Bassist for the album "Zoot Alures" was a different guy than Zappa had back when he recorded Bongo Fury, but Patrick O'Hearn wasn't his name. In 1975, Zappa was still working with several of the original "Mothers" - but by 1978, he had basically alienated the Mothers and had put together a new group of younger musicians for Zoot Alures (Richard Redus, Jeff Moris Tepper<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Moris_Tepper>, Bruce Fowler <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Fowler> (Tom Fowlers brother, who played bass on Bongo Fury), Eric Drew Feldman<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Drew_Feldman>and Robert Williams). Perhaps the 'Zoot Alures' you mention is something other than the Album. Patrick O'Hearn is very young compared to the Zappa camp - (his bio says he was born in 1954) It seems that he did some studio work with Zappa during and after 1978. Albiet - yes, I concur with what you're saying about O'Hearns deep cave studio.
In a somewhat off coincidence though - Beefheart did an album in 1976 that was never released - called "Bat Chain Puller". -WaV On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 2:08 AM, RD Milhollin <rdmilhol...@charter.net> wrote: > Naaa, it was Patrick O'Hearn. > > > > I was working off a mobile e-mail platform and didn't have access to the > web when I posted before, but O'Hearn was the bass player for the "Zoot > Alures" Zappa Band as well as for Missing Persons later. The 2008 Dallas > performance of Dweezel's "Zappa Plays Zappa" tour opened with the title > track. Here is a link to a P. O'Hearn Bio: > > > > http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003520/Patrick-O-39-Hearn.html > > > > Oh. The studio, it is apparently Deep Cave Studio (or records) and is in > Bat Cave, NC. > > > > http://www.epinions.com/content_119979675268 > > > > I gather that this period in O'Hearn's career is over, but perhaps he has > some residual interest in caves, perhaps he would be willing to perform in > a cave for some regional gathering of cavers. I don't think the music he > produces today would be likely to (literally) "bring the house down." > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Don Cooper [mailto:wavyca...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, July 12, 2008 6:36 PM > *To:* rdmilhol...@charter.net > *Cc:* Minton, Mark; o...@texascavers.com > *Subject:* [ot_caving] Re: [Texascavers] RE: Music in Caves > > > > Ah yes, that would have been Don Van Vliet - otherwise known as "Captain > Beefheart". > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Beefheart > They recorded "Bongo Fury" in 1976 right here in Austin at the World > Armadillo Headquarters. > -WaV > > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 2:13 PM, RD Milhollin <rdmilhol...@charter.net> > wrote: > > Definitely Wakemen, sans Yes. The album was recorded live, with a full > orchestra if I remember correctly. I seem to remember he set out on a tour > with the whole ensemble, but the costs were too great and it ended before > schedule. > > > > Unrelated, I seem to have a foggy memory about a former sideman of Zappa, > from the Bongo Fury (recorded in Austin, center of …) days who after going > solo concentrated on mood music and established Cave Records somewhere in > NC. This is a stretch, but I think his studio was in a real cave. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Minton, Mark [mailto:mmin...@nmhu.edu] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 10, 2008 4:42 PM > *To:* texascavers@texascavers.com > *Subject:* [Texascavers] RE: Music in Caves > > > > Gill, > > > > >The musical bill-of-fare was Jethro Tull's "Journey to the Center of the > Earth" > > > > I was a big Jethro Tull fan, but I've never heard of that one. > Neither has <http://remus.rutgers.edu/JethroTull/songs.html> and < > http://remus.rutgers.edu/JethroTull/disco.html>. Maybe it was someone > else? Rick Wakeman of Yes had an album by that name. > > > > Mark Minton > > >
