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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]
click clack back to the magic band,
return to the
power station or search on
captain
beefheart electricity
as felt by teejo
^