Peter's music has been heard on hundreds of radio stations and has been on SiriusXM rotation for over a decade. As a multi-award winning artist, Peter's music has also topped Billboard's Classical and Crossover charts.
For Captain Beefheart, a maverick-artist-musician, who was not just a complicated man but highly demanding and by most accounts very difficult to deal with. It was appropriate that Beefheart's Magic Band was to prominently feature a bassist as accomplished, bold and adventurous as Mark Boston, a.k.a Rockette Morton.
Born on July 14, 1949, Mark began life in the small town of Salem, Illinois before his family moved out to Lancaster, California when he was 13. With a bassist and steel player for a father, Mark gained a great appreciation for country and bluegrass along with the R&B and rock’n’roll that was on the rise. Within a year of the Boston clan moving out to Lancaster, Mark befriended a young guitarist by the name of Bill Harkleroad.
At a time when the bass guitar was seen as the dummy’s instrument, Mark left quite an impression on Bill with his talent and equipment, leading to the two joining forces to form BC And The Cavemen. With Mark’s mother sewing some outfits for them, the band developed a decent reputation, and the two would also play in a band with Jeff Cotton and John French known as Blues In A Bottle. And then a local hero came calling. Or perhaps screaming and howling!
In that same Lancaster scene, Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band were making a big splash as a top flight blues rock outfit, with 'Safe As Milk' having made a strong impression and 'Strictly Personal' being a strong record as well. But even with a sound that was speaking to people, one that perhaps would have been a more pragmatic one as far as a career goes, Don Van Vliet just wasn’t meant for conventional norms.
The Captain had all these ideas, ideas far too out for many, including early members. He needed new musicians, younger and more impressionable ones that wouldn’t object to his ideas. Already having John and Jeff in the band, now 'Drumbo' and Antennae Jimmy Semens, he then recruited Bill, dubbed Zoot Horn Rollo. And on bass, he found Mark Boston, who took the name Rockette Morton due to his love of outer space. And the classic Magic Band was born.
Trout Mask Replica (TMR) wasn’t an easy album to make. Yet even with all the bizarre ideas and the difficulty in preparing those ideas into music, Mark was a total champ through it all. The Beefheart sound is one of great dichotomy, and Mark can capture all of it. He’s so tight and precise, and yet there’s this raw grit and dirt. He’s highly intelligent and sophisticated in his playing, and yet there remains this childlike sense of wonder and curiosity.
He takes after all the great traditional American music, yet out into a whole other realm of time and space. The bass traditionally serves the role of grounding the harmony while locking in with the drums to provide a foundation, yet Mark’s playing often serves as another melody line in the music. In a lot of ways, he’s like a third guitarist that just happens to be playing bass.
The TMR on its own is a legacy few can compete with, and yet Mark contributed to more classic records like "Lick My Decals Off, Baby", "The Spotlight Kid", and "Clear Spot". There on Decals, you get the equivalent of Godfather II. With Mother Art Tripp on marimba and drums rather Jeff on guitar, you get an album that captures a great deal of TMR's brilliance while being brilliant in its own unique way.
Then you get to 'The Spotlight Kid', with bass godliness on cuts like “When It Blows Its Stack”, resulting in a bass solo that often opened shows, yet Mark proves himself just as talented on traditional in-the-pocket styles as demonstrated on cuts like “I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby”. And that thing about bassists being failed guitarists? In the 'Clear Spot', with Mark taking guitar and the rhythm section now being a mini Mothers reunion of Art and Roy Estrada, yet nobody missed a beat. Throughout the record, Bill and Mark’s kinship really shines, their weaving right there with what Bill and Jeff had done, or what was done with Alex St Clair early on.
Of course, dealing with Don was quite a task of its own, so it’s inevitable that Mark and the others would all end up departing by 1974. He and Bill soon formed a group of their own called Mallard. For two albums, the first with Art and having some writing help from John French 'Drumbo', Mallard showed itself a pretty decent blues rock outfit. And giving that it was Mark who finally had a chance to create something that was truly his own rather than helping some achieve their vision, it’s understandably the work that he takes pride in. And over time, he’d end up making a solo record and create some cool artwork of his own, as well as performing with 'Drumbo' in the reformed Magic Band, allowing the music to live and breathe on stage again.
If you’re a Beefheart fan, how can you not love Rockette Morton? Not only a uniquely talented bass player but such a great stage presence full of joy, along with a lovably quirky personality and such a sweet guy. Easily one of my favorites from Magic Band members, you can’t help but smile when thinking about Mark. He’s been through some rough weather, including his health scares, and yet he’s still the same Mark we’ve known and loved all the years.
Happy birthday Mark! Thank you for all you have given us and look forward to more.
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Patrick Moore is a freehand drawing artist and freelance music writer.
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NEW YORK: Size does matter. But it doesn’t seem to bear any relation to the population size of a country because men in the most populous countries have the smallest penises.
