Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

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Artist name Roles Recordings
Dick Kunc engineer Ant Man Bee, Bills Corpse, China Pig, Dachau Blues, Dali’s Car, Ella Guru, Fallin’ Ditch, Frownland, Hair Pie: Bake 1, Hair Pie: Bake 2, Hobo Chang Ba, Moonlight on Vermont, My Human Gets Me Blues, Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish, Old Fart at Play, Orange Claw Hammer, Pachuco Cadaver, Pena, She’s Too Much for My Mirror, Steal Softly Thru Snow, Sugar ’n Spikes, Sweet Sweet Bulbs, The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica), The Dust Blows Forward ’n the Dust Blows Back, Veteran’s Day Poppy, Well, When Big Joan Sets Up, Wild Life
Frank Zappa producer Ant Man Bee, Bills Corpse, China Pig, Dachau Blues, Dali’s Car, Ella Guru, Fallin’ Ditch, Frownland, Hair Pie: Bake 1, Hair Pie: Bake 2, Hobo Chang Ba, Moonlight on Vermont, My Human Gets Me Blues, Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish, Old Fart at Play, Orange Claw Hammer, Pachuco Cadaver, Pena, She’s Too Much for My Mirror, Steal Softly Thru Snow, Sugar ’n Spikes, Sweet Sweet Bulbs, The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica), The Dust Blows Forward ’n the Dust Blows Back, Veteran’s Day Poppy, Well, When Big Joan Sets Up, Wild Life
Captain Beefheart vocal, harmonica, marimba, musette de cour, shehnai, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Abba Zaba, Ant Man Bee, Autumn's Child, Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Call on Me, Captain's Holiday, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Further Than We've Gone, Grown So Ugly, I'm Glad, Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Plastic Factory, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Twist Ah Luck, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Don van Vliet arranger, producer A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond, Abba Zaba, Ashtray Heart, Autumn's Child, Best Batch Yet, Brickbats, Call on Me, Dirty Blue Gene, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Flavor Bud Living, Hot Head, I'm Glad, Making Love to a Vampire With a Monkey on My Knee, Plastic Factory, Run Paint Run Run, Sheriff of Hong Kong, Sue Egypt, Telephone, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Hank Cicalo engineer Abba Zaba, Autumn's Child, Call on Me, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Grown So Ugly, I'm Glad, Plastic Factory, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Dick Kunc engineer Ant Man Bee, Bills Corpse, China Pig, Dachau Blues, Dali’s Car, Ella Guru, Fallin’ Ditch, Frownland, Hair Pie: Bake 1, Hair Pie: Bake 2, Hobo Chang Ba, Moonlight on Vermont, My Human Gets Me Blues, Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish, Old Fart at Play, Orange Claw Hammer, Pachuco Cadaver, Pena, She’s Too Much for My Mirror, Steal Softly Thru Snow, Sugar ’n Spikes, Sweet Sweet Bulbs, The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica), The Dust Blows Forward ’n the Dust Blows Back, Veteran’s Day Poppy, Well, When Big Joan Sets Up, Wild Life
Frank Zappa producer Ant Man Bee, Bills Corpse, China Pig, Dachau Blues, Dali’s Car, Ella Guru, Fallin’ Ditch, Frownland, Hair Pie: Bake 1, Hair Pie: Bake 2, Hobo Chang Ba, Moonlight on Vermont, My Human Gets Me Blues, Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish, Old Fart at Play, Orange Claw Hammer, Pachuco Cadaver, Pena, She’s Too Much for My Mirror, Steal Softly Thru Snow, Sugar ’n Spikes, Sweet Sweet Bulbs, The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica), The Dust Blows Forward ’n the Dust Blows Back, Veteran’s Day Poppy, Well, When Big Joan Sets Up, Wild Life
Captain Beefheart vocal, harmonica, marimba, musette de cour, shehnai, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Abba Zaba, Ant Man Bee, Autumn's Child, Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Call on Me, Captain's Holiday, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Further Than We've Gone, Grown So Ugly, I'm Glad, Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Plastic Factory, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Twist Ah Luck, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Don van Vliet arranger, producer A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond, Abba Zaba, Ashtray Heart, Autumn's Child, Best Batch Yet, Brickbats, Call on Me, Dirty Blue Gene, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Flavor Bud Living, Hot Head, I'm Glad, Making Love to a Vampire With a Monkey on