Darryl Rhoades (June 7, 1950 ) is an American musician and comedian. [1]

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Biography

Darryl's musical career dates back the formation of the legendary Hahavishnu Orchestra in 1975. The Orchestra was a 12-piece musical comedy troup traveling nationally until 1978. ^[2] 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 (of Rolling Stone & MTV) was quoted proclaiming Darryl 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, Darryl and the orchestra appeared on the "James Brown Future Shock" television show on fledgling WTBS.

Jan 1978. Rhoades performed with the opening act for the American debut of the Sex Pistols.

1979 saw the release of Darryl's first LP, "Burgers From Heaven". (with its title song appearing in the Jim Varney film Fastfood in 1988). Darryl 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 Darryl's "The Lights Are On (But Nobody's Home)" on the 1979 album In The Eye Of The Storm ^[3]

From 1981 to 1984 whereabouts of Rhoades are extremely sketchy. Rumors of Hollywood starlet affairs and secret CIA sponsored missions surround the period of young Darryl's life. He still refuses to discuss this period of his life and as a nervous twitch when brought up.

In 1985, Darryl 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 5th album, "Cowpokin' & Udder Love Songs" which started getting a good bit of airplay across the country with titles such as "I hate every bon in your body but mine", "My blow up dolls' done gone down on me" & "Think of me (When You're Under Him).

Working non stop and receiving airplay from syndicated radio shows such as "TheDr 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 most intricate' work to date, his 7th LP titled "Radio Daze...The Shroud of Tourin'". Aptly titled because it was written while touring in his car. This CD is a parody of radio Deejays from all over the U.S. and close to forty different performers with biting satire of bad gospel music, commercials, and unfunny morning radio shows.

In May 2001 Darryl released his 8th comedy & 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.

Discography

• Burgers From Heaven, 1980
• 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

Also known as

• Darryl Rhoades & His Hahavishnu Orchestra ^[4]
• The Darryl Rhoades Orchestra
• Darryl Rhoades & The Mighty Mighty Men From Glad

Also Recorded With

• Reverend Billy C. Wirtz
• Chip Taylor & The Idolators

See also

• Frank Zappa
• The Fugs
• The Tubes
• Outlaws

References

1. From Darryl himself
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3. From the man himself
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