MEET THE CREW
captain beefheart
and / & the / his magic band
34 - SHINY BEAST second half may
1978 - early 1979
eric - bruce - don - richard - robert
- jeff
ERIC DREW FELDMAN black jew
kittaboo * keyboards * synthesizer ** bass
guitar
BRUCE FOWLER fossil / old hat *
trombone * air-bass
RICHARD REDUS mercury josef *
guitar * slide guitar ** slide bass guitar ** accordian #in&out
JEFF MORIS TEPPER jeff tapir /
white jew * guitar * slide guitar * bass
guitar
DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart *
vocals * tenor sax * soprano sax * harmonica
ROBERT WILLIAMS wait for me *
drums * percussion
studio guest ART TRIPP ed marimba ** marimba #in23&out
live guest MARY
JANE EISENBERG ** shake bouquet ** maracas #in&out
releases:
SHINY BEAST (BAT CHAIN
PULLER)
live 18 november 1978 I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I WANNA DO
2000
live performances 1978 and live performances 1979
35 - DOC AT THE RADAR STATION march - july 1980 studio
robert - don - john - eric - jeff -
bruce
ERIC DREW FELDMAN black jew
kittaboo * bass guitar * synthesizer **
mellotron ** grand piano ** electric piano
BRUCE FOWLER fossil / old hat *
trombone &out
JOHN FRENCH drumbo *
guitar * slide guitar ** marimba ** drums ** bass guitar #in31&out
JEFF
MORIS TEPPER jeff tapir / white jew * guitar
* slide guitar * nerve guitar
DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart *
vocals * soprano sax * bass clarinet ** harmonica ** chinese
gongs
ROBERT WILLIAMS wait for me *
drums * percussion
studio guest GARY LUCAS **
guitar ** french horn #in
release:
DOC AT THE RADAR STATION
36 - LIVE DOC october 1980 - january 1981
richard - robert - don - eric - jeff
ERIC DREW FELDMAN black jew
kittaboo * keyboards * bass guitar **
electric piano ** mandolin &out(37)
RICHARD SNYDER brave
midnight hat-size * guitar * slide guitar
** bass guitar #in
JEFF MORIS TEPPER jeff tapir /
white jew * guitar * slide guitar
DON VAN VLIET captain beefheart *
vocals * tenor sax * soprano sax ** chinese gongs **
mellotron
ROBERT WILLIAMS wait for me *
drums * percussion &out
live guest GARY LUCAS
** national steel dualion ** poetry reading ** 141180 bass &out37
live guest
290181 DENNY
WALLEY feeler's rebo ** guitar #in33&out
release:
live
1 november 1980 AMSTERDAM '80 2006
37 - ICE CREAM FOR CROW april - first half august 1982 studio
richard - jeff - don - gary - cliff
GARY LUCAS * guitar *
steel-appendage guitar * glass finger guitar ** national
steel dualion #in(36)&out
CLIFF MARTINEZ * drums
* percussion ** shake bouquet ** glass washboard ** metal
drums #in&out
RICHARD SNYDER brave midnight
hat-size * bass guitar ** marimba ** viola &out
JEFF MORIS TEPPER jeff tapir /
white jew * guitar * slide guitar *
steel-appendage guitar ** acoustic guitar &out
DON
VAN VLIET captain beefheart * vocals *
harmonica * soprano sax ** chinese gongs ** prop horn
studio guest ERIC DREW FELDMAN black jew kittaboo **
rhodes piano ** bass synthesizer #in36&out
releases:
ICE CREAM FOR CROW
track LIGHT REFLECTED OFF THE
OCEANDS OF THE MOON
go to the discography for full record details - but live recordings are part of the concerts
*
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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