“Who’s Got the Right of Way” is the snotty, upbeat B-side to the light “Rosie, Rosie”. This Los Angeles production on Dionysian from late 1967 comes roughly in the middle of Beau Hannon’s recording career.
I had read that Beau Hannon was a Canadian singer from Niagara Falls, Ontario, but Mellow’s Log Cabin website says that the group was from Arkansas and started as Beau-Hannon and the Mint Juleps.
They cut a good rockin’ teen single “It’s All Over” / “Brainstorm” on the Hot Springs, Arkansas label United Southern Artists, Inc in 1961. The song writing credits for “It’s All Over” reveals his actual name, Jim Bohannon; “Brainstorm” is credited to Larry Fite who played bass. Other members of the group included Buddy Dodd lead guitar,and Ken Martin on drums.
After touring the east coast, the band did a months-long engagement in Montreal at the Black Orchid club. The band broke up due to the draft and other reasons, but Hannon stayed in Canada & New England and continued his career.
His second single “Stop Me From Falling In Love” on Eskee was picked up for release in Canada, Belgium and Germany. Later he had an LP of lighter pop, Most Requested on Birchmont.
The only other release I know of is Dionysian DP-103 A/B, Richard Williams singing I’m a Free Man” with a similar arrangement of “Who’s Got the Right of Way” on the flip. Notable on this release is Jesse Edwin Davis credited with arrangement, and a co-writing credit on “I’m a Free Man” to Davis and Bramlett (published by Appolonian / Lawana).
A white label promotional copy of Dionysian DP-103 has the artist credited as “Beyond Good And Evil”. On the label photo I’ve seen, this artist name is crossed out and Richard Williams’ name is written at top.
Arnold Rosenthal has many song-writing and occasional production credits, but he doesn’t seem to have held a position at any label or company for long. He seems to have been most active from ’69 to ’72, when he wrote much of Gary Lewis’s ”I’m On The Right Road Now” album, and played bass on Jesse Ed Davis’s version of “White Line Fever” and on a couple tracks from Ben Sidran’s Feel Your Groove LP.