Beefheart & Magic Band at Mt. Tamalpais Fantasy Fair, 1967
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Beefheart & Magic Band at Mt. Tamalpais Fantasy Fair, 1967
A photo collector "stumbled upon" some great photos (by an unknown photographer) of The Magic Band's brief appearance at this festival - a genuinely legendary event in Beefheart lore - and has posted them (slide-show style) on YouTube.
This was the Safe At Milk line-up's first and last live performance. They were booked to play the Monterey Pop festival the following weekend, but at this gig Beefheart had a panic attack in the middle of "Electricity" and walked off the back of the stage, prompting Ry Cooder to quit the band in disgust.
John "Drumbo" French posted a Viewer Comment on the YouTube page: "Beefheart (Van Vliet) walked off the stage right after the intro to the second song, having experienced some kind of LSD flashback. At 2:08, Ry Cooder is pictured behind Jerry Handley watching Don walk off the stage. I'm the guy in the white suit playing drums."
This was the Safe At Milk line-up's first and last live performance. They were booked to play the Monterey Pop festival the following weekend, but at this gig Beefheart had a panic attack in the middle of "Electricity" and walked off the back of the stage, prompting Ry Cooder to quit the band in disgust.
John "Drumbo" French posted a Viewer Comment on the YouTube page: "Beefheart (Van Vliet) walked off the stage right after the intro to the second song, having experienced some kind of LSD flashback. At 2:08, Ry Cooder is pictured behind Jerry Handley watching Don walk off the stage. I'm the guy in the white suit playing drums."
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Interesting. John Drumbo French looks very sharp for a drummer in 1967.
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The whole band looks incredibly sharp. That was a good look for them!
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Charlie O. wrote:A photo collector "stumbled upon" some great photos (by an unknown photographer) of The Magic Band's brief appearance at this festival - a genuinely legendary event in Beefheart lore - and has posted them (slide-show style) on YouTube.
This was the Safe At Milk line-up's first and last live performance. They were booked to play the Monterey Pop festival the following weekend, but at this gig Beefheart had a panic attack in the middle of "Electricity" and walked off the back of the stage, prompting Ry Cooder to quit the band in disgust.
John "Drumbo" French posted a Viewer Comment on the YouTube page: "Beefheart (Van Vliet) walked off the stage right after the intro to the second song, having experienced some kind of LSD flashback. At 2:08, Ry Cooder is pictured behind Jerry Handley watching Don walk off the stage. I'm the guy in the white suit playing drums."
those are beautifully sharp photos, wonder who took them. what a find!
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Re: Beefheart & Magic Band at Mt. Tamalpais Fantasy Fair, 19
Gorgeous.
Why don't bands dress like that these days? Make the effort for fucks sake.
Why don't bands dress like that these days? Make the effort for fucks sake.
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Cool! That looks like a great venue - you always picture these things in your head, but that is super cool. Looks like a nice vibe as well (well maybe not for Van Vliet if the story is to be believed!). Drumbo looks cool in his white suit. Also interesting to see Cooder playing an acoustic? I thought both him and Snouffer would be on electric. That's something to think about.
Who is that plugging the bass in at around 2.16? I can see Snouffler early on (with moustache), Cooder in shades, Jerry Handley on bass.....who is that other guy? He is really familiar!
And who is that at 2.56 with the hat on? It looks like Ken Kesey!
Who is that plugging the bass in at around 2.16? I can see Snouffler early on (with moustache), Cooder in shades, Jerry Handley on bass.....who is that other guy? He is really familiar!
And who is that at 2.56 with the hat on? It looks like Ken Kesey!
Of course, I was mostly stoned at the time.
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Balboa wrote:Cool! That looks like a great venue - you always picture these things in your head
True, but that's not how I pictured the Magic Band or the festival to look!
Nice find, Charlie. I really enjoyed that.
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Jeff K wrote:Balboa wrote:Cool! That looks like a great venue - you always picture these things in your head
True, but that's not how I pictured the Magic Band or the festival to look!
They're wearing their outfits from the cover shoot for 'Safe as Milk'! They got weirder pretty quickly once Cooder left............
Of course, I was mostly stoned at the time.
