Andrew Hickey
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2,253 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3 Sep
Andrew Hickey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Indeed, apparently Mortonson wrote the music in response to his father's death, then it was a deeply personal song for him.
When it was eventually issued on the group's debut album though, after Mortensen had left, the credit read Words and Music Don Van Vliet.
Dorothy Heard, Grant's assistant, had been the one who had seen the group at the teenage fair and been enthusiastic enough to sign them.
And much of their rehearsals took place at her house.
She was the one in the grant organization who was really advocating for the group, and the one the members still talk about when they look back at this period.
She started getting them into bigger venues, eventually having them play the prestigious whiskier go go.
According to several members of the band, at this point Zappa turned up in Vanderleed's life again, having been absent for several months.
Years before, Zappa had been the dominant partner in their collaborations, the one who had access to a studio and musicians.
Recording that pornographic tape and getting arrested though had set Zappa back, and now Van Vliet was the one who was in a hot band that was going places, while the mothers were still unknowns at this point.
Various members of the magic band describe Zappa trying to get involved with them in some way, and in particular they talk about a certain amount of resentment on his part about the name Captain Beefheart being his creation.
Members of later lineups of the Magic Band have even suggested that the ongoing problems between the two men, who would have an on again, off again creative relationship for the next decade would
All stemmed from the idea that Zappa deserved credit for creating the Captain Beefheart character that Van Vliet was now playing on stage.
Later, much later in twenty twelve, after the death of both men, Zappa's widow Gail would actually file a trademark on the name Captain Beefheart.
She did so, apparently, because of her belief that since Zappa had come up with the name, and the Zappa Family Trust owned and released some B Farb recordings, the Zappa Family Trust, rather than Van Vliet's heirs, owned the name.
Regardless of what caused it, this is definitely the point, according to those who were there, when the adolescent friendship between Zappa and Van Vliet turned into a more complicated rivalry.
Much of the time from this point forth, the two would exist in an uneasy tension, working together occasionally and attacking each other in the press at other times.
Partly the rivalry may have also been down to the fact that Van Vliet wasn't quite secure in his own band yet.
He was slowly but surely becoming the leader of the group, but this wasn't an entirely smooth process.
Listening to live recordings from the time, it's obvious that he was an excellent blues singer, but mostly imitating other singers, especially Harlin Wolfe.
While the songs Van Bleet was writing himself and recording demos of were catchy but derivative things like I'm glad.
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