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BAND #4
MARK
BOSTON rockette morton *
bass guitar
JOHN
FRENCH drumbo * drums *
percussion * vocals * harmonica
GARY
LUCAS * guitar
DENNY
WALLEY feeler's rebo / walla walla * guitar
MICHAEL
TRAYLOR *
drums * percussion
*
LIVE RADIO
PERFORMANCE
part of the
summer 2004
europe tour
wednesday 7
july 2004 LONDON england BBC RADIO 1 STUDIO
attendance:
around 30 (full studio)
simultaneous
broadcast:
JOHN PEEL SHOW
country
ENGLAND medium RADIO + WEB date 7 july 2004
station
BBC RADIO 1 program JOHN
PEEL SHOW narration ENGLISH
it seems that
john peel, the famous english disc jockey and long time
dedicated promoter of captain beefheart, had a black out at
the time the magic band played its first ever gig: at the
april 2003 all tomorrow's parties festival in - notably - his
homeland. or maybe someone simply had forgotten to send him a
copy of the recording of the february rehearsals (which
eventually would be mixed to the 'back to the front'
album)....
anyway, perhaps
you remember what happened afterwards:
simon glass -
alt.fan.capt-beefheart - 020503:
The All Tomorrow's
Parties gig was broadcast on the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1
earlier this week (tuesday 29 april - t.t.) - and [...] John
admitted that he didn't make the effort to see the Magic Band in
the UK recently because he assumed that it was just a tribute
band cashing in. But after he had played the recording he was
overcome with enthusiasm and emotion - he could hardly continue
the radio show!
fortunately john
is a tough man, and he managed to beat his crisis. and
although it must have brought him many a sleepless night,
more than a year after his slip he is able to make good
for his blunder. this time he sure will be there when the
magic band will perform - in his own studio! very clever of
you, john!
now, the guy may
be a veteran from the sixties, but that doesn't mean he's
living in the past. so, since a couple of years his RADIO shows wave through the INTERNET
too. good chance to listen along for everybody who won't
be admitted to the studio recording (which is almost
everyone).
let's just keep an eye - and an
ear or two - on JOHN PEEL and we'll find out all...
*
PLAY LIST
vocal part:
[DIDDY WAH DIDDY (no van vliet composition) the legendary a&m sessions 1966]
CIRCUMSTANCES clear spot 1972
NOWADAYS A WOMAN'S GOTTA
HIT A MAN clear spot 1972
instrumental
section:
HAIR PIE bass bake trout mask replica 1969
'DRUMBO SOLO'
ON TOMORROW strictly personal 1968 originally a song
STEAL SOFTLY THRU SNOW trout mask replica 1969 song
ABBA ZABA safe as milk 1967 song
MY HUMAN GETS ME BLUES trout mask replica 1969 song
ALICE IN BLUNDERLAND the spotlight kid 1972
HAIR PIE: BAKE 2 trout mask replica 1969
EVENING BELL ice cream for crow 1982
vocal part:
ELECTRICITY safe as milk 1967
THE FLOPPY BOOT STOMP shiny beast (bat chain puller) 1978
MIRROR MAN mirror man 1968
MOONLIGHT ON VERMONT trout mask replica 1969
BIG EYED BEANS FROM VENUS
clear spot 1972
total
time: 66 minutes
extremely provisory but honest REVIEW:
WOOOOOOW!
WHAT A MUST
HEAR!
quick notes:
* the archived broadcast is the complete radio show. by the
time the magic band enters your speakers it is 01:53:30
* while listening, you can look at the twenty pictures in the
photo gallery
* the show suddenly might get cut off: it's an internet
connection, you know
sir peel and
his magic band
[updated 140704]
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