Birth name Jeff Moris Tepper Years active 1970s–present Origin Los Angeles Name Moris Tepper | Occupation(s) Musician, artist Role Singer · candlebone.com Instruments Guitar, vocals | |
Also known as Moris Tepper, Jeff M. Tepper, Jeff Morris Tepper, Moris Tapir, Love Hunter, White Jew, Jeff Tepper Albums A Singer Named Shotgun Throat, Big Enough to Disappear, Moth to Mouth, Head Off, Stingray in the Heart Genres Alternative rock, Rock music, Blues, Experimental music, Jazz Associated acts Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Black Francis, Robyn Hitchcock Similar People Eric Drew Feldman, Black Francis, Robyn Hitchcock, Dave Sardy, John Linnell | ||
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Moris Tepper, sometimes credited as Jeff Moris Tepper, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and artist.
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- Sandpaper moris tepper
- Bell end moris tepper
- Studio albums
- Live albums
- Compilations
- With 17 Pygmies
- With Gary Lucas
- With Tom Waits
- With Frank Black
- Solo albums
- References
Tepper first came to prominence in the late 1970s with Captain Beefheart. He has also worked with singers Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Robyn Hitchcock and Frank Black. He has recorded several solo albums. His album Head Off (2004) includes a lyrical collaboration with the reclusive Beefheart with the song "Ricochet Man".
Tepper met Beefheart (alias Don Van Vliet) by chance while studying as an art student in Northern California in the mid-1970s. Van Vliet had already started to focus on painting and although they shared this in common it was when Van Vliet learned Tepper knew guitar parts to Trout Mask Replica that he became interested in putting together a new band around Tepper's unique guitar sound. This was done later in Los Angeles after Van Vliet and Frank Zappa had reunited briefly for the Bongo Fury tour. The result of the new band led to arguably some of Captain Beefheart's most creative music efforts including albums Shiny Beast (1978), Ice Cream for Crow (1982) and Doc at the Radar Station (1980). Tepper joined The Magic Band in 1976 and stayed in the band until 1982. He is one of the longest serving (without a break) Magic Band members and the only one to receive production credit for Ice Cream for Crow (1982)
Tepper's first released solo work beginning with Big Enough to Disappear (1996) and then Moth to Mouth (2000) came after having been a sideman for many years. His music has been reviewed as "accessibly avant-garde" and although it may be difficult to shed his sideman cult status he remains inspired. Stingray in the Heart (2008) was described as an album that never pauses in a familiar territory.
Tepper is also a painter and he divides his time between music and painting.