Reb Beach
Reb Beach (born August 31, 1963 in Oakmont , Pennsylvania , USA; actually Richard Earl Beach Jr ) is an American rock musician .
Career
Beach began his career in the 1980s as a studio musician, for Fiona , Howard Jones and Chaka Khan , among others . He is a founding member of the hard rock band Winger , of which he still belongs. In 1999 he joined Dokken as a replacement for George Lynch and recorded two albums with the band ( Erase the Slate and Live From the Sun ). In 2001 he worked with Jeff Pilson on his album War & Peace - Light at the end of the tunnel before releasing his solo album Masquerade . In 2005 he was a member of The Mob . The band, which also included Doug Pinnick ( Kings X ), Kelly Keagy ( Night Ranger ) and Timothy Drury ( Whitesnake ), only released one album ( The Mob ). Back in 2003, Beach was on the comeback - tour played by Whitesnake, where he has since been a regular member.
In 2019 Frontiers Records won the Irish singer Robin McAuley ( McAuley Schenker Group ) for a project that Jeff Pilson was commissioned to realize. He put together a band for McAuley, which includes McAuley, Pilson ( bass ), Beach ( guitar ), and Matt Starr ( drums ). The band went by the name Black Swan and recorded the album Shake the World , which was released in February 2020.
Discography
Albums
Winger
- Winger (1988)
- In the Heart of the Young (1990)
- Pull (1993)
- The Very Best of Winger (2001)
- IV (2006)
- Demo Anthology (2007)
- Winger Live (2007)
- Karma (2009)
- Better Days Comin ' (2014)
Dokken
- Erase the Slate (1999)
- Live from the Sun (2000)
- The Mob (2005)
Whitesnake
- Live ... In The Shadow Of The Blues (2007)
- Good to be Bad (2008)
- Forevermore (2011)
- The Purple Album (2015)
- Flesh & Blood (2019)
Black Swan
- Shake the World (2020)
solo
- The Fusion Demos (1993)
- Masquerade (2001)
Web links
- http://www.rebbeach.com/
- Artist page Reb Beach at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The band of misunderstood geniuses in: Rocks - The magazine for Classic Rock, issue 02/2020, pages 34–37
- ↑ Information about the band at discogs.com , accessed on January 15, 2020
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Beach, Reb |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beach, Earl Richard (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rock musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oakmont , Pennsylvania |