They wrote more original material than The Byrds, but The Byrds played better, sang better, and had a flood of catchy ideas in their interpretations. Each band released another album before the year finished, but by then it was obvious that the Brummels were finished as well. It’s difficult to compete with a record that will – even cynics agree – live forever. The Brummels’ luck ran out in June 1965 when they collided with the debut from another folk-rock quintet, The Byrds’ Mr. The critic Justin Farrar wrote of them, “The one quality that stands out when digging this stuff is just how sad and weathered the Brummels sounded for such a young band.” The majority of the Brummels’ work is somber, even “Laugh, Laugh,” which is about being dumped. Introducing the Beau Brummels (produced by Sylvester Stewart, who became Sly Stone the following year) gave us two hits: “Laugh, Laugh,” their ticket to Golden Oldies immortality, and the somber “Just a Little.” The guitar riff in “Just a Little” was ripped off from Link Wray’s “Rumble” it serves well in this new setting. The album was inconsistent, but with moments of excellence and an air of maturity not often found in records of that era. For two months they stood alone against a horde of Beatles, Stones, Animals, Hermits, Hollies, Clarks, Playboys, and Zombies. When Introducing the Beau Brumels debuted in April 1965, this band was the hottest band in the United States that was from the United States. All I know is, there’s no point in reopening an old family argument unless you’re one of my relatives. Cynics assumed that the boys chose the name to confuse shoppers with the English association and because record shops would file them immediately after The Beatles. Why would five young Americans name themselves after an English fop who loved to play dress-up? The Brummels claimed they liked it, the way Ringo liked it when they painted him red again in Help.
Thirty years before Smashing Pumpkins guest-starred on The Simpsons, The Beau Brummels guest-starred on The Flintstones. Sid Valentino, lead vocals Ron Elliott, guitar and main songwriter. How can a band that placed five songs in the Top 100 be forgotten? The answer is, they’re not forgotten, they’ve been immobilized in our minds, encased in one song: “Laugh, Laugh.” Three Top 40 hits, including one in the Top 10 (“Just a Little”), and two more that broke the Top 100. Five guys from the folk-rock scene in San Francisco who developed a taste for country.
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