Origin: Boston, MA, USA
This Boston University band formed in 1966 and was named after Beacon Street, a main drag in Beantown that runs just south of where they attended college. The group became a part of the heavily promoted MGM "Bosstown Sound", which was manufactured in late 1967 as an effort to rival the "San Francisco Sound" out west. Members included Paul Tartachny (guitar, vocals), Wayne Ulaky (bass, vocals), Richard Weissberg (drums), Robert Rhodes (keyboards, brass) and John Lincoln Wright (vocals, percussion). Most of their songs were composed by Ulaky and Wright. Beacon Street Union released two LPs and f…