Jean Beauvoir

Jean Beauvoir

Jean Beauvoir is an American bass guitarist and multi-instrumentalist.

Beauvoir was born in Chicago to parents of Haitian background. He played drums as a child and switched to bass as a teenager. He was Gary U.S. Bonds's musical director at age 13; following this he sang in the doo wop group The Flamingos. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gcftxqr5ldje~T1 Jean Beauvoir] at Allmusic] He moved to New York City during the punk rock explosion and answered a newspaper ad for a bassist, which led to his joining The Plasmatics for two albums. While with the Plasmatics and subsequently, Beauvoir sported a conspicuous blond mohawk.

He left the group after their release "Beyond the Valley of 1984" to join Steve Van Zandt's Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul for two albums. Following this he launched a solo career with the album "Drums Along the Mohawk", released in the U.K. on Virgin Records in 1986. The track "Feel the Heat" was chosen by Sylvester Stallone as the theme song to his film "Cobra", and the song became a hit in the U.S., reaching #73 on the Billboard Hot 100. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gcftxqr5ldje~T51 Billboard Singles] , Allmusic.com] On the strength of the single, "Drums Along the Mohawk" was released in the U.S. and peaked at #93 on the Billboard 200. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gcftxqr5ldje~T5 Billboard] , Allmusic.com]

Beauvoir released several further solo albums since the late 1980s, mostly released in Europe. Since then he has also written and produced for, in addition to performing with, acts such as Kiss, John Waite, The Ramones, Nona Hendryx, and Nile Rodgers. He has also fronted the bands Voodoo X and Crown of Thorns.

olo discography

*"Drums Along the Mohawk" (Virgin Records, 1986)
*"Jacknified" (Columbia Records, 1988)
*"Rockin' in the Street" (Charisma Records, 1996)
*"Bare to the Bones" (Point Records, 2001)
*"Chameleon" (Frontiers Records, 2004)

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