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)
*
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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captain
beefheart electricity
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