Martin Lickert - Revision history

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200 Motels

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Clean-up.

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 ==200 Motels==
-In 1971 Lickert left Ringo's limousine to buy tissues for him (many sources claim it were cigarettes, but this is contested by Lickert <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/l/martin_lickert.htm</ref>), when he entered the room where [[Frank Zappa]] was contemplating who would replace [[Jeff Simmons]]'s role in the film ''[[200 Motels (The Film)]]'' after Simmons just left the band? Zappa had just told everybody that "the next person to walk through that door would play Simmons' part" and thus Lickert replaced him.<ref>https://books.google.be/books?id=bXzGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=martin+lickert&source=bl&ots=ryYSRj17eB&sig=ACfU3U3qIzHcWlCNqlOZG7PGKSWwFoilfA&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisopWO3cDlAhWJb1AKHazMBuw4ChDoATALegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=martin%20lickert&f=false</ref> As it so happened he could play bass a bit and thus he sings and performs some bass and vocals in the movie and the ''[[200 Motels]]'' soundtrack. His contributions can also be heard on ''[[Playground Psychotics]]'' (on the track ''[[I Could Be A Star Now]]'') and be seen in ''[[Video From Hell]]'' and ''[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]''. However, in an interview Lickert said: ''"We played and recorded it live, but whoever was doing the mixing and whoever was doing the sound job clearly wasn’t listening very closely to the bass parts. So I think Frank in fact overdubbed most of it. For someone of my limited ability, some of the stuff on that album is pretty difficult."'' In the same interview he recalled [[Keith Moon]] smashing in his window to get [[Lucy Offerall]] in his room, because she "had the hots for him."
+In 1971 Lickert left Ringo's limousine to buy tissues for him (many sources claim it were cigarettes, but this is contested by Lickert <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/l/martin_lickert.htm</ref>), when he entered the room where [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] was contemplating who would replace [[Jeff Simmons]]'s role in the film ''[[200 Motels (The Film)]]'' after Simmons just left the band? Zappa had just told everybody that "the next person to walk through that door would play Simmons' part" and thus Lickert replaced him.<ref>https://books.google.be/books?id=bXzGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=martin+lickert&source=bl&ots=ryYSRj17eB&sig=ACfU3U3qIzHcWlCNqlOZG7PGKSWwFoilfA&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisopWO3cDlAhWJb1AKHazMBuw4ChDoATALegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=martin%20lickert&f=false</ref> As it so happened he could play bass a bit and thus he sings and performs some bass and vocals in the movie and the ''[[200 Motels]]'' soundtrack. His contributions can also be heard on ''[[Playground Psychotics]]'' (on the track ''[[I Could Be A Star Now]]'') and be seen in ''[[Video From Hell]]'' and ''[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]''. However, in an interview Lickert said: ''"We played and recorded it live, but whoever was doing the mixing and whoever was doing the sound job clearly wasn’t listening very closely to the bass parts. So I think Frank in fact overdubbed most of it. For someone of my limited ability, some of the stuff on that album is pretty difficult."'' In the same interview he recalled [[Keith Moon]] smashing in his window to get [[Lucy Offerall]] in his room, because she "had the hots for him."
 <ref>http://idiotbastard.com/Interviews/MartinLickert.htm</ref>