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Balboa wrote:Also interesting to see Cooder playing an acoustic? I thought both him and Snouffer would be on electric.
Yeah, especially if they're playing "Electricity"! I think that French's assertion that that one shot is of Cooder watching Van Vliet walk off might be a bit of poetic license...
Good question about the mystery bass player. Definitely not one of the Magic Band guys. And there's at least one long-range shot of the stage and crowd that looks to me like it could be from a different event entirely... maybe even Monterey.
I thought that one guy looked like Kesey, too! Could be.
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Love Alex Snouffer's sneer 'round the one-minute mark. What a badass.
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Charlie O. wrote:Love Alex Snouffer's sneer 'round the one-minute mark. What a badass.
That guy was always sneering!
Of course, I was mostly stoned at the time.
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Yeah, especially if they're playing "Electricity"! I think that French's assertion that that one shot is of Cooder watching Van Vliet walk off might be a bit of poetic license...
Yeah, that doesn't make much sense in that set up.
Good question about the mystery bass player. Definitely not one of the Magic Band guys. And there's at least one long-range shot of the stage and crowd that looks to me like it could be from a different event entirely... maybe even Monterey.
That bass player is really familiar looking, it's going to drive me mad. He has nothing to do with Beefheart's band. Here is the 2 day line up -
Saturday, June 10
The 5th Dimension
Dionne Warwick
Canned Heat
Jim Kweskin Jug Band
Moby Grape
13th Floor Elevators
Spanky and Our Gang
Roger Collins
Blackburn & Snow
The Sparrow
Every Mother's Son
Kaleidoscope (US band)
The Chocolate Watchband
The Mojo Men
The Merry-Go-Round
The Doors
[edit]Sunday, June 11
Jefferson Airplane
The Byrds
P.F. Sloan
The Seeds
The Grass Roots
The Loading Zone
Tim Buckley
Every Mother's Son
Hugh Masekela
Steve Miller Blues Band
Country Joe & the Fish
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
The Sons of Champlin
The Lamp of Childhood
The Mystery Trend
Penny Nichols
The Merry-Go-Round
New Salvation Army Band
If you go here - http://hippiesrus1.blogspot.com/2009/07/doors-magic-mountain-music.html about half way down is some scratchy footage from the festival of The Doors, looks like the same stage on the pictures and stuff.
I thought that one guy looked like Kesey, too! Could be.
I reckon it is him.
Of course, I was mostly stoned at the time.
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I assume this Mt Tamalpais is also in the vicinity of Tamalpais High as immortalised by David Crosby in 'Tamalpais High (At About 3)' ?
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Balboa wrote:If you go here - http://hippiesrus1.blogspot.com/2009/07/doors-magic-mountain-music.html about half way down is some scratchy footage from the festival of The Doors, looks like the same stage on the pictures and stuff.
Yeah, looking at it again, it's definitely not Monterey Pop - I don't know what I was thinkin'!
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More shots from the same festival:
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Balboa wrote:Saturday, June 10
The 5th Dimension
Dionne Warwick
Canned Heat
Jim Kweskin Jug Band
Moby Grape
13th Floor Elevators
Spanky and Our Gang
Roger Collins
Blackburn & Snow
The Sparrow
Every Mother's Son
Kaleidoscope (US band)
The Chocolate Watchband
The Mojo Men
The Merry-Go-Round
The Doors
[edit]Sunday, June 11
Jefferson Airplane
The Byrds
P.F. Sloan
The Seeds
The Grass Roots
The Loading Zone
Tim Buckley
Every Mother's Son
Hugh Masekela
Steve Miller Blues Band
Country Joe & the Fish
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
The Sons of Champlin
The Lamp of Childhood
The Mystery Trend
Penny Nichols
The Merry-Go-Round
New Salvation Army Band
Phew! Thats even better than Monterey.
A psychedelic wet dream.
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Balboa wrote:The Mystery Trend
I love that name. Apparently they got it by mishearing the term "mystery tramp" in Like A Rolling Stone. I don't know how anyone could mistake those words, but mystery and trend go so well together!
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Balboa wrote:
The Lamp of Childhood
that is a terrible, terrible name.
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