Beefheart RIP

[theraven1979]

Sad news indeed


Jim

[iain]

'Observatory Crest'.
Remember as a kid always playing that song on my brother's Beefheart lp.

[fourth horseman]

very sad to hear, fantastic musician and a big influence on many people!

[Barracuda]

Without him where would some of Cornwell's weird guitar stuff have come from ......v sad

[Détective Privé]

Fantastic musician, singer and painter. Saw him once on stage in Paris 30 years ago, what an incredible performer ! Barracuda is right : Hugh learnt lot of guitar and rhythm stuff from him. A genius he was.

[Alias]

Depressing news, the world just got a little less weird and interesting.

[zontar]

In the late 80's, the long-defunct (US) mag OPTIONS printed a multipage interview with Magic Band drummer John French, who basically claimed all credit for developing and arranging Beefheart's work. With cads like this in your camp, who wouldn't abandon music?

Just a few years back, French coralled most of the original Magic Bandmates (Zoot Horn Rollo, Rockette Morton, etc) for his album, DRUMBO (on the Proper label). Amazingly, no one had lost a step. The chops were intact, the angular tunes were there, but (sigh), it still wasn't Beefheart.

[dead ringer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12024652

[Freddie Laker]

JJ chats to John Robb about Beefheart...

http://louderthanwar.com/music/video-jj ... -beefheart

[Manc In Black]

Mr Beefheart

Another fascinating snippet where it all came from

Peasant in the Big Shitty will take on a whole new meaning

[theraven1979]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwEKene6ha0

Incredibly cool.

Jim

[Alias]

Get it while it's still available!

4/22/74 - Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, Missouri, radio broadcast
11/26/77 late show - Bottom Line, New York, NY
11/1/80 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (complete show version)
12/10/80 - Mudd Club, New York City, NY (incomplete, but all that is known to exist)

http://www.mydrive.ch/

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