Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood (May 8, 1942 – December 25, 2011) was an American rock musician notable for playing soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, tambourine, vocals and vocal sound effects in Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention. He appeared on all the albums of the original Mothers line-up and the ‘posthumous’ releases Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh, as well as certain subsequent Zappa albums. He also appeared in the films 200 Motels, Video from Hell and Uncle Meat.
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Full Name: Euclid James Sherwood
Description: Vocalist, soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone,
Known For: Member of Frank Zappas “MOTHERS OF INVENTION” during the sixties.
Instruments: Voice, Saxopbhone
Music Styles: Experimental rock, art rock, jazz fusion, doo-wop
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 8th May 1942
Location Born: Arkansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Euclid James “Motorhead” Sherwood
An American rock musician notable for playing soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, tambourine, vocals and vocal sound effects in Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention.
He appeared on all the albums of the original Mothers line-up and the posthumous releases Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh, as well as certain subsequent Zappa albums. He also appeared in the films 200 Motels, Video from Hell and Uncle Meat.
Sherwood and Zappa met in high school in 1956. Sherwood was in a class with Zappa’s brother Bobby, who introduced the two after learning that Sherwood was a collector of blues records.
Sherwood and Zappa subsequently played together in Ontario, in rock’n’roll/R&B group The Omens.
Sherwood first joined The Mothers of Invention as a roadie and equipment manager, also contributing sound effects using both his voice and saxophone to their first album, 1966’s Freak Out! He became a full member around the time of the group’s experimental residence at the Garrick Theater in 1968.
Zappa disbanded the original Mothers line-up in 1969. Sherwood was one of several members that would play for him again in subsequent years, appearing on 1981’s You Are What You Is, the Läther box set, and the last album Zappa completed before his death, Civilization Phaze III.
The nickname “Motorhead” was coined by fellow Mothers member Ray Collins, who observed that Sherwood always seemed to be working on repairing cars, trucks or motorcyles.
In later years, Sherwood has contributed to various projects alongside his fellow Mothers alumni, including records by The Grandmothers, Mothers keyboardist Don Preston, etc
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