Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band WABX TV Studio 'Detroit Tube Works' January 15, 1971 1. When Big Joan Sets Up (0:00) 2. Hair Pie Bass Solo (6:23) 3. Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop (6:42) 4. Flash Gordon's Ape Marimba Solo (8:48) 5. Bellerin Plain (9:11) 6. Instrumental for Foot and Fingers (13:00) Mike: I just met the man who directed many of the video shoots for WABX Tube Works, a TV program in the early '70's which featured both touring and local bands playing live. The video in question was, in fact, shot after the Magic Band's show in Detroit with Alice Cooper and Ry Cooder. They drove out to the studio (now WXON TV 20), set up, and played what you hear. The guy I met, Chuck, apparently has the master in his basement. Why, you may ask, is this important? Well, it's important to me ;) It happened in my backyard. That footage changed my life. Nifty trivia: the vacuum cleaner visible in the shot (to the right of John French's drum kit) was not Beefheart's, but was placed there by the crew, who had seen photos of Don with a vacuum (which was in fact Chunga, immmortalized on Zappa's Chunga's Revenge). Chuck Reti: I was director of most of the music segments ... The Beefheart session was memorable (a lot because their behavior drove Betsy, our exec producer, literally to tears). The same taping session that night/morning we also shot Ry Cooder, who earlier that night had been on a concert bill with Beefheart. I don't think the Cooder tape survived. While no 'original' material was <b>...</b>
captain beefheart
magic band
1971
detroit
when big joan sets up
hair pie
woe is uh me bop
flash gordons ape
bellerin plain
trout mask replica
lick my decals off baby
