Rock history 1.01: Beyond the breakup
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The early 70's saw many of the 60's headline groups fade and fracture into recombinant convolutions that tried like hell to achieve something akin to the level of admiration and adoration their pre-mutations enjoyed. Solo Beatles, splintered CSNY, Cream losing steam.As the empty cocoon of once-mighty Iron Butterfly found new wings, guitarist "Rhino" Rhienhardt and bassist Lee Dorman recruited ex-Deep Purple vocalist Rod Evans and ex-Johnny Winter drummer Booby Caldwell to the intergalactic force of Captain Beyond.2 critically acclaimed lps of cosmically-tinged blues-rock emerged from the cosmos, but the masses were unmoved by these efforts. Innagodadavida indeed.footnote: in a rather unusual twist, after the 2nd Captain Beyond lp "Sufficiently Breathless", vocalist Evans left the band to pursue a career as a respiratory therapist!
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