1. NAME:                  Richard g

2. DATE OF BIRTH:          June 5, 1976

3. OCCUPATION:          social worker

4. PLACE OF RESIDENCE:          sydney, australia

5. YEARS AS A FAN:             5

1 - Palace (palace music, palace brothers, whatever)
2 - Dirty Three
3 - Nick Cave
4 - Robert Johnson
5 - Ravi Shankar
6 - Tom Waits
7 - Howlin' Wolf
8 - Bob Dylan
9 - Sonic Youth
10 - Fugazi

9. HOW DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND,
AND WAS  THERE A PARTICULAR SONG THAT MADE YOU SEE THE LIGHT?:
i was 'turned on' by a friend with a copy he had borrowed from a library in Amsterdam!
i had never heard of the Captain before, butsomehow knew he existed.
the song that hooked me was 'meate dream of a octafish' because i could never had thought of such a thing.
i just loved the attitude and perspective that the captain gives. i had also been smoking....

10. NUMBER OF BEEFHEART GIGS SEEN, AND WHICH YEARS:     none i'm afraid.

11. ART SHOWS VISITED:
i saw the Rubens and Brett Whitely exhibition, but none by the Captain there.

12. ANY CONTACT WITH DON?:    only in my dreams

13. MUSICAL ABILITY / TRAINING:
no training, but i play bass, guitar acoustic, electric and slide),
and just about anything else i can get my hands on!