Beefheart Telecaster

ryokan · January 27th, 2006, 02:38 PM

Check out this site, great videos of the Captain, full of great telecaster work. Especially the SNL performance from the 80’s.

http://www.beefheart.com/filtered/index.html

Mr. Sparkle · January 27th, 2006, 03:49 PM

I'm totally into that. I didn't watch any of it, but now I know how I'm going to spend my Friday night! :D

JeffC · January 27th, 2006, 07:45 PM

Thanks, nice dose of Bloodshot Rollin' Red is very welcome.

Jeff

eddiewagner · January 28th, 2006, 07:17 AM

that is really way out there... so to say. i wonder what is going on with beefhearts magicband, that turned out to be mallard in the seventies. i really liked mallard a lot, specially after i saw them on german tv (rockpalast) some 30 or so years ago. great telepicking and slideplaying those mallards did.

GuitarJonz · January 28th, 2006, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by eddiewagner

great telepicking and slideplaying those mallards did.

Any quack?? :D

eddiewagner · January 28th, 2006, 12:06 PM

no quack on that mallard records. just pure cosmic-crysal slideguitar frozen like a glacier. wish those lps would have a reissue in digital remastered quality.

Dave · January 28th, 2006, 02:01 PM

There is a double CD (released in 1994) that has the first (and only?) two albums. The CD says digitally remastered. I picked it up on Amazon.

If you're interested, you should also check out www.zoothornrollo.com. He put out a very nice CD a few years back. Great player (still).

David Barnett · January 28th, 2006, 02:39 PM

I remember the Beefheart performance on SNL, I saw it live. "Ashtray Heart" and "Hothead" if I remember correctly. I was with a group of people who were all shouting at the TV "YOU SUCK" "THIS SUCKS" and suchlike, I was the lone voice saying "Shut up you philistines, this is great."

Unkie Al · January 28th, 2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by eddiewagner

...i wonder what is going on with beefhearts magicband...

They are still around, touring with the Beefheart stuff with John "Drumbo" French doing the vocals.
Havalook

bwanasonic · January 28th, 2006, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by David Barnett

I remember the Beefheart performance on SNL, I saw it live. "Ashtray Heart" and "Hothead" if I remember correctly. I was with a group of people who were all shouting at the TV "YOU SUCK" "THIS SUCKS" and suchlike, I was the lone voice saying "Shut up you philistines, this is great."

I remember it too, only I was saying "pinch me, I'm dreaming!". I saw Beefheart in the late 70's at Paul's Mall in Boston and it warped my impressionable young mind permanently

Reading a recent thread about tele tone, I was thinking how The Magic Band shaped my idea of what a tele should sound like.

Kerry M

Joel Terry · January 29th, 2006, 05:00 AM

How can you not like "I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby"?

Most folks give the Cap'n the razz because his music is mostly discordant. From what I've always heard and read, he rehearsed his band(s) mercilessly; consequently, The Magic Band (and subsequent "Tragic" band) could repeat those "noises" note-for-note. To me, it takes as much talent to do that as it does to play a Bach fugue.

It kinda cleanses the palate, doesn't it?

Joel

sabby · January 29th, 2006, 01:55 PM

Oh Captain, My Captain ... you rock!!! 8)

January 27th, 2006, 02:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
ryokan Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 288	Beefheart Telecaster Check out this site, great videos of the Captain, full of great telecaster work. Especially the SNL performance from the 80’s. http://www.beefheart.com/filtered/index.html

January 27th, 2006, 03:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mr. Sparkle Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Carlsbad, CA Age: 40 Posts: 1,309 4 Photos	Nice. I'm totally into that. I didn't watch any of it, but now I know how I'm going to spend my Friday night! :D

January 28th, 2006, 07:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
eddiewagner Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ROCK!linghausen/germany Age: 50 Posts: 4,028 27 Photos	thanks a lot! that is really way out there... so to say. i wonder what is going on with beefhearts magicband, that turned out to be mallard in the seventies. i really liked mallard a lot, specially after i saw them on german tv (rockpalast) some 30 or so years ago. great telepicking and slideplaying those mallards did. __________________ My Drum/Guitar-Duo: www.myspace.com/captaintwangandhisrhythmcat

January 28th, 2006, 12:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
eddiewagner Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ROCK!linghausen/germany Age: 50 Posts: 4,028 27 Photos	no quack on that mallard records. just pure cosmic-crysal slideguitar frozen like a glacier. wish those lps would have a reissue in digital remastered quality. __________________ My Drum/Guitar-Duo: www.myspace.com/captaintwangandhisrhythmcat

January 28th, 2006, 02:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Dave TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 81	Mallard/In a Different Climate There is a double CD (released in 1994) that has the first (and only?) two albums. The CD says digitally remastered. I picked it up on Amazon. If you're interested, you should also check out www.zoothornrollo.com. He put out a very nice CD a few years back. Great player (still). __________________ Dave.

January 27th, 2006, 07:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
JeffC TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 24	Thanks, nice dose of Bloodshot Rollin' Red is very welcome. Jeff

January 28th, 2006, 02:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
David Barnett Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: LIttle Rock, AR Age: 52 Posts: 5,434	I remember the Beefheart performance on SNL, I saw it live. "Ashtray Heart" and "Hothead" if I remember correctly. I was with a group of people who were all shouting at the TV "YOU SUCK" "THIS SUCKS" and suchlike, I was the lone voice saying "Shut up you philistines, this is great."

January 29th, 2006, 05:00 AM	#11 (permalink)
Joel Terry Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Old Hickory (Nashville), Tennessee, USA Age: 40 Posts: 4,405 17 Photos	How can you not like "I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby"? Most folks give the Cap'n the razz because his music is mostly discordant. From what I've always heard and read, he rehearsed his band(s) mercilessly; consequently, The Magic Band (and subsequent "Tragic" band) could repeat those "noises" note-for-note. To me, it takes as much talent to do that as it does to play a Bach fugue. It kinda cleanses the palate, doesn't it? Joel __________________ Jesus saves--and He passes the savings on to YOU! ASPCA "Well...."

January 29th, 2006, 01:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
sabby Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Youngstown, Ohio Posts: 263	Oh Captain, My Captain ... you rock!!! 8)