John "Drumbo" French - Beefheart: Through the Eyes of Magic

One of these days need to go see Gary Lucas. He is doing a free show next Wednesday. http://www.garylucas.com/

Never finished this btw, gave up ca.1976 when French started listing the various fast food restaurants he had eaten in with Don and (short-lived) Magic Band member, Greg Davidson. However I have since seen the French fronted Magic Band playing... underneath Chelsea FC's football pitch.

I saw Gary Lucas once. I thought it was bad but I am a disgusting savage probably.

Not dead, folks. Not dead.

One of the most ill-edited and organized books in history. I guess no reputable publisher would take it on? Or did French even try to go that route? A terse account of how that music actually got made would be something of interest. You have to wonder how much perspective French has on life, if he actually thought a book of that length would be the way to tell the story. Ironic that French says he edited Beefheart, in a sense, that he couldn't see the value in a hard-headed edit and trim of his book.