John French

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6 mentions 2 recordings first heard Jan 2026 last heard 3 Sep ±0 this week

Commander of the BEF who ordered the retreat at Mons

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Andrew HickeyA History of Rock Music in 500 Songs · Song 186: “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic... · 2:10:56 · 3 Sep
…French and Harkelrode were by this time joint musical directors, but neither ended up happy with the album.…
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Andrew HickeyA History of Rock Music in 500 Songs · Song 186: “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic... · 2:03:47 · 3 Sep
…Luckily for the band, before the album was recorded, John French, who had not seen the rest of the band for a year, decided to turn up to get his drum kit back.…
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Andrew HickeyA History of Rock Music in 500 Songs · Song 186: “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic... · 2:02:21 · 3 Sep
…Dick Kunk, Zappa's engineer, had fixed Van Vliet's tape recorder, and with French gone from the band he turned the role of musical director over to Harkelroad.…
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Andrew HickeyA History of Rock Music in 500 Songs · Song 186: “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic... · 1:57:48 · 3 Sep
…This seems to have caused French to suddenly realize that……
Andrew HickeyA History of Rock Music in 500 Songs · Song 186: “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic... · 1:02:03 · 3 Sep
…But there's another influence on the track which may not……
Trevor CollinsRed Web · Angels of Mons | Hundreds of Soldiers Claimed to See Angels ... · 11:05 · 19 Jan
…General Sir John French ordered his men to retreat.…
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