Rockette Morton (real name Mark Boston; born 1949 in Salem, Illinois, United States) is an American musician. He played bass guitar and guitar for Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band in the 1960s and 1970s. He has performed with numerous other bands as well. In 1963, after moving to Lancaster, California, he joined up with future Magic Band member Bill Harkleroad aka Zoot Horn Rollo in a band named B.C. & The Cavemen. Later, while performing in ...
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Rockette Morton (real name Mark Boston; born 1949 in Salem, Illinois, United States) is an American musician. He played bass guitar and guitar for Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band in the 1960s and 1970s. He has performed with numerous other bands as well. In 1963, after moving to Lancaster, California, he joined up with future Magic Band member Bill Harkleroad aka Zoot Horn Rollo in a band named B.C. & The Cavemen. Later, while performing in The Magic Band, he played on such critically acclaimed albums as The Spotlight Kid and Trout Mask Replica (produced by Frank Zappa). His playing earned him nomination for Bass Player of the Year by Playboy Magazine in 1969.
In the book Lunar Notes, guitarist Bill Harkleroad details some of the tensions that arose between Captain Beefheart (aka Don Van Vliet) and members of the band. These tensions led to a split in 1974, when Mark Boston left to form Mallard with bandmates John French, Bill Harkleroad, John Thomas, and Art Tripp. Following the...
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