The Captain Howdy
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The Captain Howdy was an alternative rock band formed by Mark Kramer
and Penn Jillette
that existed between 1992 and 1997.
They released two albums, the first of which was Tattoo of Blood (1994) featuring Deborah Harry
(Blondie
) on two tracks, guitarist Billy West (Futurama
/Ren & Stimpy) on the same two tracks and cellist Soma Allpass Hammarlund throughout. The title track was written by Lou Reed
after he heard Penn's storyhttp://www.pennandteller.com/sincity/penniphile/tattoo.html about getting an inkless tattoo. Cover art was by Tony Fitzpatrick.
The second album, Money Feeds My Music Machine (1997), features the return of Billy West plus the addition of Bill Baconhttp://www.myspace.com/billbacon on percussion and "Tess" supplying vocals to the song "Man Bites Dog". Cover art was again by Tony Fitzpatrick with additional art by Reneé French
.
The group disbanded in 1997 when Penn relocated to Las Vegas.
Mark Kramer
Mark Kramer , known professionally as Kramer, is a musician, composer, record producer and founder of the New York City record label Shimmy-Disc...
and Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jillette is an American magician, comedian, illusionist, juggler, bassist and a best-selling author known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team Penn & Teller, and advocacy of atheism, libertarian philosophy, free-market economics, and scientific skepticism.-Early...
that existed between 1992 and 1997.
They released two albums, the first of which was Tattoo of Blood (1994) featuring Deborah Harry
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
(Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
) on two tracks, guitarist Billy West (Futurama
Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
/Ren & Stimpy) on the same two tracks and cellist Soma Allpass Hammarlund throughout. The title track was written by Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
after he heard Penn's storyhttp://www.pennandteller.com/sincity/penniphile/tattoo.html about getting an inkless tattoo. Cover art was by Tony Fitzpatrick.
The second album, Money Feeds My Music Machine (1997), features the return of Billy West plus the addition of Bill Baconhttp://www.myspace.com/billbacon on percussion and "Tess" supplying vocals to the song "Man Bites Dog". Cover art was again by Tony Fitzpatrick with additional art by Reneé French
Renée French
Renée French is an American comics writer and illustrator and, under the pen name Rainy Dohaney, a children's book author.Her work includes The Soap Lady , The Ticking , and Micrographica , "Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio - Exploratory...
.
The group disbanded in 1997 when Penn relocated to Las Vegas.