Darryl Rhoades
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Darryl Rhoades is an American
musician and comedian.
During this period, Kurt Loder
(of Rolling Stone
& MTV
) was quoted proclaiming Rhoades as "one of the most savagely gifted writer/performers in the country today".
The music of the Orchestra is often compared to The Fugs
, Frank Zappa
and even The Tubes
.
On New Year's Eve 1977, Rhoades and the orchestra appeared on the James Brown Future Shock television show on fledgling WTBS.
In January 1978, Rhoades performed with the opening act for the American debut of the Sex Pistols
.
1979 saw the release of Rhoades' first LP, Burgers From Heaven, with its title song appearing in the Jim Varney
film, Fastfood in 1988. DRhoades performed the title song on the infamous Bill Tush
WTBS show "Tush" in the early days of cable television as well as performed as the Idolators on Georgia Championship Wrestling
as the ring music for wrestler Austin Idol
. The Outlaws also recorded a cover of Rhoades' "The Lights Are On (But Nobody's Home)" on the 1979 album In The Eye Of The Storm.
From 1981 to 1984 whereabouts of Rhoades are extremely sketchy. In 1985, Rhoades assembled The Men from Glad and released his second LP, Better Dead Then Mellow. in 1989, Rhoades began his stand-up comedy career.
In 1991 he released a compilation of his first three albums called Before and After His Time. In 1992 he released his fifth album, Cowpokin' & Udder Love Songs which got airplay across the country.
Working non stop and receiving airplay from syndicated radio shows such as "The Dr Demento Show" & "The John Boy & Billy Big Show" has helped to create a large following and leaving little time for Rhoades to perform with musical groups. He performs on rare occasions as the drummer for The Electrifyin' Sissies, which include record producer Brendan O'Brien
, Rick Richards from the Georgia Satellites
, and radio personality/rock historian Rex Patton.
In 1994 he released his 6th LP, The Lean Years 1950-1994. The album received even more airplay with his infamous 'U Suck Beer" commercials which have become his trademark in his standup.
In April, 1999 he released his seventh LP titled Radio Daze...The Shroud of Tourin. This CD is a parody of radio deejays from all over the U.S., and close to forty different performers with satire of bad gospel music, commercials, and unfunny morning radio shows.
In May 2001 Rhoades released his eighth comedy and music recording entitled Rhoades....All Over The Map. The CD was aptly titled as it contained various musical styles such as jazz, country, swing, heavy metal, rockabilly and more. Also, on this CD are versions of a couple of his songs recorded live in a rare radio interview and recorded live standup from the Punchline in Atlanta.
On September 12, 2009, Rhoades regrouped many of the original members of the Hahavishnu Orchestra for a one night only celebration at the Variety Playhouse
in Atlanta, Georgia
. Most recently, Rhoades played drums in the Santa Fe scenes in the 2009 academy winning movie, Crazy Heart
.
Better Dead Then Mellow, 1985
No Glove / No Love, 1988
Before & After His Time (compilation), 1991
Cowpokin & Udder Love Songs, 1992
The Lean Years 1950-1994, 1994
Radio Daze...The Shroud of Tourin, 1999
Rhoades...All Over The Map, 2001
The Shadow You Cast (Depends on Where You Stand), 2003
Raparations, 2005
Weapons of Mass Deception, 2008
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musician and comedian.
Biography
Rhoades' musical career dates back the formation of the Hahavishnu Orchestra in 1975. The Orchestra was a 12-piece musical comedy troup traveling nationally until 1978. The name of his 1970s group, the Hahavishnu Orchestra, is a take-off on the name of John McLaughlin's popular 1970s jazz/fusion group The Mahavishnu Orchestra.During this period, Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder is an American film critic, author, columnist, and television personality. He served in the 1980s as editor at Rolling Stone, during a tenure that Reason later called "legendary". He has contributed to articles in Reason, Esquire, Details, New York, and Time. He has also made cameos on...
(of Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
& MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
) was quoted proclaiming Rhoades as "one of the most savagely gifted writer/performers in the country today".
The music of the Orchestra is often compared to The Fugs
The Fugs
The Fugs are a band formed in New York in late 1964 by poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, with Ken Weaver on drums. Soon afterward, they were joined by Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of the Holy Modal Rounders...
, Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
and even The Tubes
The Tubes
The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band, whose 1975 debut album included the hit single, "White Punks on Dope". During its first fifteen years or so, the band's live performances combined quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism, and politics...
.
On New Year's Eve 1977, Rhoades and the orchestra appeared on the James Brown Future Shock television show on fledgling WTBS.
In January 1978, Rhoades performed with the opening act for the American debut of the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
.