The above interactive graphic of the size of the penis in various parts of the world shows that men in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea have the smallest size compared to men anywhere else in the world. The average size of penis in these countries is 9.30-10.50 centimetres.
In fact, Pakistani men score over their Indian counterparts. The average size of the Pakistani penis is 10.50-12.90 centimetres. Pakistani men in are in the same league as Arabs, Russians and Brazilians.
As this map shows, men in African countries of Nigeria, Siarra Leone, Angola, Ghana, Gabon and the Congo have the penis size over 16 centimetres.
The second biggest penises are found among Australians, South Africans, Mexicans, Italians and Scandinavians.
The third biggest penis size is found the US, the UK, France, Germany and the countries in northern and western Africa.
The figures for Canada, China and many countries in central Asia and Africa are not available.
As for as the size of women’s breasts is concerned, females in Russia, Sweden, Norway and Finland have the biggest size. Women in Australia, France, Italy and the UK have middle-sized - or C cup-sized breasts.
They are followed by females in Africa and Asian countries most of whom have A or B cup sized breasts.
PICTURES: Indian model Arshi Khan who claimed she had sex with Shahid Afridi
Sujal: bhai source same hai Noor aur Lynn ka mujhe link nhi mil rha terepe hai toh bata
Sujal: so what about data of worlddatainfo and world population review of 2023 are u gonna ignore all those mayne you are Pakistani but lemme remind 4 data's are better then 1
Sujal: then why u guys lag in every other study for example worlddata info or many more just jumping on self made data
Yousaf Kamal: Come here Sacramento and see how much indian short guys has erectile dysfunction. We are well built, handsome and bigger than you guys. Admit it.
Irvan: Of course they changed Pakistan bcs they don't wanna reveal their small dicks. Btw, visit india to see how women are pleased. Haha. You will be amazed
Dave: Haha just like your fake big c***??? richard lynn's data is almost all fake and it doesn't cite any clinics properly... Even the data from noor clinic only shows 12.2. so fake you pakis are. Haha
BigPaki: Richard Lynn is the only person who use Noor Clinic data from Pakistan
The rest are just fake reports
Dorman: Lol .. you should check again or check the data... Data of 2021 revealed that Richard Lynn's data is fake and India is bigger than Pakistan
Nonce: Pakistani men are 15.25 cm
Look at 113 measurments where the rest of these other country numbers came from
They put Pakistan at 15.25 cm
Nonce: Indian men never get women to begin. Forget about rich European women who dated these taxi driving guys
All the data on this map for all the countries match Richard Lynn data. The only difference is they changed Pakistan.
Nonce: The new data and Richard Lynn data is the same data. The numbers are the same
Iman: Hahaha... That was the most flawed data ever. Even scientifically debunked.. Except for britney spears, none of them had successful relationships, might be due to small d***?. Even Britney married an Iranian.
Dave: That's what we call a fucking lie.... I have personally seen Pakistani guys below 4 inches and up to 7 inches... And according to the latest worlddata, Pakistanis fall below indians...lol... Wake up losers... That Richard Lynn's studies were found to be too flawed ???
Truth: Almost all Pakistani guys measure at 15.25 cm and above
Richard Lynn studies where all these numbers originate from are proof
Go look up 113 nations studies
Pakistan is 15.25 cm
Truth: Pakistanis are 15.25 cm and above on every measurement test from Richard Lynn to Noor clinical test
Also Princess Diana, Britney Spears, Jemima Goldsmith, Kamaliya, Lauren Booth were all with Pakistani men too
EDL daughters in the UK are all with Pakistani men like Tommy Robinson's cousin Jeannette
Waseem: I have 8.5 inches long and 6 inches fat.
alla: your lying stop it little weiner man!
M A: Pakis are definitely more horny in bed. I know through personal experience with women that they never go back, the trouble is convincing them in the first place.
Overall paki is best ........
Propoganda: This map is a lie
It uses all the same numbers from Philip Rushton penile stats but they changed Pakistan on purpose
Pakistan is 15.25 cm on philip rushton 113 nations
Pakistanis are larger than Europeans and even Cote De Ivore Africans too
Ive never seen a Pakistani study where men were less than 15 cm.
Propoganda: This map uses some numbers from Rushton soms they made up
Rushton study of 113 nations puts Pakistan at 15.25 cm
Also nigeria was officially 5.1 inches
Shivanshu Sharma: Can i please know the name of the admin?
Kathy: Australian men have the smallest
Aryan: Hey I love em too maybe we should meet up some time
Richard Wylie: Whatever the size Erectile Dysfunction is prevalent in over 50% of Men over the age of 40 Years.
If you cant get it up the Stays-Hard Device is the answer and will soon be available in India and Pakistan
Bal: Yes I think you're correct and I love them also in my ass bal Nottingham
Usman: I found most pakistani have greater length.. but very thin cock.. prefer fat and long ones... but some pakistani do hv giant cock.. love em.. 
