The Beatles; Buffalo Springfield; Emerson, Lake, and Palmer; Yes, King Crimson; Toto; Talking Heads; David Byrne; Sara Brightman; Deep Purple; Los Lobos; Booker T. & the MGs; Steely Dan.
Duane Parsons and Sam Regalado forged a similar path that eventually led to Boscoe's Brood. Both grew up in the Los Angeles area where they were weaned on the likes of The Beatles, Motown artists and the hard rock scene. While Sam made the rounds with local bands and composed music that drew work and attention from the DeWalden International Music Publishers and Warner-Chappel Music, Duane did his drumming apprenticeship in the Hollywood television and movie industry and played live at the Academy Awards. Parsons, a UCLA grad, continued to expand his musical interests with philharmonic and concert performances along the California coast, while Sam, a Washington State University grad, played guitar and keyboards at coffee houses throughout the Pacific Northwest. Having settled in the Central Valley wine country, as members of popular cover bands and through the Modesto music scene, they hooked up to form Boscoe's Brood; a conglomoration of sound for the eclectic ear that is quirky, syncopated, melodic, and progressive.