My Knee, Plastic Factory, Run Paint Run Run, Sheriff of Hong Kong, Sue Egypt, Telephone, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Hank Cicalo engineer Abba Zaba, Autumn's Child, Call on Me, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Grown So Ugly, I'm Glad, Plastic Factory, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Alexis St. Claire Snouffer guitar Abba Zaba, Autumn's Child, Call on Me, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Grown So Ugly, I'm Glad, Plastic Factory, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Mitchell Gibson engineer A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond, Ashtray Heart, Best Batch Yet, Brickbats, Dirty Blue Gene, Flavor Bud Living, Hot Head, Making Love to a Vampire With a Monkey on My Knee, Run Paint Run Run, Sheriff of Hong Kong, Sue Egypt, Telephone
Ry Cooder arranger, bass guitar, guitar Abba Zaba, Autumn's Child, Call on Me, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Grown So Ugly, I'm Glad, Plastic Factory, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Bob Krasnow (producer) producer Abba Zaba, Autumn's Child, Call on Me, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Grown So Ugly, I'm Glad, Plastic Factory, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
John "Drumbo" French (musician (drums/vocal), songwriter, music director) drums Abba Zaba, Autumn's Child, Call on Me, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Grown So Ugly, I'm Glad, Plastic Factory, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Richard Perry producer Abba Zaba, Autumn's Child, Call on Me, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Grown So Ugly, I'm Glad, Plastic Factory, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Gary Marker (engineer) engineer Abba Zaba, Autumn's Child, Call on Me, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, Grown So Ugly, I'm Glad, Plastic Factory, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Glen Kolotkin engineer A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond, Ashtray Heart, Best Batch Yet, Brickbats, Dirty Blue Gene, Flavor Bud Living, Hot Head, Making Love to a Vampire With a Monkey on My Knee, Run Paint Run Run, Sheriff of Hong Kong, Sue Egypt, Telephone
Jerry Handley bass guitar Autumn's Child, Call on Me, Dropout Boogie, Electricity, I'm Glad, Plastic Factory, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do, Where There's Woman, Yellow Brick Road, Zig Zag Wanderer
Gene Pello drums Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Captain's Holiday, Further Than We've Gone, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Twist Ah Luck
Ira Ingber bass guitar Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Captain's Holiday, Further Than We've Gone, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Twist Ah Luck
Ty Grimes percussion Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Captain's Holiday, Further Than We've Gone, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Twist Ah Luck
Jimmy Caravan synthesizer Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Captain's Holiday, Further Than We've Gone, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Twist Ah Luck
Bob West (US session bassist, producer & songwriter) bass guitar Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Captain's Holiday, Further Than We've Gone, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Twist Ah Luck
Mark Gibbons keyboard Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Captain's Holiday, Further Than We've Gone, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Twist Ah Luck
Michael Smotherman keyboard Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Captain's Holiday, Further Than We've Gone, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Twist Ah Luck
Andy DiMartino producer Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Captain's Holiday, Further Than We've Gone, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Twist Ah Luck
Dean Smith guitar Bluejeans and Moonbeams, Captain's Holiday, Further Than We've Gone, Observatory Crest, Party of Special Things to Do, Pompadour Swamp, Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll, Same Old Blues, Twist Ah Luck
Milt Holland percussion Abba Zaba, Dropout Boogie, Zig Zag Wanderer
Antennae Jimmy Semens vocal Ella Guru, Pena
Sam Hoffman theremin Autumn's Child, Electricity
Doug Moon (guitarist, former member of The Magic Band) guitar China Pig
Russ Titelman guitar Autumn's Child
Taj Mahal (US blues musician) percussion Yellow Brick Road