Player is an American

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that was formed in the late 1970s. The group scored several US Hot 100 hits, three of which went into the

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; two of those single releases went top 10, including the No. 1 hit " Baby Come Back", written by group members

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and J.C. Crowley.

Career

Player first came together in

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. The original members included

(vocals, guitar), John Charles "J.C." Crowley (vocals, keyboards, guitar),

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(vocals, bass), and John Friesen (drums). Beckett, a transplanted Englishman from

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, had been in a progressive rock group called

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, then Skyband in 1974 with Australian

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(who had also played with the Australian band Tin Tin, of which Beckett had also briefly been a member). At that time, Beckett, Kipner and Skyband were based in Los Angeles. After Skyband broke up in 1975, Beckett was still living there and met Crowley at a party. He and Crowley teamed up in a new band called Riff Raff, which soon changed its name to Bandana and released a single, "Jukebox Saturday Night", on Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter's Haven label. Steve Kipner and former

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guitarist Reed Kailing were also members of Riff Raff/Bandana, but Kipner was gone before the single's recording and Kailing was aced out after its release, though some of the Bandana tracks with Kailing's playing and co-writing later appeared on Player's debut. When the Haven label folded soon afterward, Lambert and Potter brought the others over to

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in 1976, and Beckett and Crowley started anew as Player with manager Paul Palmer, who brought in Moss and Friesen (a former percussionist and musical director for the

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, a keyboardist/

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and former member of Steppenwolf, was an additional band member for its live performances; he is the curly-haired keyboardist in the band's videos from the 1970s. Player gained popularity as a live act during the heyday of the 1970s

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era. They first went on the road in the fall of 1977 opening for

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, then

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. They began to develop a distinctive, edgy and melodic rock style. Their biggest hit, " Baby Come Back", released in late 1977, rose to No. 1 on the ''Billboard''

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in January 1978 and was a chart success in other countries. Their follow up single, "

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", also peaked at No. 10 the same year. Among several notable accolades, Player was named ''Billboard''''s Best New Singles Artist of 1978.

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invited them to open for him during his 1978

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n “Slow Hand” tour. That was when the band started to change away from the "blue eyed soul" sound of their debut album, leading to a much harder rock sound on their next one, ''Danger Zone'', later that year. Beckett explained their change in sound: "When they put us on the Eric Clapton tour, the band took a turn to the left. Instead of sticking with the R&B Pop thing, which is what the first album was, we started to think we're gonna be onstage with Clapton, so we'd better write some Rock 'n' Roll songs. So, we grew our hair real long. We got the bigger amps, the 100 watt Marshalls and we started to change the band. And the band changed. Then, we stopped getting hits". Later in 1978, keyboardist Cook left and was replaced by Bob Carpenter (who would go on to join

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). Eventually the band began to headline some of their own events, as well as continuing to open shows for artists like

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and

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in the fall of 1978. But after playing a show with the latter at Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida, on October 29, 1978, tension among the various group members resulted in a huge blow up. When the smoke finally cleared, and after the group played a few more shows with Heart in late 1978, Beckett left the group and Player was without a record contract. The remaining three, Crowley, Moss and Friesen, attempted to find a new deal and carry on but were unsuccessful. Crowley then decided to return to his native Texas, where he later pursued a career in country music. In the meantime, Beckett regrouped with Moss and Friesen to continue on as Player. Player released four

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s during their active touring years: ''Player'' (RSO Records in 1977), ''Danger Zone'' (RSO Records in 1978), ''Room With A View'' (

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in 1980), the latter without Crowley, and ''Spies Of Life'' (RCA Records in 1981). After a long absence, Beckett brought Moss back into the fold in 1995 and, in 1996, Player released their fifth album, ''Lost In Reality'', on River North Records. ''Two Many Reasons'' followed in 2013, on Frontiers Records. Like ''Reality'', it was written and produced by Beckett.

Lineup changes and dissolution

Miles Joseph (vocals, guitar) and Gabriel Katona (keyboards, ex- Rare Earth) joined Beckett, Moss and Friesen in the studio for the group's third album, ''Room With a View'' (April 1980), produced by Beckett with

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. But when the album failed to sell in big numbers, Player was dropped by

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, after that company took over Casablanca completely. By the end of 1980, Player wasn't active, recording or touring, so Moss decided to pursue an

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career. He originated the role of

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on the new CBS-TV soap opera ''

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'' from 1987 until August 2012, after which he made the decision to not continue in the series after he was injured in an auto accident. As Moss was occupied with acting, Beckett kept going as Player with Friesen, Joseph, Katona and Rusty Buchanan (vocals, bass, ex-

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) and with producer Dennis Lambert back on board, released their fourth album, ''Spies of Life'', on

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in late 1981. The band continued until 1982 and played on the music series ''Solid Gold'' that year. But after this, the band once again found themselves without a record deal and elected to go their separate ways. Guitarist Miles Joseph later passed away of heart failure on December 25, 2012. During the years following 1982, Peter Beckett worked mostly as a composer behind the scenes in movies and television. He also was a songwriter providing material for recording artists such as

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and more. He went on to become a member of

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from 1989 to 1997 and played "Baby Come Back" at its performances. And during his time in LRB, he took time out to record a solo album, ''Beckett'', released in 1991 on

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. J.C. Crowley (who still occasionally wrote with Beckett) became a Nashville performer and songwriter, recording his only solo album, '' Beneath the Texas Moon'', in 1988. In 1989 he had country hits with " Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight" (No. 13) and "

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" (No. 21), and was named "Best New Male Country Performer". He wrote a number of songs recorded by Nashville artists, including

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and

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. He also won a battle with cancer in the late 1990's and now lives in Topanga Canyon, California.

