The New Beats - Bread And Butter 1964 (STEREO)

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STEREO ~ BREAD AND BUTTER Hickory (USA)
This trio consists of Dean (Louis Al) Mathis, bom 17 March 1939; his brother Mark (Marcus F.) Mathis, born 9 February 1942 - birthplace of both was Hahira, Georgia - and Larry Henley, born 30 June 1941 in Arp, Texas. Their mother taught Dean and Mark the guitar as children, but they soon mastered other instruments - the piano, bass and drums. They both played in the band at Bremen High School, Georgia, where they were educated. They decided on a show business career on leaving school. Dean joined Paul Howard’s ‘Western Swing Band’ in 1956 as pianist, then joined Dale Hopkins’ band where his brother Mark joined on bass. They stayed with this band for two years and then recorded ‘Tell Him No’ as a duo for the Chess label. They then started their own eight-piece band and played in their home town of Shreveport, Louisiana. It was here that Larry first met Dean and Mark when he came up from the audience and asked to sing with the band, his first public appearance. The audience were so enthusiastic that he was asked to join the band. After a time they went separate ways, Larry as solo artist, Mark and David as a duo, all recording independently for Wesley Rose. After about 18 months, they met again and made a demonstration disc of‘Bread and Butter’ together, sent it to Wesley Rose (Hickory Records) who asked them to record it for the label. The trio did so under the name of The Newbeats. When issued it soon shot up the U.S. charts, reaching No 2 for two weeks and 12 weeks in the bestsellers, and was also a hit later in Britain where they appeared In 1964, reaching No 15. The song was written by Larry Parks and Jay Turnbow.