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Lon & Derrek Van Eaton were an American vocal and multi-instrumentalist duo from Trenton, New Jersey, consisting of brothers Lon and Derrek Van Eaton. They are best known for their association with the Beatles through the brothers' brief stint on Apple Records, and for their subsequent session work in Los Angeles for producer Richard Perry. As well as recording their own albums, during the 1970s they appeared on releases by artists including George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, Carly Simon, Martha Reeves and Art Garfunkel. After being out of print for close to 40 years, their sole Apple album, ''Brother'', containing the Harrison-produced single "Sweet Music", was reissued on RPM Records in June 2012. ==Background== Lon and Derrek Van Eaton began their professional musical career during the mid 1960s, as teenagers, in a popular Trenton band known as the Trees.〔Jay Lustig, ("Lon Van Eaton's Long and Winding Road Leads to Bordentown" ), NJ.com, 7 December 2010 (retrieved 29 February 2012).〕 The Trees released one single, on the local Bali-Hi label – "Don't Miss the Turn" backed with "Your Life", both sides of which were written and arranged by Lon Van Eaton.〔Trenton Makes Music, ("The Trees/Jacobs Creek/Lon & Derrek Van Eaton/Steve Burgh" ) (retrieved 28 February 2012).〕 With Trees drummer Tim Case, they soon morphed into Jacobs Creek, a band signed to Columbia Records, for whom they released an eponymous studio album in 1969.〔("Jacobs Creek: Jacob's Creek" ), AllMusic (retrieved 10 March 2012).〕 Jacobs Creek also did well on the local music scene, playing at Andy Warhol's parties and opening for the Doors,〔 but failed to make an impact elsewhere. After the band's break-up in March 1971,〔("Fresh From Apple: Lon & Derrek Van Eaton" ), Apple Records (retrieved 28 February 2012).〕 another of its members would go on to enjoy a degree of success in the music industry: lead guitarist Steve Burgh recorded and toured with artists such as David Bromberg, Willie Nelson, John Prine, Billy Joel, Steve Forbert, Phoebe Snow and Steve Goodman.〔Jason Ankeny, ("Steve Burgh" ), AllMusic (retrieved 28 February 2012).〕 After Jacobs Creek, Lon and Derrek Van Eaton concentrated on songwriting and recorded a series of demos on a pair of standard tape machines at home, in their rented house on North Hermitage Avenue, Trenton.〔 Led by younger brother Derrek's expressive voice, the Van Eatons sang and played all the instruments on the recordings, using various surfaces of the house to replicate drum sounds.〔Steve Mairnucci, ("An Interview with Lon and Derrek Van Eaton" ), 9 October 1997 (retrieved 28 February 2012).〕 They also made some professional recordings, at Bell Sound in New York. Their manager, Robin Garb, then forwarded six or seven of the songs on to various record company A&R departments, one of which was the New York office of the Beatles' Apple label, run by Allan Steckler.〔 George Harrison listened to the tape and liked what he heard, as did John Lennon.〔〔 The brothers received a phone call from Harrison, inviting them to record for the label,〔Spizer, p. 344.〕 and met the guitarist in New York in September 1971, while he and Phil Spector were assembling the live album from the recent Concert for Bangladesh. By 19 September, the Van Eatons and Garb were flying off to London, where they attended the launch party for the refurbished Apple Studio on Savile Row at the end of the month.〔 They became the first act to record at the new facility,〔Badman, p. 50.〕 as well as the final signing on Apple Records. When the brothers first arrived in the UK and were driven to Harrison's home, Friar Park, the ex-Beatle was waiting for them out on his lawn, playing their song "Sweet Music" on his guitar.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lon & Derrek Van Eaton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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