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The BusBoys are an American musical group known for playing rock 'n' roll with a flavoring of soul, funk, and R&B. ==Overview== Formed in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, the original lineup featured brothers Brian O'Neal (keyboards, vocals) and Kevin O'Neal (bass, vocals), Gus Louderman (vocals), Mike Jones (keyboards, vocals), Vic Johnson (guitar), and Steve Felix (drums). All of the original band's members were African-American except Felix, who is of non-black Hispanic heritage. The group is best known for their appearance in the 1982 film ''48 Hrs.'', in which they performed their songs "New Shoes" and "The Boys Are Back in Town" (the latter song is also heard during the closing credits). The band opened for the film's costar, comedian Eddie Murphy, during his subsequent ''Delirious'' standup comedy tour—during which he referred to them throughout the program—including an hour-long special that aired on HBO. On January 29, 1983, the BusBoys were also musical guests on an episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' with Murphy singing background vocals for the band. A follow-up song, "Cleanin' Up the Town," written for the soundtrack to the 1984 film ''Ghostbusters'', was a minor hit for the group, reaching #68 on ''Billboards Hot 100 Singles chart in the United States. The album was nominated for a Grammy award. The BusBoys' first two albums on Arista Records, ''Minimum Wage Rock & Roll'' and ''American Worker'', both reached the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. On February 29, 1988, they released a third album entitled ''Money Don't Make No Man'' with a more synth-funk feel. The track "Never Giving Up" featured Eddie Murphy prominently during the chorus. Murphy also appeared in the music video to support the album release and the song release. The music video was shot at "The Palace," which is now known as "Avalon," on Vine Street in Hollywood, across the street from Capitol Records. The music video was directed by legendary director Wayne Isham. The band replaced Louderman with Reggie Leon and Jones with keyboardists Andrew Kapner and Bill Steinway. Kapner, being a 16-year-old high school student, was unable to tour in 1985, and Mike Radi was brought in to play keyboards for the road shows. Greg French also replaced Kevin O'Neal on bass, although both O'Neal and Louderman are credited as additional musicians. The BusBoys toured extensively with this line up, appearing with prominent acts such as Linda Ronstadt, Brian Setzer and The Stray Cats, and ZZ Top. Their many TV appearances included ''American Bandstand'', ''Soul Train,'' and ''Don Kirshner's Rock Concert''. Leon has been a member of Sha Na Na for over 15 years, and Johnson is currently the lead guitarist for Sammy Hagar. In 2000, they released their fourth album, ''(Boys Are) Back in Town'', which featured rerecorded versions of their two popular songs from ''48 Hrs.'' It was the first time that the title track had been made available on one of the band's CDs. Gus Louderman (vocals) returned to the band's line-up, along with two new members, Kenny Tomlin (bass) and Jorge Evans (guitar). Brian O'Neil commented in an interview with Songfacts that, "for almost 20 years it was probably the most famous song in the history of America that had never been released."〔(The Boys Are Back In Town Songfacts )〕 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「The BusBoys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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