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C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Captain Beyond

[media id=11795] Warning: Prog rock ahead. Captain Beyond's eponymous first album was one of the prizes of my vinyl collection, and not just because

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Captain Beyond was actually a kind of second-tier supergroup. Rod Evans, the lead singer, had been Deep Purple's original lead singer (that was him singing "Hush"); drummer Bobby Caldwell was almost legendary at the time after his stint in Johnny Winter's band; and the bass player, Lee Dorman, and guitarist, Larry "Rhino" Rheinhardt, were veterans of Iron Butterfly (Dorman was the bassist on "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida").

Reportedly Rod Evans was so distraught over the tensions making their second album (which was mediocre) that he quit the music biz altogether and became a respiratory therapist.

Anyway, a little blast from the past. Enjoy.

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