captain beefheart electricity

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MEET THE CREW
captain beefheart and / & the / his magic band

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LINE UP part two
second half june 1967 - october 1969
meet all crews


7 - LIVE AS MILK second half june - july 1967

captain beefheart and the
                magic band - band line-up #7 - alex snouffer / alex st.
                clair, gerry mcgee, don van vliet / captain beefheart,
                jerry handley, john french / drumbo - press picture july
                1967
alex - gerry - don - jerry - john

JOHN FRENCH drumbo * drums * percussion
JERRY HANDLEY * bass guitar
GERRY MCGEE * guitar * slide guitar #in&out
ALEX SNOUFFER alex (pyjama) st. clair * guitar
DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart * vocals * harmonica

live performances


8 - BROWN WRAPPER august 1967 - early june 1968

captain beefheart and the
                magic band - band line up #8 - john french / drumbo, don
                van vliet / captain beefheart, jeff cotton / antennae
                jimmy semens, alex snouffer / alex st. clair, jerry
                handley - picture by guy webster, late 1967
john - don - jeff - alex - jerry

JEFF COTTON antennae jimmy semens * guitar * slide guitar #in
JOHN FRENCH drumbo * drums * percussion
JERRY HANDLEY * bass guitar
ALEX SNOUFFER alex (pyjama) st. clair * guitar* slide guitar &out22
DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart * vocals * harmonica ** musette ** shinei ** tenor sax ** soprano sax

releases:
STRICTLY PERSONAL
MIRROR MAN 1971
outtakes I MAY BE HUNGRY BUT I SURE AIN'T WEIRD 1992
song KORN RING FINGER 1999

live performances 1967 and live performances 1968


9 - INTERLUDE mid june - july 1968

JEFF COTTON antennae jimmy semens * guitar * slide guitar
JOHN FRENCH drumbo * drums * percussion
JERRY HANDLEY * bass guitar &out
BILL HARKLEROAD zoot horn rollo * guitar * slide guitar #in
DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart * vocals * tenor sax * soprano sax ** bass clarinet


10 - NEW TAKE-OFF august - september 1968 studio

JEFF COTTON antennae jimmy semens * guitar * slide guitar
JOHN FRENCH drumbo * drums * percussion
BILL HARKLEROAD zoot horn rollo * guitar * slide guitar
GARY MARKER * bass guitar #in(4)&out
DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart * vocals * tenor sax * soprano sax ** bass clarinet

release:
three songs TROUT MASK REPLICA 1969


11 - TROUT MASK REPLICA october 1968 - summer 1969

captain beefheart and the magic
              band - band line up #11 - mark boston / rockette morton,
              john french / drumbo, bill harkleroad / zoot horn rollo,
              jeff cotton / antennae jimmy semens, don van vliet /
              captain beefheart - picture by ed caraeff, february 1969
mark - john - bill - jeff - don

MARK BOSTON rockette morton * bass guitar ** narration #in
JEFF COTTON antennae jimmy semens * guitar * steel-appendage guitar ** lead vocal ** flesh horn &out
JOHN FRENCH drumbo * drums * percussion &out[spring69]15
BILL HARKLEROAD zoot horn rollo * guitar * steel-appendage guitar * glass finger guitar
DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart * vocals * tenor sax * soprano sax * bass clarinet ** simran horn ** musette ** hunting horn
guest VICTOR HAYDON the mascara snake ** bass clarinet ** vocal #in[spring69]&out12
guest
DOUG MOON ** acoustic guitar #in5&out
accidental studio guest JIMMY CARL BLACK indian ink ** drums #in&out27
accidental studio guest ROY ESTRADA oréjon / audi hon ** bass guitar #in&out20
accidental studio guest DON PRESTON ** keyboards #in&out
accidental studio guest ART TRIPP ed marimba ** drums ** percussion #in&out13

release:
twenty-five tracks TROUT MASK REPLICA 1969
rehearsals GROW FINS 1999

live performance 1968 and
live performance 1969


12 - AMOUGIES ONE-OFF second half october 1969


bill - don - mark - jeff - victor

MARK BOSTON rockette morton * bass guitar
JEFF BURCHELL * drums #in&out
BILL HARKLEROAD zoot horn rollo * guitar * steel-appendage guitar * glass finger guitar
VICTOR HAYDON the mascara snake ** bass clarinet #in(11}&out
DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart * vocals * bass clarinet ** harmonica
live guest FRANK ZAPPA ** electric guitar #in&out

live performance


meet the NEXT LINE UP
or go to the discography for record details - but live recordings are part of the concerts

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notes:
studio = studio band only
#in = enters the band, 15 or (15) = after having played (as guest) in line up 15
&out = leaves the band, 20 or (20) = to return (as guest) in line up 20

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