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 ==200 Motels==
-In 1971 Lickert left Ringo's limousine to a box of tissues for him (many sources claim it were cigarettes, but this is contested by Lickert <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/l/martin_lickert.htm</ref>), when he entered the room where [[Frank Zappa]] was contemplating who would replace [[Jeff Simmons]]'s role in the film ''[[200 Motels (The Film)]]'' after Simmons just left the band? Zappa had just told everybody that "the next person to walk through that door would play Simmons' part" and thus Lickert replaced him.<ref>https://books.google.be/books?id=bXzGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=martin+lickert&source=bl&ots=ryYSRj17eB&sig=ACfU3U3qIzHcWlCNqlOZG7PGKSWwFoilfA&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisopWO3cDlAhWJb1AKHazMBuw4ChDoATALegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=martin%20lickert&f=false</ref> As it so happened he could play bass a bit and thus he sings and performs some bass and vocals in the movie and the ''[[200 Motels]]'' soundtrack. His contributions can also be heard on ''[[Playground Psychotics]]'' (on the track ''[[I Could Be A Star Now]]'') and be seen in ''[[Video From Hell]]'' and ''[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]''. However, in an interview Lickert said: ''"We played and recorded it live, but whoever was doing the mixing and whoever was doing the sound job clearly wasn’t listening very closely to the bass parts. So I think Frank in fact overdubbed most of it. For someone of my limited ability, some of the stuff on that album is pretty difficult."'' In the same interview he recalled [[Keith Moon]] smashing in his window to get [[Lucy Offerall]] in his room, because she "had the hots for him."
+In 1971 Lickert left Ringo's limousine to buy tissues for him (many sources claim it were cigarettes, but this is contested by Lickert <ref>https://www.united-mutations.com/l/martin_lickert.htm</ref>), when he entered the room where [[Frank Zappa]] was contemplating who would replace [[Jeff Simmons]]'s role in the film ''[[200 Motels (The Film)]]'' after Simmons just left the band? Zappa had just told everybody that "the next person to walk through that door would play Simmons' part" and thus Lickert replaced him.<ref>https://books.google.be/books?id=bXzGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=martin+lickert&source=bl&ots=ryYSRj17eB&sig=ACfU3U3qIzHcWlCNqlOZG7PGKSWwFoilfA&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisopWO3cDlAhWJb1AKHazMBuw4ChDoATALegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=martin%20lickert&f=false</ref> As it so happened he could play bass a bit and thus he sings and performs some bass and vocals in the movie and the ''[[200 Motels]]'' soundtrack. His contributions can also be heard on ''[[Playground Psychotics]]'' (on the track ''[[I Could Be A Star Now]]'') and be seen in ''[[Video From Hell]]'' and ''[[The True Story Of 200 Motels]]''. However, in an interview Lickert said: ''"We played and recorded it live, but whoever was doing the mixing and whoever was doing the sound job clearly wasn’t listening very closely to the bass parts. So I think Frank in fact overdubbed most of it. For someone of my limited ability, some of the stuff on that album is pretty difficult."'' In the same interview he recalled [[Keith Moon]] smashing in his window to get [[Lucy Offerall]] in his room, because she "had the hots for him."
 <ref>http://idiotbastard.com/Interviews/MartinLickert.htm</ref>

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-Martin Lickert, who was [[Ringo Starr]]'s chauffeur, upon returning from the limo with a box of tissues for Starr, was cast in the role of "Jeff" in [[200 Motels (The Film)]] - the role originally intended for [[Jeff Simmons]], who quit [[The Mothers]] just prior to filming. Lickert: ''"I never played any live gigs with [[The Mothers]] and I suppose that is one reason that they are still held in such high regard...my ability as any sort of guitarist has to be questioned".'' Martin did, however, provide bass and/or vocals for [[200 Motels]] and [[Playground Psychotics]], and can be seen in the Zappa movies [[200 Motels (The Film)]], [[Video From Hell]], & [[The True Story Of 200 Motels]].
+[[File:Martin Lickert.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Martin Lickert performing during ''200 Motels''.]]
-He later became a bookmaker and horse-owner, and then a barrister.
+'''Martin Lickert''' (19 May 1948 - 13 March 2006) was a British man who worked as an office boy for [[The Beatles]] at Apple Records in the late 1960s. He later became the personal driver and chauffeur of [[Ringo Starr]]. In the 1980s he became bookmaker and horse-owner, and then a barrister. <ref>https://books.google.be/books?id=bXzGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=martin+lickert&source=bl&ots=ryYSRj17eB&sig=ACfU3U3qIzHcWlCNqlOZG7PGKSWwFoilfA&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisopWO3cDlAhWJb1AKHazMBuw4ChDoATALegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=martin%20lickert&f=false</ref>
-Died in March, 2006.
+==200 Motels==
 [[Category:Bandmembers|Lickert, Martin]]
 [[Category:Musicians|Lickert, Martin]]