1. NAME:            Matthew L. Lewis

  2. DATE OF BIRTH:              April 24th, 1980

  3. OCCUPATION:              Managerial/Musician

  4. PLACE OF RESIDENCE:            Fairbuurn, GA (just southwest of Atlanta)

  5. YEARS AS A FAN:             1 1/2

  6.  BEEFHEART ALBUMS IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE:
       SAFE AS MILK : ____________________  8
       MIRROR MAN : ____________________  2
       STRICTLY PERSONAL :
       TROUT MASK REPLICA :___________     1
       LICK MY DECALS OFF BABY :
       SPOTLIGHT KID : __________________  7
       CLEAR SPOT : _____________________  6
       UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED :
       BLUE JEANS & MOONBEAMS :
       SHINY BEAST :   ____________________ 3
       DOC AT THE RADAR STATION :   _____  4
       ICE CREAM FOR CROW :  ___________ 5

        1 - Allman Brothers
        2 - Frank Zappa
        3 - The Beastie Boys
        4 - The Mavericks
        5 - ????

  9. HOW DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND,
 AND WAS THERE A PARTICULAR SONG THAT MADE YOU SEE THE LIGHT?:
 Discovered through musician friend; and song, no

 10. NUMBER OF BEEFHEART  GIGS SEEN,  AND WHICH YEARS:         0

 11. ART SHOWS VISITED:        0

 12. ANY CONTACT WITH DON?:            No.  But I sure hope someone has.

 13. MUSICAL ABILITY / TRAINING
Played professionally 12 years. Lead/Slide Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Violin, Mandolin, Dulcimer, Banjo, 1 1/2 year orchestra (violin/viola and bass) in middle school

14. ANY OTHER INFO YOU WISH TO ADD?:
Left handed also, played *country* music for 10 years (and unfortunately still do sometimes...)
Composer, writer, half-assed artist, Nothing really strong about my personality.
 I haven't experianced enough yet to have a lot of strong, hard beliefs.
 Raised by VERY conservative grandparents in rural south.