1979 saw the release of Rhoades' first LP, Burgers From Heaven, with its title song appearing in the Jim Varney
Jim Varney
James Albert "Jim" Varney, Jr. was an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, writer, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his role as Ernest P...
film, Fastfood in 1988. DRhoades performed the title song on the infamous Bill Tush
Bill Tush
-Biography:Bill Tush's career began as a radio DJ in 1965 in Latrobe, PA as a morning host for the Mid Morning Polka Party. His radio career landed him in Atlanta, GA in 1974, where he would eventually join Ted Turner at his struggling local television station, WTCG Channel 17...
WTBS show "Tush" in the early days of cable television as well as performed as the Idolators on Georgia Championship Wrestling
Georgia Championship Wrestling
Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, U.S., superstation WTBS. Though based in Atlanta, the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia Georgia...
as the ring music for wrestler Austin Idol
Austin Idol
Mike McCord is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name the "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol.-Professional wrestling career:McCord graduated from Robinson High School in Tampa, Florida...
. The Outlaws also recorded a cover of Rhoades' "The Lights Are On (But Nobody's Home)" on the 1979 album In The Eye Of The Storm.
From 1981 to 1984 whereabouts of Rhoades are extremely sketchy. In 1985, Rhoades assembled The Men from Glad and released his second LP, Better Dead Then Mellow. in 1989, Rhoades began his stand-up comedy career.
In 1991 he released a compilation of his first three albums called Before and After His Time. In 1992 he released his fifth album, Cowpokin' & Udder Love Songs which got airplay across the country.
Working non stop and receiving airplay from syndicated radio shows such as "The Dr Demento Show" & "The John Boy & Billy Big Show" has helped to create a large following and leaving little time for Rhoades to perform with musical groups. He performs on rare occasions as the drummer for The Electrifyin' Sissies, which include record producer Brendan O'Brien
Brendan O'Brien (music producer)
Brendan O’Brien is a record producer, mixer, engineer, and musician.At age 14, O'Brien played guitar for the Atlanta-based cover band Pranks. In the late 1970s, he moved on to writing, performing and recording with the Samurai Catfish band...
, Rick Richards from the Georgia Satellites
Georgia Satellites
The Georgia Satellites are a Southern rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They are best known for their 1986 top five hit single "Keep Your Hands to Yourself", and draw inspiration from Chuck Berry, Little Feat, and AC/DC, among others.- History :...
, and radio personality/rock historian Rex Patton.
In 1994 he released his 6th LP, The Lean Years 1950-1994. The album received even more airplay with his infamous 'U Suck Beer" commercials which have become his trademark in his standup.
In April, 1999 he released his seventh LP titled Radio Daze...The Shroud of Tourin. This CD is a parody of radio deejays from all over the U.S., and close to forty different performers with satire of bad gospel music, commercials, and unfunny morning radio shows.
In May 2001 Rhoades released his eighth comedy and music recording entitled Rhoades....All Over The Map. The CD was aptly titled as it contained various musical styles such as jazz, country, swing, heavy metal, rockabilly and more. Also, on this CD are versions of a couple of his songs recorded live in a rare radio interview and recorded live standup from the Punchline in Atlanta.
On September 12, 2009, Rhoades regrouped many of the original members of the Hahavishnu Orchestra for a one night only celebration at the Variety Playhouse
Variety Playhouse
Variety Playhouse is a music venue in the Little Five Points neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is located on Euclid Avenue and features a variety of music acts including rock, country, folk, bluegrass, jazz, blues and world music as well as other live shows.-Details:The building...
in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. Most recently, Rhoades played drums in the Santa Fe scenes in the 2009 academy winning movie, Crazy Heart
Crazy Heart
Crazy Heart is a 2009 American musical-drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. Jeff Bridges plays a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young...
.
Discography
Also known as
- Darryl Rhoades & His Hahavishnu Orchestra
- The Darryl Rhoades Orchestra
- Darryl Rhoades & The Mighty Mighty Men From Glad
See also
- Frank ZappaFrank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
- The FugsThe FugsThe Fugs are a band formed in New York in late 1964 by poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, with Ken Weaver on drums. Soon afterward, they were joined by Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of the Holy Modal Rounders...
- The TubesThe TubesThe Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band, whose 1975 debut album included the hit single, "White Punks on Dope". During its first fifteen years or so, the band's live performances combined quasi-pornography with wild satires of media, consumerism, and politics...
- Outlaws
- Reverend Billy C. WirtzReverend Billy C. WirtzReverend Billy C. Wirtz is an American blues musician and comedian. His material consists of irreverent comedy routines set to music. His humor is somewhat raunchy and thus is not normally considered suitable for children...
- Bill TushBill Tush-Biography:Bill Tush's career began as a radio DJ in 1965 in Latrobe, PA as a morning host for the Mid Morning Polka Party. His radio career landed him in Atlanta, GA in 1974, where he would eventually join Ted Turner at his struggling local television station, WTCG Channel 17...