John French

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.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Trout Mask Replica

  1969

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  Safe As Milk

  1967

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  Lick My Decals Off, Baby

  1970

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  Strictly Personal

  1968

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  Doc At The Radar Station

  1980

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  Top Secret

  1982

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  Where The Action Is! (Los Angeles Nuggets: 1965-1968)

  2009

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  The Mirror Man Sessions

  1999

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  Mallard

  1975

Credited work

311 releases · 49 albums · active 1962–2023

• Performance · 784
• Other credits · 72
• Production · 7
• Engineering · 1

Studios: Sunset Sound · Sound Castle Recorders, Los Angeles · Sunset Sound Recorders · The Magic Band House

Frequent collaborators

• Captain Beefheart
• Various
• The Magic Band
• Richard Thompson
• Mallard
• French Frith Kaiser Thompson
• Crazy Backwards Alphabet
• Henry Kaiser

Around the web

• Wikipedia