Magic Band

Captain Beefheart's backing band was variously titled as 'His Magic Band' and 'The Magic Band' which, during its existence, had an interchanging and evolving line-up.

Players

For Trout Mask Replica the line-up included:

• Captain Beefheart [ (Don Van Vliet) - (bass clarinet, tenor sax, soprano sax, simran horn, musette, vocal)
• Rockette Morton [Mark Boston] - (bass, narration)
• Antennae Jimmy Semens [Jeff Cotton] - (steel-appendage guitar, flesh horn, vocal on Pena)
• Zoot Horn Rollo [Bill Harkleroad] - (glass finger guitar, flute)
• The Mascara Snake [Victor Hayden] - (bass clarinet, vocal)
• Doug Moon - (guitar on China Pig)
• Drumbo [ John French ] - (drums, percussion) [Uncredited]
• Gary Marker - (bass guitar on 'Moonlight' & 'Veteran') [Uncredited]
• FZ (comments on The Blimp) [Uncredited]

Magic Band members on Trout Mask Replica.
L to R: Harkleroad, Hayden, Beefheart, French, Cotton.
Photo; Ed Caraeff, 1969.

Player History

The band has included, at various times:

Ella Guru [Greg Davidson] Ed Marimba, aka TedCactus, [ Art Tripp ] Feelers Reebo [ Denny Walley ] Winged Eel Fingerling [ Elliot Ingber ] Orejon [ Roy Estrada ] Fossil/Old Hat Fowler [ Bruce Fowler ] Indian Ink [ Jimmy Carl Black ] Ian Underwood Tom Grasso Jerry Handley Alex St. Clair (Alex Snouffer) Ry Cooder Paul Blakely Jerry McGhee (aka Gerry McGeehee) Richard Hepner David Gates Vic Mortenson Jeff Bruchell (aka The Imposter Drumbo)

Black Jewel Kitabu [Eric Drew Feldman] White Jewel [Jeff Moris Tepper] Robert Arthur Williams Richard Snyder Gary Jaye Gary Lucas Richard Redus Cliff Martinez (guesting) Don Preston (guesting) Samuel Hoffman (guesting) Milt Holland (see Chunky, Novi & Ernie 1977) (guesting) Taj Mahal (guesting) Russ Titelman (guesting) Rhys Clark (guesting) The Blackberries (guesting) Harry Duncan (guesting) Mary Jane Eisenberg

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