Return

Although the original lineup of Player had disbanded, Beckett and Moss rejoined forces to work on a solo album for Moss, but the duo ended up recording an additional

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album as Player instead, released in

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in August 1995 as ''Electric Shadow'' and renamed ''Lost in Reality'' when put out on

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in the U.S. in May 1996. On December 16, 1997 Player played live for the first time in years at the L.A. Music Awards at the

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with a lineup consisting of Beckett, Moss,

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(of

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) on guitar,

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on drums and

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on keyboards. A

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, ''Best of Player'', was released in 1998. The response to the group's reunion show was so enthusiastic that they had several offers for more concert dates. River North Records dropped the band and Player tried to buy back the rights to the ''Lost in Reality'' CD but were unsuccessful. Player toured in the spring of 1998 with a lineup of Beckett, Moss, Sciuto, Drummond, guitarist Steve Farris (formerly of

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) and percussionist Ron Green, with guitarist

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(from

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) and drummer Ron Wikso (formerly of Foreigner and The Storm) filling in for Farris and Drummond as needed, depending on the schedules of the others. In 2000 the lineup of Player included: drummer Craig Pilo, guitarist Michael Hakes, Green, Sciuto, Moss and Beckett playing more shows across the United States. But Michael Hakes died on November 19, 2003 of complications from leukemia. After Hakes' death, the band stopped touring and concentrated on other projects. In 2007 Player reunited once again with a lineup of: Beckett, Moss, Pilo, Green, Ricky Zacharaides (guitar) and Ed Roth (keyboards). Percussionist Ron Green last appeared with Player in 2008. By 2009, Rob Math (guitar) and keyboardist Johnny English (now known as Jawn Star) had come in to replace Zacharaides and Roth. On November 14, 2009 J.C. Crowley temporarily reunited with Beckett and Moss at

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for a tribute concert to Dennis Lambert in a charity benefiting the Desert Arc Foundation. In February 2013 Player (Beckett and Moss) released their new album, ''Too Many Reasons'', on Frontiers Records. They toured throughout the United States and Canada over the summer as part of the ''Sail Rock 2013'' with

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, Orleans,

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and

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's drummer,

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, guested with Player on June 3, 2013 for a charity concert in Agoura, CA.

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' drummer, Jimmy Carnelli, took over as their new drummer in 2014 and Player did an extensive tour of Australia in November 2014 promoted as "An Intimate Evening with Ronn Moss & Player", playing up Ronn's huge popularity

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. Beckett and Moss split off from the last incarnation of the band to tour with the ''Yacht Rock Revue'' both on cruise ships and other venues around the U.S in 2014. In 2015 Beckett and Moss appeared on tour with ''Rock The Yacht 2015'' with Little River Band as well as various dates with Orleans and

. The two continued to tour in 2017 together, then separately: Peter Beckett as "The Voice of Player" and Moss as "Ronn Moss & Friends". Moss, though still listed an official member of the band, wasn't appearing with them in the latter part of 2017, where Mark Winley (ex-

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) was standing in for him, alongside Beckett, Math, drummer Burleigh Drummond and new Singer/keyboardist Buster Akrey, known for writing the Power Rangers music

In the summer of 2018, Beckett appeared with ''Rock The Yacht 2018'' alongside Ambrosia, John Ford Coley,

and Stephen Bishop (singer), Stephen Bishop. Ronn Moss did his fourth solo tour of Australia with Player band mate Jawn Star in March 2019 and was slated to tour Italy for the first time in the summer of 2019 as well as releasing a new album, ''My Baby's Back''. In the meantime, Beckett continued to tour in 2019 as Peter Beckett's Player with Rob Math, Burleigh Drummond, Buster Akrey and Mark Winley.

Lawsuit and settlement

In May 2018 Ronn Moss filed a lawsuit against former Player bandmate Peter Beckett over rights to the band's trademark. In November 2018, Moss and Beckett reached a settlement resulting in a stipulated court order, which stated that both Moss and Beckett owned common rights to the Player name and that the “mark is valid, subsisting, and enforceable." The court further ordered the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to update the registration for the Player trademark to “Peter Beckett and Ronn Moss, DBA", an unincorporated partnership. In the joint press release announcing their settlement, Moss and Beckett stated that in order to avoid any potential fan confusion, Moss and Becket have agreed to add their own name in front of the Player mark whenever they use it – i.e. Peter Beckett's Player or Ronn Moss’ Player. According to the court order, the use of the name by either Beckett or Moss for individual use "without the consent of the other and in a manner which does not constitute fair use, is likely to cause consumer confusion as the source or sponsorship of such goods or services.”

Side projects

Moss (with Beckett) has recorded two solo albums: ''I'm Your Man'' (2000) and ''Uncovered'' (2005). Both Moss and Beckett continue to play limited concert schedules as solo artists and teamed up to play in

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in 2006 in support of ''Uncovered''. On May 12, 2014, Player appeared on ABC's daytime drama/soap opera "General Hospital" as a surprise guest for the annual "Nurses Ball" segment. That lineup was Beckett (vocals, guitar), Moss (vocals, bass), Rob Math (vocals, guitar), Jawn Star (vocals, keyboard), and Bryan Hitt (drummer for REO Speedwagon).

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

* ''Baby Come Back'' (1978) * ''Best of Player'' (1990) * ''The Best of Player – Baby Come Back'' (1998)

Singles

References

External links

Peter Beckett's PlayerOfficial Peter Beckett websitePeter Beckett SongsRonn Moss' PlayerOfficial Ronn Moss Website
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