Episode 2: John French ('Drumbo') on the making of Trout Mask Replica

On April 28, 2017, I took a break from lecturing at UC Berkeley,
California, and sat down for an extended discussion with drummer,
arranger, composer and singer, John 'Drumbo' French. I wanted to
understand the strange, unique and complex working process that
led to the creation of the legendary 1969 album, Trout Mask
Replica by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. A great deal of
misinformation, exaggerations and superficial comments have
obscured the truth for far too long. No one on the planet knows
more about this music and was more intimately involved in its
creation than John French, and what he had to say is of great
historic interest. Thank you to John for agreeing to this
discussion.

View the video of our discussion

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EPISODE CREDITS
Spoken introduction: Maya Rasmussen
Podcast artwork photograph 2019 Philippe Stirnweiss
Introduction music: Samuel Andreyev's Piano Piece N° 2, performed
by Trami Nguyen


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