MEET THE CREW
captain beefheart's magic bands
and the recordings

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART and his / the MAGIC BAND
line ups and records

THIS is part ZERO:
MAGIC BANDS chronological
MEMBERS alphabetical

to identify the line-ups i gave them names! 

part 1 when alex snouffer was captain beefheart :
1 - THE START fall 1964-march 1965
2 - NEXT STEP april 1965
3 same as 1 - LOCAL FAME may-october 1965
4 - BROADER RECOGNITION november 1965-first half january 1966
5 - DIDDY WAH DIDDY second half january 1965-first half may 1966
6 - AVALON BALLROOM second half may 1966
7 - MOONCHILD late may or early june 1966
part 2:
8 same as 1 & 3 - ELECTRICITY second half june-mid october 1966
9 - GETTING MAGIC late october 1966-march 1967
10 - SAFE AS MILK april 1967-11.06.67
11 - LIVE AS MILK july 1967
12 - BROWN WRAPPER august 1967-01.06.68
part 3:
13 - INTERLUDE june-july 1968
14 - NEW TAKE-OFF august 1968
15 - TROUT MASK REPLICA september 1968-summer 1969
16 - AMOUGIES ONE-OFF 28.10.69
17 - NEW CONSTRUCTION #1 mid november 1969
18 - NEW CONSTRUCTION #2 late november 1969-march 1970
part 4:
19 - LICK MY DECALS OFF, BABY april-end september 1970
20 - DECALS ON TOUR #1 october 1970-03.02.71
21 same as 19 - DECALS ON TOUR #2 04-28.02.71
22 same as 20 - DECALS ON TV 06.03.71
23 same as 21 - THE SPOTLIGHT KID may-august 1971
24 - SPOTLIGHT TOUR #1 september 1971-february 1972
25 - SPOTLIGHT TOUR #2 march-june 1972
part 5:
26 - CLEAR SPOT july-november 1972
27 - CLEAR TOUR december 1972-summer 1973
28 - NO GUARANTEE fall 1973-mid march 1974
29 - TRAGIC LIVE BAND late march 1974-summer 1974
30 - TRAGIC BAND fall 1974
31 - BAND OF GYPSIES june-july 1975
part 6:
32 - RE-START august 1975-january 1976
33 - BAT CHAIN PULLER february-april 1976
34 - LIVE BAT #1 fall 1976-june 1977
35 - LIVE BAT #2 july 1977
36 - LIVE BAT #3 august 1977-first half march 1978
37 - LIVE BAT-BEAST second half march-first half may 1978
38 - SHINY BEAST june-end 1978
part 7:
39 - DOC AT THE RADAR STATION january-september 1980
40 - LIVE DOC october 1980-30.01.81
41 - ICE CREAM FOR CROW march-first half august 1982

remarks
for details about their records, see the discography
some time spans from 1964-66 are a reliable guess

the following persons once were MEMBERS of the crew:

JIMMY CARL BLACK indian ink * drums (15) / 31

PAUL BLAKELY * drums 1 / 3 / 8

MARK BOSTON rockette morton * bass guitar * guitar 15-28

JEFF BRUCHELL * drums 16

RY COODER * guitar 10

JEFF COTTON antennae jimmy semens * guitar 12-15

GREG DAVIDSON ella guru * guitar 31

HARRY DUNCAN * harmonica (34-37)

MARY JANE EISENBERG * shake bouquet 38

ROY ESTRADA oréjon / audi hon * bass guitar (15) / 25-27

ERIC DREW FELDMAN black jew kittaboo * bass guitar * keyboards 34-40 / (41)

BRUCE FOWLER fossil / old hat * air-bass * trombone 31-32 / 37-39

JOHN FRENCH drumbo * drums * guitar 9-15 / 19-23 / 31-33 / 35 / 39

FUZZY FUSCALDO * rhythm guitar 29

DAVID GATES * guitar 7

MARK GIBBONS * keyboards 30

TOM GRASSO * piano 17

TY GRIMES * drums * percussion 29-30

JERRY HANDLEY * bass guitar 1-13

BILL HARKLEROAD zoot horn rollo * guitar 13-28

VICTOR HAYDEN the mascara snake * clarinet 15-16

RICHARD HEPNER * guitar 5

ELLIOT INGBER winged eel fingerling * guitar 20 / 22 / (23) / 24-25 / 31-32

IRA INGBER * bass guitar 30

GARY JAYE * drums 34

GARY LUCAS * guitar (39-40) / 41

MARK MARCELLINO * keyboards (28)

GARY MARKER * bass guitar 14

CLIFF MARTINEZ * drums * percussion 41

GERRY MCGEE * guitar 11

DOUG MOON * guitar 1-9 / (15)

VIC MORTENSEN * drums 2 / 4

GENE PELLO * drums 30

DON PRESTON * keyboards (15)

RICHARD REDUS mercury josef * guitar * bass guitar 38

DEL SIMMONS * sax * flute (28) / 29

DEAN SMITH * guitar 29-30

MICHAEL SMOTHERMAN * keyboards 29-30

ALEX SNOUFFER alex (pyjama) st. claire * guitar * drums 1-12 / 27-28

RICHARD SNYDER midnight hatsize * guitar * bass guitar 40-41

JEFF MORIS TEPPER jeff tapir / white jew * guitar 33-41

JOHN THOMAS * keyboards 33

ART TRIPP ed marimba * drums * marimba (15) / 17-28 / (38)

PAUL UHRIG * bass 29

IAN UNDERWOOD * guitar 17

DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart * vocals * harmonica * sax * clarinet 1-41

DENNY WALLEY feeler's reedo / walla walla * guitar 32-37 / (40)

ROBERT WILLIAMS wait for me * drums 36-40

FRANK ZAPPA * guitar (16)

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notes
their famous beefheartian identities are mentioned in green lettering!
(..) means guest appearance
guest appearances, short memberships and the 1974 'tragic band' in thinner lettering!

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