In 1971, Clyle Davenport arrived on England's shores from the United States of America. He was looking for work as a musician, specifically an organ player in a theater. One of his odd demands was that his friends, sisters Ludora Murt and Pippi Murt, would also be employed. Nobody would take him up on his offer until word got out that a new science-fiction television programme was going to be made, based off of author Philo E. Philo's underground book series "Efron's Flight". Because of the show producers using a song from Mrs. Helen Marf and Ford Hassell Clark Jr.'s album "canzoni di pazzia e morte" for the title track ("tarantella #5"), Quilt Records president Clancy Snarrup was consulted. He knew Clyle Davenport somehow, and talked the producers into hiring him for the incidental music of the series. By this time, however, Clyle Davenport had acquired some new tools and a new direction in his music. With Ludora and Pippi Murt by his side, Clyle crafted the intricate background music for "Efron's Flight". Unfortunately, the critics hated the show, calling it "...confusing, pretentious, and preposterous garbage...that only appealed to the prurient interests of deranged loners and heathens." and proved very controversial in its depiction of Jesus Christ as a horny, alien time-traveler. It only lasted 3 episodes before the series was pulled under pressure of the public protesting outside of the television studios and day. Luckily, Quilt Records issued the soundtracks for all three episodes, minus the title track by Marf and Hassell because of legalities involved. Clyle and the Murt sisters disappeared soon after and have not been heard from since.
The third episode was the one that did Efron's Flight in, mostly due to Clyle Davenport's score. Clyle had been experimenting with sound waves, infrasound, and different tuning standards. Rumors were spoken among the Efron's Flight staff that prostitutes and patients from the local asylum were used for these experiments, as well as himself. Recording while using a lower tuning standard (432.5 Hz), known as the Tilbury Pitch, and extremely low frequencies known as infrasound, Davenport was able to insert subliminal commands to the viewers. Viewers were immediately sickened and writhing on the floor. The next morning, hundreds of violent,glassy-eyed Efron's Flight fans showed up to the television studios demanding to see their savior, Clyle Davenport, and also demanding free breakfast. The crowd became rowdy and ransacked the studios. One man was seen eating what appeared to be a human hand. Another was seen naked in the parking lot while gently caressing an automobile. Two women were forcing a studio security officer to play solitaire at gunpoint..
On top of that incident, the actual episode contained backwards profanities, yonic and phallic imagery adorning the sets, and Efron's disturbing final scene where he is eaten alive by his crew-mates aboard his spaceship. Efron's Flight had flown too close to the sun and was immediately cancelled, the film footage destroyed, and most of the entire cast and crew were blacklisted from ever working in television again. Clyle Davenport , the two sisters, and hordes of Efron's Flight fans left the country and reportedly moved back to the United States to set up a Utopian society in Iowa.
Jason Beers is a Kansas City, Kansas native. He's been playing for well over 35 years. Primarily a bass player, in acts
such as The Brannock Device, Dead Voices, Scott Hrabko, The Ants, occasionally Freight Train Rabbit Killer, and many more, Jason Beers also plays solo clawhammer banjo gigs....more
Bright and skipping songs that foreground the sound of the banjo and fingerstyle guitar in music that feels timeless. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 5, 2020
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