‘On the dark side’ saxophonists dead at 85

Michael “Tunes” Antunes, whose powerful saxophone is played in the early 70s with John Cafferti and Beaver Brown Band by bounding hits, including Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 Smash “On the dark side,” 19. August, nine days after 85. Birthdays.

In the Antunes Post “Transmission on its Official Instagram account, Cafferti shared a video saxophonist playing solo and a” tender year “,” Long Stap from Beaver Brown Bars, which has reached no. 31 on a hot 100 in a hot out of 100 Eddie and Cruisers He was released at HBO.

“Our hearts are filled so many of many emotions,” Cafferti wrote. “Love, gratitude, respect, joy for our precious time and sorrow for our gentle fund that the world has crossed the world within a melody” Inner “inner circle of love and magic on this amazing musical journey”.

For more than five decades, Antunes – who was always known as “melodies” with its banquets and fans – was lush and soul and mentally at the present presence with a travel group in the east coast, in the success he sold on Platinus.

Beaver Brown, as the band was first known to the 1970s in Rock Clubs in the Muting, in Novi Haven, where there were capital Bruce Springsteen, where he was often the main spirit of Bruce Springsteen.

The group, including Antunes, brought the authenticity of the bar-strap in a fictional group shown in the 1983 film. Year Eddie and Cruisers. Cafferti’s songs, including “on the dark side”, the fans for years before the 1970s before the records of the Record find out about these tracks through the film sound record. “At the dark side” it reached no. 7 on hot 100, no. 1 on the mainstream rock and was prested for more than 47 million times, in accordance with Luminat. 1995 years Eddie and Cruisers Soundtrack was a certified triple platinum.

Antunes also performed in joyous and reflective Wave soundThe first album of all new songs Beaver Brown in 37 years, which exhibited in the room in the room in the room in the room. After that show, Veteran Music Industry Executive Steve Leeds announced “” Rock N Roll Never forgets! “Beaver Brown Band kicked Major to the cutting room to celebrate (their) first new CD in years. And still having it!”

Antunes was born on 10. August 1940. year, son of Petrov and Maria Antunes. Bodge from New Bedford, Mass. Antunes took great pride in his Cape Verdijski heritage. According to the profile since 2015 in the new newspaper Bedford, The Standard timesHis grandfather Joakuim Antunes was an immigrant cloak and Violin in the new region Bedford in the 1920s and 1930s, who played his father Peter Antunes upright bass, guitar and Hammond organ in performances throughout New England.

The first issue of Antunes came to 13. year with the attention of high school Dartmouth, and most of his early emissions played Cape Verdean Music with his guitarist’s brother David and his cousin of Joe Silva in the band called the second generation, according to the standard time profile.

After Eddie and Cruisers He gave Kaffart, Antunes and their baketh twisted into the world of film. Silvester Stallone called and used “songs” in America “from the album Hard all, As an adventual flick 1986 theme Cobra.

First recorded loans for Antunes with Beaver Brown, according to the discographic, was independently published independent “wild summer night”. In addition to sound record Eddie and Cruisers and his continuation, he played on the albums Bearver Brown Hard 1985 and Passenger 1988 with Bearver Brown, he also played on the cover of “E Street Shuffle”, which Beaver Brown has recorded the album 2003 The light of day: honor of Bruce Springsteen, He was relieved to use Parkinson’s disease and Kristen Ann Carr Fund, fighting Sarcom cancer.

While complete information of surviving families are not available, the announcement of services for Antunes states that he was a brother of Sisters Jackie, David and Anthony; Father Deborah, Michael, Juanita, Juan, Kevin, Derek, Michael, Dina and Vendle; Grandpa of 20; Great Grandpa of 29 and washed with Deda of two.

The funeral service is planned on Thursday, 28. August, from the funeral home of the Saunders-Dvier in Novi Bedford, Masi.