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Ireland dates which had been booked to coincide with it, the new line-up being dubbed "The Best Batch Yet" by Beefheart song-title-referencing commentators. They returned to play the rescheduled ATP and more UK gigs in March 2012, followed by a European tour in September and October. They toured Europe again in 2013 and 2014.
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was initially skeptical about the re-formed Magic Band. However, after he aired a live recording of the band playing at the 2003 All
Tomorrow's Parties festival on his radio show, he was at a loss for words and had to put on another record to regain his composure. In 2004 the band did a live session
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and thus he would see nonexistent conspiracies that explained this behaviour. The band were reportedly paid little or nothing. French recalled that the musicians' contract with Van Vliet's company stipulated that Van Vliet and the managers were paid from gross proceeds before expenses, then expenses
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albums, with some of the latter's songs performed as instrumentals, allowing the intricacy of the instrumental parts to be heard, where they had previously been obscured by
Beefheart's vocals or sax. During subsequent tours the setlist has been expanded to include a more representative selection of
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placemat in such an odd fashion that when he presents it to the contractor without plans or research, the contractor says "This structure is going to be hard to build, it's going to be tough to make it safe and stable because it is so unique in design." Van Vliet then yells at the contractor and
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intimidates him into doing the job anyway. The contractor builds the home, figuring out all the intricacies involved in structural integrity himself because whenever he approaches Van Vliet, he finds that he seems completely unable to comprehend technical problems and just yells,
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were paid, then the band members evenly split any remaining funds—in effect making band members liable for all expenses. As a result, French was paid nothing at all for a 33-city US tour in 1971 and a total of $ 78 for a tour of Europe and the US in late 1975. In his 2010 memoir
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in 1974, owing to years of allegedly abusive treatment by
Beefheart, lack of compensation, and dissatisfaction with his new crossover direction. Beefheart's subsequent recordings in the late 1970s would enlist a new cast of younger musicians under the Magic Band heading.
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and
Snouffer stood in on drums, with a recently recruited Richard Hepner taking up the guitar role. By the time the single was aired on a pop television show, P.G. Blakely was back in the drum seat. He then left for a career in television and was replaced by
348:. It was perhaps this track, above the others, which caused A&M to view the band as "unsuitable" for their label with what was seen as weird and too psychedelic for popular consumption. Thus, this album was recorded for Buddah, with the band signed to
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269:, who would later feature in the band's recordings. The A&M deal also brought some contention between members of the band, torn between a career as an experimental "pop" group and that of a purist blues band. Working with young producer
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in the 1960s. It was sponsored by radio stations and had rides and various merchandise booths with music- and youth-related items. Bands performed.) In late 1965, the group landed a contract for recording two singles with the newly created
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had formulated, along with Van Vliet's renowned "Pepsi moods" with his mother Willie Sue and his generally spoilt teenage demeanor. The name "His Magic Band" changed to "the Magic Band" in 1972.
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was also instrumental in acquiring the skills of Cooder, upon an unfulfilled suggestion that Marker might produce the album. Marker would later lay down two uncredited bass tracks for
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French worked on five more
Beefheart albums, while Snouffer worked with Beefheart on and off on three more albums. Bill Harkleroad joined the Magic Band as guitarist for
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also opened up horizons for Vliet's skills as a poet-cum-lyricist, with his "Who Do You Think You're
Fooling" on the flip side of the band's first single, a cover of the
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for him at his home "Peel Acres". They played over 30 shows throughout the United
Kingdom and Europe, and one in the United States. They also released two albums:
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screamed at, beaten up, drugged, ridiculed, humiliated, arrested, starved, stolen from, and thrown down a half-flight of stairs by his employer".
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The re-formed band's repertoire was initially drawn mainly from the
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I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978
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CD box set booklet p.38 [also in vinyl set booklet]"
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on percussion and guitar work from Cooder's brother-in-law
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Personnel in the Magic Band for Beefheart's first album,
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of American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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on percussion and the all-important and controversial
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counterculture. In this early incarnation they were a
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Richard Redus (Mercury Josef) – guitar, slide guitar
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1197:Beefheart: Through The Eyes of Magic
1194:French, John "Drumbo" (2010-01-11).
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403:Beefheart: Through The Eyes of Magic
364:-directed television medical drama.
222:and the foundations of contemporary
46:The Magic Band at a reunion show in
18:Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
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810:Gerry McGee – guitar, slide guitar
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27:Captain Beefheart's backing band
1121:"Captain Beefheart – Biography"
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1804:Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
834:(Fossil) – trombone, air bass
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471:All Tomorrows Parties festival
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1892:Grow Fins: Rarities 1965–1982
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522:Captain Beefheart discography
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405:French recounted being "...
391:Relationship with Beefheart
182:(a.k.a. Drumbo), guitarist
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1790:Unconditionally Guaranteed
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1222:"Beefheart vs The Remains"
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1024:Michael Traylor – drums
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568:Lick My Decals Off, Baby
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56:Background information
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1619:Winged Eel Fingerling
1348:Barnes, Mike (2000).
972:Andrew Niven – drums
692:Jerry Handley – bass
647:The Magic Band solo:
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1258:on October 20, 2008
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817:Gary "Magic" Marker
777:Doug Moon – guitar
366:Gary "Magic" Marker
258:Hollywood Palladium
254:Battle of the Bands
1924:Ice Cream for Crow
1818:Ice Cream for Crow
1755:Trout Mask Replica
1427:on August 17, 2009
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1776:The Spotlight Kid
1748:Strictly Personal
1624:The Mascara Snake
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1548:Captain Beefheart
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1144:Courtier, Kevin.
880:Eric Drew Feldman
865:Jeff Moris Tepper
821:(1968; died 2015)
812:(1967; died 2019)
653:Back to the Front
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