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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 18, 2010 9:44:04 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 18, 2010 9:52:45 GMT
Didn't realise he was so unwell. Have to dig out Troutmask Replica this weekend and give it a listen.
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tullist
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Post by tullist on Dec 18, 2010 16:17:18 GMT
Yeah RIP Don Van Vliet. I do know alot about this guy, but still the net will serve u better. A couple things Tull related though, that readers of A New Day years ago will remember was Ian, who was a fan and had them, the Magic Band as openers for part of the Brick tour I think it was, told a couple quite funny tales. I must say, even moreso than fellow Brick openers Steeleye Span, the audience response was largely not good, I am hardly surprised, Tull had just enough commercial appeal to make the crowd 20000, not 200, but most of those size crowds have the musical depth of a turnip, if not told to them in Jimmy Page thunder, or Greg Lake dreamy voice. One was about when one of the members of the Magic Band, Zoot Horn Rollo I think, (who I know has written an autobiography of those years himself, would not be surprised if it is intriguing and very funny)wanted to leave the band, the problem being, once u were in the Magic Band, u were sort of Beefhearts prisoner. (Or as Ian said in that interview that I loved, something like, "Old Don was a bit of a bully boy", anyway he definitely said Bully Boy)Apparently this guy had to, earlier in the day, get all his clothes together and place them some distance from the house in a box, and later that night crawl out the basement window to his freedom. I love that. Ian also allowed during the time of that tour Beefheart would call him at like 3 AM with information that he was certain Ian absolutely had to know with intent of getting Ian on his team, in his web as it were. Knowing practical Ian, of course he did not want to know, merely wanted to be rested for the next day's performance. Among the things doubtlessly accessible on the web, (Beefheart's own and various fansites are the place to look) was a very good interview done with him by Rolling Stone in about 70. A 40 year old memory tells me the interview began by Beefheart announcing he had to answer the phone which had not started ringing yet, and I believe going all Jeffrey Hammond on us in that all? the musicianship on Trout Mask Replica had been taught in that moment, none of those guys were musicians, and it shows! I could be off or relating something that was not true to begin with, that was almost a different lifetime. Sticking one from his last record in 82 on here, regrettably no video, in fact this could make a quite horrible movie if a person of sufficient vision were to tackle it. Even aces his spoken word thing about Apesma on ye auld Trout Mask. RIP u seer of visions, although Howlin Wolf might want to talk with u about using his voice from time to time, plus old Lancaster buddy Frank will probably want to start right in on arguing with u. Thousand and Tenth Day of the Human Totem Pole www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPLjKHKoE8wand from an earlier but not necessarily gentler time Abba Zabba www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTo7OgXkbe8
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 18, 2010 20:34:15 GMT
I know absolute zilch about Captain Beefheart I only started reading about him due to coming across that story I posted above and before in another thread. The reason I posted it was I made a huge assumption and no doubt flawed that Ian was influenced by Captain Beefheart featuring a ballerina in most of his shows in the early days. PP??? Now that you've mentioned that Ian was a fan - well there you have it ......... 2 +2= 5 ;D Ps love the story that CB was a door to door vacuum salesman in another life and ended up knocking on Aldious Huxley's door one day and when CB seen who it was he said pointing to the vacuums "This sucks" there's probably a few million other stories
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