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Captain Beyond

 
Artist: Captain Beyond

Group Members:

Larry "Rhino" Rheinhart

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Performed Songs By:

Larry "Rhino" Rheinhart, Rod Evans, Willy Daffern, Lee Dorman, Bobby Caldwell

Formal Connection With:

Martin Rodriguez
  • Formed: 1972, Los Angeles, CA
  • Disbanded: 1977
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Sufficiently Breathless", "Captain Beyond/Sufficiently Breathless", "1st/Sufficiently Breathless

Biography

Captain Beyond was a rock group formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by ex-members of other prominent groups. Singer Rod Evans (b. January 19, 1947, Slough, Berkshire, England) had been with Deep Purple; drummer Bobby Caldwell had worked with Johnny Winter; and guitarist Larry Rheinhart (b. July 7, 1948, Florida) and Lee Dorman (b. September 15, 1945, St. Louis, MO) had been in Iron Butterfly. This lineup made their self-titled debut album for the Southern rock label Capricorn in 1972, after which Caldwell was replaced by Marty Rodriguez for their second album, Sufficiently Breathless (1973). Captain Beyond became inactive following the departure of Evans, but it was reorganized in 1976. Caldwell returned, and Willy Daffern was added as vocalist for Captain Beyond's third album, Dawn Explosion (1977), recorded for Warner Bros. Dawn Explosion was Captain Beyond's final effort. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Captain Beyond
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genres Space Rock, Hard rock, Progressive rock
Years active 1971-1977
1998-2003
Associated acts Deep Purple
Iron Butterfly
Johnny Winter
Derringer
Double Trouble
Armageddon
Former members
Rod Evans
Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt
Lee Dorman
Bobby Caldwell
Martin Rodrigues
Reese Wynans
Willy Daffern
Brian Glascock
Kenny Reardon
Guille Garcia
Jason Cahoon
Jimi Interval
Dan Frye
Jeff Artabasy

Captain Beyond was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971.[1]

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History

The original line-up for Captain Beyond were singer Rod Evans, guitarist Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, bassist Lee Dorman, and drummer Bobby Caldwell.[1] Evans was the original lead singer for Deep Purple and probably best known for his vocals on their 1968 debut chart-breaker "Hush". Reinhardt and Dorman had played in Iron Butterfly; Dorman, in particular, played on most of Butterfly's early albums, including their 1968 breakthrough In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.[1] Caldwell had come to prominence playing with Johnny Winter.[1] This line-up recorded the self-titled debut album, released in 1972. Following this album Caldwell left the band to join Derringer and was replaced by drummer Brian Glascock.[2] Also joining the band around this time were Reese Wynans (later of Double Trouble) on keyboards and Guille Garcia on congas. The record company's chosen producer, Giorgio Gomelsky, did not like Glascock's drumming and requested a new drummer.[2] Glascock was released and Martin Rodriguez was brought in on drums on the recommendation of Garcia.[2] This six man line-up recorded the group's second album, Sufficiently Breathless. Tension during the recording of Sufficiently Breathless led to Evans quitting.[2] The original line-up reformed later in 1973 for a US tour but the band split up at the end of the year.[2]

The band reformed in 1976 with Jason Cahoon on vocals and then Willy Daffern on vocals, and Caldwell back on the drums. This line-up recorded the band's third album Dawn Explosion but broke up the following year (1977).

Reinhardt and Caldwell reformed Captain Beyond in 1998 with Jimi Interval on vocals, Dan Frye on keyboards, and Jeff Artabasy on bass.[1] Since then they have been performing at shows and have released a four track EP.

In 1999, Swedish record label Record Heaven released a tribute to Captain Beyond entitled Thousand Days of Yesterday. The album features fellow 70s rockers Pentagram playing "Dancing Madly Backwards".

Discography

Albums

Bootlegs

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Captain Beyond at Rock Detector
  2. ^ a b c d e Captain Beyond at deep-purple.net

External links

The unofficial (European) CAPTAIN BEYOND website!


 
 

 

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