Big Leg Woman..Beefy Red.wmv

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Published 2012-02-11

Beefy Red was a San Francisco Bay Area music band (1969--1972) based in Marin County, which played at various Bay Area venues, including Bill Graham's Fillmore West from October 22--25 in 1970. Beefy Red performed frequently at San Anselmo's 'The Lion's Share', a club often cited as one of the most historic in the history of the Marin County music scene. The group was most noted for playing "swinging R&B" but played other syles like blues and jazz. [Wikipedia article]

Dedicated to the Beefy Red band.
Band members: Mark Isham
Barry Finnerty
John Whitelaw
Irwin Goldfeld
Ned Appleby
Kirk Willat
Jim Checkley
James Preston
Bruce Saxton
L.B. 'Kyle' Keilman
Phil Wood
Jim Carraway

Guest vocalist on this track: Luke Ehrlich

I do not own the rights to this song. This video is uploaded for entertainment and educational purposes only.

All Comments (7)

@tmasiatica 7 years ago

Thank you so much for posting this! I have not heard Beefy Red for 45 years but always treasured their memory...now brought back alive, thanks to this recording! Bravo! A community service for old Marin!
@birdiexnumnum 12 years ago

I will try and find that for you. I personally like the vocals on this!
@whiteram53 10 years ago

Whiteram53 here again, 2 years later. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you birdiexnumnum. With YouTube's "new & improved" configuration, I cannot seem to figure out how to send a message to your channel! Here's how I joined Beefy Red: I moved to San Francisco in 1967. About a year later, I was befriended by fraternal twins (Roger & Nancy) about two years older than me. They were friends with Barry Finnerty, because Roger had gone to high school with him. Later, I attended the same high school but Roger & Barry had already graduated by then. I was singing and playing blues harmonica at the time, listening to a steady diet of soul music. By the time I was 17, I was roommates with Barry and he'd started up Beefy Red so I was invited to join as a vocalist, because L.B. 'Kyle' Keilman was already playing harmonica for them. We rehearsed quite a bit -- I only did a handful of tunes -- then recorded the above tune & Bobby Blue Bland's "Save Your Love For Me". I only ever did one gig with the band -- at the Lion's Share in San Anselmo. It was terrifying because the band was big & loud, and I couldn't hear a note I was singing. I was told my performance was decent, but how would I know? Shortly afterward, I had to go to college in Ohio -- so that was my brief tenure with this cookin' group!
@whiteram53 12 years ago

Thanks! You can add my name to the rostrum if you wish, but at the bottom since my tenure with these ass-kickers was brief (I had to go off to college to avoid the Nam draft): Luke Ehrlich. BTW, I'm still in touch with Barry Finnerty! Eight years later, I founded a reggae band in Boston called the I-Tones, for which I sang lead and played bass. Search our music video as "I-Tones Walk On By". Can't seem to post a URL without getting a stupid error message.....
@whiteram53 12 years ago

I was all of 18 years old when I cut this vocal with Beefy Red, my first studio recording. It was at a small studio in San Anselmo, I was nervous and had a bad head cold. And I was trying way too hard....makes me cringe now. The other tune we cut was better: a cover of Bobby Blue Bland's "Save Your Love For Me". Got this one you can post?
@birdiexnumnum 12 years ago

Love that version of "Walk on By!" Please message me at my Facebook site, Luke. I'd like to know about your tenure with the group. "birdienumnum"