MEET THE CREW
captain beefheart's magic bands

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

THIS is part ZERO:
with first: MAGIC BANDS chronological
and then: MEMBERS alphabetical

to identify the line-ups i gave them names!

part 1:
when alex snouffer was captain beefheart :
1 - WARMING-UP fall 1964 - february 1965
2 - LOCAL FAME march - october 1965
3 - DIDDY WAH DIDDY november 1965 - march 1966
4 same as 1 - MOONCHILD april - october 1966
when don van vliet was captain beefheart :
5 - GETTING MAGIC november 1966 - first half april 1967
6 - SAFE AS MILK second half april - 11 june 1967

part 2:
7 - LIVE AS MILK second half june - july 1967
8 - BROWN WRAPPER august 1967 - 1 june 1968
9 - INTERLUDE june - july 1968
10 - NEW TAKE-OFF august - september 1968 studio only
11 - TROUT MASK REPLICA october 1968 - summer 1969
12 - AMOUGIES ONE-OFF second half october 1969

part 3:
 13 - NEW CONSTRUCTION #1 mid november 1969
14 - NEW CONSTRUCTION #2 late november 1969 - march 1970
15 - LICK MY DECALS OFF, BABY april - late september 1970
16 - LIVE DECALS late september 1970 - 2 february 1971
17 same as 15 - SPOTLIGHT KIDS 3 february - first half august 1971
18 same as 16 - COMPLETING THE SPOTLIGHT second half august - september 1971

part 4:
19 - LIVE SPOTLIGHT #1 october 1971 - february 1972
20 - LIVE SPOTLIGHT #2 march - june 1972
21 - CLEAR SPOT july - 5  november 1972
22 - CLEAR TOUR 6 november 1972 - summer 1973
23 - NO GUARANTEE fall 1973 - mid march 1974 studio only
24 - TRAGIC LIVE BAND late march - june 1974
25 - TRAGIC BAND fall 1974 studio only

part 5:
26 - DELETED LIVE december 1974 - may 1975
27 - 'BAND OF GYPSIES' june - july 1975
28 - RE-START august - december 1975
29 - BAT CHAIN PULLER january - april 1976 studio only
30 - LIVE BAT #1 july 1976 - early may 1977
31 - LIVE BAT #2 june - july 1977
32 - LIVE BAT #3 october 1977 - first half march 1978
33 - LIVE BAT-BEAST second half march - first half may 1978

part 6:
34 - SHINY BEAST second half may - december 1978
35 - DOC AT THE RADAR STATION march - july 1980 studio only
36 - LIVE DOC october 1980 - 30 january 1981
37 - ICE CREAM FOR CROW april - first half august 1982 studio only

remark
for full details about their records, see the discography

the following persons once were MEMBERS of the crew:
but note
their famous beefheartian identities are mentioned in green!
guest appearances, short memberships and the 1974 'tragic band' are in thinner lettering!
(..) means guest appearance
anyone who's name is underlined had something to tell about being part of the happening...

JIMMY CARL BLACK indian ink * drums (11) 27
the BLACKBERRIES ** background vocals (21)
PAUL BLAKELY * drums 1 4
MARK BOSTON rockette morton * bass guitar * guitar 11-23
JEFF BURCHELL * drums 12
RHYS CLARK ** drums (17)
RY COODER * guitar 6
JEFF COTTON antennae jimmy semens * guitar 8-11
GREG DAVIDSON ella guru * guitar 27
HARRY DUNCAN ** harmonica (30-33)
MARY JANE EISENBERG ** shake bouquet ** maracas (34)
ROY ESTRADA oréjon / audi hon * bass guitar (11) 20-22
ERIC DREW FELDMAN black jew kittaboo * keyboards * bass synthesizer ** bass guitar ** electric piano ** mandolin ** rhodes piano 30-36 (37)
BRUCE FOWLER fossil / old hat * air-bass * trombone 27-28 33-35
JOHN FRENCH drumbo * drums * percussion ** guitar ** tap dancing 5-11 15-18 27-29 31 35
FUZZY FUSCALDO * rhythm guitar 24
DAVID GATES ** harpsichord ** background vocal (3)
MARK GIBBONS * keyboards 25
TOM GRASSO * piano 13
TY GRIMES * drums * percussion 24-25
JERRY HANDLEY * bass guitar 1-9
BILL HARKLEROAD zoot horn rollo * guitar 9-23
VICTOR HAYDON the mascara snake ** bass clarinet ** vocal (11) 12
RICHARD HEPNER * guitar 3
SAMUEL HOFFMAN  ** theremin (6)
MILT HOLLAND ** percussion ** log drums (6) (23)
ELLIOT INGBER winged eel fingerling * guitar 16 18-20 25-28
IRA INGBER * bass guitar 25
GARY JAYE * drums 30
GARY LUCAS * guitar ** french horn ** national steel dualion ** poetry reading ** bass (35-36) 37
TAJ MAHAL ** percussion (6)
MARK MARCELLINO * keyboards (23) 24
GARY MARKER * bass guitar (4) 10
CLIFF MARTINEZ * drums * percussion 37
GERRY MCGEE * guitar 7
DOUG MOON * guitar 1-5 (11)
VIC MORTENSEN * drums 2
GENE PELLO * drums 25
DON PRESTON * keyboards (11)
RICHARD REDUS mercury josef * guitar * slide guitar ** slide bass guitar ** accordion 34
DEL SIMMONS * sax * flute (23) 24
DEAN SMITH * guitar 24-25
MICHAEL SMOTHERMAN * keyboards 24-25
ALEX SNOUFFER captain beefheart / alex (pyjama) st. clair * guitar * drums ** bass guitar 1-8 22-23
RICHARD SNYDER brave midnight hat-size * guitar * slide guitar * bass guitar ** marimba ** viola 36-37
JEFF MORIS TEPPER jeff tapir / white jew * guitar * slide guitar ** bass 29-37
JOHN THOMAS * acoustic piano * rhodes piano * mini moog 29
RUSS TITELMAN ** guitar (6)
ART TRIPP ed marimba * drums * marimba ** guiro (11) 13-23 (34)
PAUL UHRIG * bass guitar 24
IAN UNDERWOOD * guitar 13
DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart * vocals * harmonica * sax * clarinet ** musette ** amplified flour sifter ** chinese gongs ** mellotron all
DENNY WALLEY feeler's rebo / walla walla * guitar * slide guitar ** bass guitar ** accordion 28-33 (36)
ROBERT WILLIAMS wait for me * drums * percussion 32-36
FRANK ZAPPA ** guitar (12)

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