Martin Lickert, the guy who played/replaced Jeff Simmons in Zappa’s 200 Motels, has died.
Jeff Simmons, the Mothers’ bass player, had left the group and Zappa was unable to find anyone to play him. In exasperation, he told his entourage the next person to walk into the room would have the part. In walked Lickert, who had gone to buy cigarettes for his boss, Ringo. He was hired, and performed adequately, but became a better barrister than he was a bass player’s stand-in.
March 13th, 2006 at 4:08 pm »
I thought his casting was perfect. It added yet another strange dimension to the already multidimensional “200 Motels” film. I loved the way he says “Playin’ the blooze” like he does. Whenever I’m in a conversation with someone and I find myself talking about the blues, I ALWAYS say it in my best Martin Lickert accent. Farewell Mr. Lickert. You’ve been immortalized.
March 13th, 2006 at 4:20 pm »
DAMN YOU, Milosevic!
March 14th, 2006 at 2:45 pm »
and Ivor Cutler too
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1725211,00.html
March 14th, 2006 at 10:04 pm »
WOW, I’VE BEEN REVISITING/RETHINKING BOTH ‘200 MOTELS’ AND ‘TRUE STORY OF…’ RECENTLY, AND WONDERING ABOUT MARTIN LICKERT. WHAT A STRANGE WAY TO STAR IN A FILM. ANYWAY, I WONDER HOW OLD HE WAS AND WHAT HE DIED OF…ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE INFO?
March 16th, 2006 at 9:18 pm »
no…… shit! shit! shit! shit! shit! shit!
why he died of??