In the collection
3 records
Played with
Frank Zappa
3 records together
The Mothers
2 records together
Billy Mundi
2 records together
Bunk Gardner
2 records together
Jimmy Carl Black
2 records together
Roy Estrada
2 records together
Don Preston
1 record together
Ray Collins
1 record together
Tom Wilson
1 record together
Arthur Barrow
1 record together
Vinnie Colaiuta
1 record together
Peter Wolf
1 record together
About
Born: 8th May 1942, Arkansas City, Kansas, USA.
Died 25th December 2011.
Euclid James Sherwood was an american saxophonist & vocalist, mostly associated with the bands of .
Sherwood gained his nickname ‘Motorhead’ as a teenager in gigging bands on the ‘car club’ circuit, tinkering with cars and custom-painting them. He met in 1956 through high-school, where he attended with Bobby Zappa in Antelope Valley, California.
He became a member of The Blackouts and was later part of the retinue around ‘Studio Z’ which had gathered as a result of ‘s PAL work. Sherwood subsequently became a roadie for Zappa bands and was blessed with the pseudonym ‘Larry Fanoga’ on the album, on which he was part of the chorus in The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Orchestra.
Sherwood performed in early Zappa line-ups and on various FZ albums, including “Civilization Phaze III” - a revisit to the themes found in “Lumpy Gravy”. He was also a member of and then worked on projects with and . He was also a member of .