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Infobox musical artist | | name = Captain Beyond| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Los Angeles, California | genre = Hard rock , Psychedelic rock , Progressive Rock | years_active = 1971–1973 1976–1978 1998–2003| label =| associated_acts = Deep Purple Iron Butterfly Johnny Winter Derringer Double Trouble (band)|Double Trouble Armageddon (A& M band)|Armageddon | website =| current_members =| past_members = Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt Lee Dorman Rod Evans Bobby Caldwell (drummer)|Bobby Caldwell Lewie Gold Reese Wynans Guille Garcia Brian Glascock Marty Rodriguez Jason Cahoon Willy Daffern Jimi Interval Dan Frye Jeff ArtabasyCaptain Beyond was an United States of America|American / United Kingdom|British Rock music|rock rock band|band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971. http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{44CE6AFB-8457-4288-B50F-A33E209 Captain Beyond at MusicMight
History
The original line-up for Captain Beyond were singer Rod Evans , drummer Bobby Caldwell (drummer)|Bobby Caldwell , guitarist Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt , bassist Lee Dorman and keyboardist Lewie Gold . Evans was the original lead singer for Deep Purple and probably best known for his vocals on their 1968 debut chart-breaker " Hush (Billy Joe Royal song)|Hush ". Reinhardt and Dorman had played in Iron Butterfly ; Dorman, in particular, played on Iron Butterfly's early albums, including their 1968 breakthrough In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (album)|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida . Caldwell had come to prominence playing with Rick Derringer and Johnny Winter . Lewie Gold was a well-respected keyboardist from Florida. He left due to personal reasons before the first album was recorded. This line-up recorded the self-titled Captain Beyond (album)|debut album, released in 1972. Following this album Caldwell left the band to join Rick Derringer|Derringer and was replaced by drummer Brian Glascock . http://www.deep-purple.net/tree/captain-beyond.htm Captain Beyond at deep-purple.net Also joining the band around this time were Reese Wynans (later of Stevie Ray Vaughan|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. Glascock was released and Marty Rodriguez was brought in on drums on the recommendation of Garcia. This six man line-up recorded the group's second album, Sufficiently Breathless . Tension during the recording of Sufficiently Breathless led to Evans quitting. The original line-up reformed later in 1973 for a US tour but the band split up at the end of the year.
The band reformed in 1976 with Willy Daffern on vocals, and Bobby Caldwell, Rhino and Lee Dorman completing the line-up. They then recorded the band's third album Dawn Explosion on Warner Bros., but broke up the in the year (1978).
Reinhardt and Caldwell reformed Captain Beyond in 1998 with Jimi Interval on vocals, Dan Frye on keyboards, and Jeff Artabasy on bass. 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 (band)|Pentagram playing "Dancing Madly Backwards".
Captain Beyond once again disbanded in 2003 when lead guitarist Larry Reinhardt developed cancer. He was treated but told he had months to live. Reinhardt exceeded all his doctor's expectations and continued to perform music until late 2011, when he again fell ill, and he died on January 2, 2012.
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