two years earlier and with the help of house producer Silvester Stewart, later known to the world as Sly Stone, had success with a number of smart pop songs. The band was one of the bay area’s earliest rock groups and were considered America’s response to the unrelenting onslaught of the British invasion. At the end of 1966 the Beau Brummels were in limbo.
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