1. NAME:                          Philip John de Vane

  2. DATE OF BIRTH:         15th July 1953

  3. OCCUPATION:            Doctor (MD in the US, consultant cardiologist in the UK)

  4. PLACE OF RESIDENCE:        Philadelphia, USA

  5. YEARS AS A FAN:        31years!!!

       SAFE AS MILK :_____________________ =3
       MIRROR MAN :______________________ 6
       STRICTLY PERSONAL : ______________=3
       TROUT MASK REPLICA : _____________  2
       LICK MY DECALS OFF BABY :  ________ 1
       SPOTLIGHT KID :____________________ 5
       CLEAR SPOT :_______________________ 7
       UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANT EED : _ 11
       BLUE JEANS & MOONBEAMS : ______  48!
       SHINY BEAST :_____________________    8
       DOC AT THE RADAR STATION :_______   9
       ICE CREAM FOR CROW :   ___________ 10

        1 -Clash
        2 -Family
        3 -Mothers
        4 -Soft Machine
        5 -Can
        6 -Pink Floyd
        7 -Neil Young
        8 -Nirvana
        9 -Hole
      10 -Miles Davis/John Coltrane

 

  9. HOW DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND,
 AND WAS THERE A PARTICULAR SONG THAT MADE YOU SEE THE LIGHT?:
  John Peel, Top Gear./ Kandy  Korn, Trust us, Beatle 'n Bones

10. NUMBER OF BEEFHEART  GIGS SEEN,  AND WHICH YEARS:       Tragically,  never!
 
 11. ART SHOWS VISITED:     too many to mention

 12. ANY CONTACT WITH DON?:       of course not!!

 13. MUSICAL ABILITY / TRAINING:
       yes, multi-instrumental including  soprano  sax and bass clarinet...guess why???!

14. ANY OTHER INFO YOU WISH TO ADD?:
 CB and the very underrated MB  actually changed my life. I would not have listened to
blues, jazz,  avant  guarde (spelling looks wrong, sorry) without him. John Peel also had
a huge influence.