billdougan

Bill Dougan

2. DATE OF BIRTH: 11-20-53

3. OCCUPATION: Forester

4. PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Sitka, Alaska USA

5. YEARS AS A FAN: 22 yrs. a fan of the Capt.

6. BEEFHEART ALBUMS IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE

      SAFE AS MILK :______________________ 8
      MIRROR MAN :______________________6
      STRICTLY PERSONAL :_______________10
      TROUT MASK REPLICA :______________3
      LICK MY DECALS OFF BABY :_________ 7
      SPOTLIGHT KID :____________________ 4
      CLEAR SPOT :_______________________ 2
      UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED :___11
      BLUE JEANS & MOONBEAMS :________12
      SHINY BEAST :______________________ 1
      DOC AT THE RADAR STATION :________ 5
      ICE CREAM FOR CROW :_____________ 9

7. TOP 10 OTHER ACTS:

        1 - Frank Zappa
        2 - Richard Thompson
        3 - Velvet Underground
        4 - John Coltrane
        5 - Tom Verlaine/Television
        6 - Little Feat (with Lowell George)
        7 - Cream
        8 - King Sunny Ade
        9 - Ry Cooder
      10 - Keith Jarrett

8. NUMBER OF ALBUMS OWNED: 100's

9. HOW DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND,
AND WAS THERE A PARTICULAR SONG THAT MADE YOU SEE THE LIGHT?:
I discovered the Magic Band in 1967 when Safe as Milk first came out. Particular song was probably
"Yellow Brick Road" and/or "Abba Zabba".

10. NUMBER OF BEEFHEART GIGS SEEN, AND WHICH YEARS:
Only saw them live once, must have been either 1969 or 1970 in Pasadena, CA.
They were headlining a show that also had Little Feat (with Lowell George at the time) and Ry Cooder.
Terrific show. And the price was right, tickets were 99 cents (sponsored by a local radio station in LA)

11. ART SHOWS VISITED: none

12. ANY CONTACT WITH DON?:
YES!! When I was going to Humboldt State University in Arcata, California, back in 1976-77, I lived in Eureka, just south of Arcata. I went to the local health food store in town one day, and there was Don, shopping in the store. He was living up in Trinidad, just north of Arcata, at the time, and was in town doing some shopping. I spoke very briefly to him, and he was quite pleasant.

13. MUSICAL ABILITY / TRAINING:
played the clarinet/sax for a time in elementary and early high school, but gave it up.

14. ANY OTHER INFO YOU WISH TO ADD?: I'm looking forward to the results of this census.

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