Firstly released in 1980 on the album Doc At The Radar Station, on Virgin records, this song features John French (Drumbo) who at the time, had moved from drums to guitar in this lineup of the Magic Band consisting of him and Eric Drew Feldman on bass, Mellotron (employed by Don Van Vliet because he claimed it had a "merthiolate sound") and synthesizers, Jeff Moris Tepper on guitars, Bruce Fowler on trombone and Robert Williams on drums, actually has John French playing the drums (as well as on "Sheriff Of Hong Kong"). Gary Lucas, Don's manager at the time … read more
Firstly released in 1980 on the album Doc At The Radar Station, on Virgin records, this song features John French (Drumbo) who at the time, had moved… read more
Firstly released in 1980 on the album Doc At The Radar Station, on Virgin records, this song features John French (Drumbo) who at the time, had moved from drums to guitar in this lineup … read more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band were an American band who created music that has occasionally been dubbed "avant garde-blues". Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic, unbound timings, the growls and shrieks of Beefheart's vocals and his surreal, poetic lyrics. Throughout their career, the band's musical direction was tightly controlled by Don Van Vliet (1941 - 2010), aka Captain Beefheart, who subjected the band to intense regimes of rehearsal; this tension combined with poor salary contributing to the br… read more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band were an American band who created music that has occasionally been dubbed "avant garde-blues". Their music was characterized by bluesy melod… read more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band were an American band who created music that has occasionally been dubbed "avant garde-blues". Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic,… read more