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John French
John French is credited on 153 releases across 49 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
153
Pressings credited
49
Albums
7
Decades active
148
In collections
Biography
John Stephen French (born 29 September 1948) is an American drummer and former member of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, where he was known by the nickname Drumbo. He was the principal drummer on several of Beefheart's albums, including 1969's Trout Mask Replica, for which he also acted as arranger. He later released several albums as a solo artist as well as with the collaborative group French Frith Kaiser Thompson.
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Credited work
153 releases · 49 albums · active 1962–2023
- Performance · 295
- Other credits · 44
- Production · 5
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Sunset Sound Recorders · Sunset Sound · Whitney Recording Studios · The Magic Band House
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Trout Mask Replica
1969
Safe As Milk
1967
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
1970
Doc At The Radar Station
1980
Strictly Personal
1968
Where The Action Is! (Los Angeles Nuggets: 1965-1968)
2009
Top Secret
1982
Diddy Wah Diddy
1971
The Mirror Man Sessions
1999
Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 To 1972
2014
The Life And Music Of Richard Thompson
2006
Watching The Dark (The History Of Richard Thompson)
1993
Invisible Means
1990
Live, Love, Larf & Loaf
1987
Mallard
1975
Frequent collaborators
- Captain Beefheart
- Crazy Backwards Alphabet
- Mallard
- The Magic Band
- Various
- Henry Kaiser
- Shirley Bassey
- Rodney Lay And The Wild West
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