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Captain Beefheart

Ted Templeman on Captain Beefheart

December 19, 2010 by David Gans

Ted Templeman produced Captain Beefheart‘s 1972 album Clear Spot. Here is an excerpt from my interview with Templeman in the 10/9/81 issue of BAM, the California Music Magazine: Ted Templeman: Beefheart was so crazy! If he didn’t think the drummer was playing with enough soul, he’d make him wear blackface. One day he stopped and … Read more

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