艺术特里普has spoken exclusively to the Radar Station about his time in the Magic Band.
From the astounding Lick My Decals Off Baby to the lacklustre Unconditionally Guaranteed, to the shortlived Mallard and his return for Shiny Beast Art offers a fascinating insight into the the recording of these albums and tells stories of life on the road and playing live.
他与Beefheart的带任期的艺术Tripp的账户是非常重要的事实 - 几乎不露声色。艺术是一个不同类型的家伙们休息一下，也许他的年龄。我经常想知道艺术在分手的一部分。评论，如“那混蛋Vleit”和“天才？他甚至不记得的话”和‘清除斑点，就像你在电台听到正常的废话’。我记得其他提到艺术，在英文导游，鼓励乐队不玩“远出屎”的任何。他总是非常专业 - 他给人的印象几乎是“唯一的专业” - 像弗兰克的专辑“我们只是在为了钱”。在采访中，他几乎没有什么好要说唐 - 像“乐队并没有分手，我们刚刚得到另一个歌手”。我得到越来越多的困惑。你能说什么？ Most seem to hold Don in complete awe, to Art he seems like someone who wrote a few cool tunes and that’s it. Just musical stuff to write on a score. Some of the stuff on “Decals” is mind-blowing and Art seems to belittle Don’s input. I don’t know where to stop or start.
“Some of the stuff on “Decals” is mind-blowing and Art seems to belittle Don’s input.”
从我读过的东西，看来他很深知令人兴奋的是这张专辑怎么样，现在仍然是。你好像挑选出报价，而忘记十年值得字的大背景下。不是每个人都落在下Beefhearts法术，看来，我为一个彻底享受了采访。这是相当令人耳目一新读出不同的角度来看，尤其是从别人谁是实际参与，而不是仅仅依靠传说和二手资料。
An excellent interview – what a treat to finally hear from Art Tripp after all these years. His perspective and recollections are significant additions to the record on Beefheart, the band & the music. More!
感谢您的意见大家。
Just to reply to Lloydie – I think the ‘lack of passion’ is more a result of the format of the interview rather than a fault of Art’s. The interview was conducted by email so that does tend to reduce the spontaneity and immediacy. I’m sure it would have been different if we’d been face to face and that we’d both been able to react to each other there and then.
Art respected Don as a composer but I don’t think he held him in awe in the way that the other younger members of the band (or fans) might have done. Don’t forgot Art was an experienced performing musician and wouldn’t have been intimidated by Don’s mind games in the way that the Trout Mask band had been cowed.
He loved playing Don’s music and still enjoys listening to it. But on a practical level Don could be a pain in the ass when it came to paying the band …
Great interview, Steve- nice to see it all in one piece! Nice touch to add the Fireparty discussion stuff as well….
我仍然有鼓棍子
艺术给了我在丽思剧院在Staten岛，纽约在1970年，当我15岁的孩子。你永远不会忘记的东西一样，感谢所有。
Good interview yes, but “paying the band”? Since when do musicians deserve to be paid? Why, when I were a young lad blah blah blah.
这是非常有趣！这是好事，知道一些这些家伙还在那里毕竟紧跟这些年，特里普先生有一些有趣的见解。这是好事，看到一个不同的角度，而不是老一套的偶像崇拜。做得好！
“Alice in Blunderland”in Room 222 dates from 1969 so any attempt to sue would have been v ill advised!