Bourgeois Tagg

Larry Tagg and Brent Bourgeois moved from Dallas to California's Bay Area, and in the late 1970s they played in a Sacramento band called Uncle Rainbow, which included members from Texas and other parts of the South. In 1984, Bourgeois and Tagg moved to Sacramento and formed Bourgeois Tagg with Workman and drummer Rick Walter. Bourgeois played keyboards, Tagg played bass, and both shared lead vocal duties. ==Career success==

Eponymous debut album With a lineup Bourgeois, Tagg, Workman, Michael Urbano and Scott Moon, the band released the album Bourgeois Tagg in 1986. It was produced by David J. Holman and spawned two singles. The Tagg-penned "Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)" performed well, if briefly, at college radio and received some dance/club play, but its follow-up "The Perfect Life" did not fare as well. Promotional videos were produced for both singles, but received limited play. "Mutual Surrender" peaked at number 62 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The album received a retrospective positive review from Allmusics William Cooper, who called it a combination of "Beatlesque influences with quirky new wave sensibility". number 35 on the UK Singles Chart, number 35 on Canada's RPM singles chart number 35 on UK's Official Charts, and number 83 in the Netherlands. Although the single just briefly made the top 40 in the United States, it was a number five hit on the Adult Contemporary chart and a number 8 hit on the Album Rock Tracks chart. Its success was fueled by an innovative video directed by David Fincher that received heavy airplay on MTV and other music video outlets. The follow-up single "Waiting for the Worm to Turn" (the first single with a lead vocal by Tagg) failed to chart in the U.S., as did the third single "Cry Like a Baby". ==Dissolution and aftermath==

During his time in the band, Bourgeois struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol. Workman went on to a career as a film soundtrack composer and bandleader, while Urbano drummed with John Hiatt and later joined Smash Mouth. The band reunited in 2008 for a concert at the Crest Theatre in their native Sacramento. The concert was a fundraiser for a kidney transplant for former Uncle Rainbow vocalist Richard Oates (their first incarnation). Bourgeois and Tagg both performed with other band members in 2012 as part of "Lost 80's Live". ==References==