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=== 1966 === | === 1966 === | ||
* Summer 1966: [[Mayo Thompson]] and [[Frederick Barthelme]] work on | * Summer 1966: [[Mayo Thompson]] and [[Frederick Barthelme]] work together on a film project. They decide to abandon the [[Unfinished film (1966)|unfinished film]] and form a band, [[The Red Crayola]]. | ||
* September 1966: The Red Crayola adds [[Steve Cunningham]] (bass), [[Bonnie Emerson]] (guitar), and [[Danny Schacht]] (harmonica) to their line-up. | |||
* September 1966: The Red Crayola | * September 1966: The group consolidates into the trio of [[Mayo Thompson]] (guitar, vocals), [[Frederick Barthelme]] (drums), [[Steve Cunningham]] (bass). | ||
* September 1966: The | * Late 1966-1967: The Red Crayola play shows in and around Houston, Texas. | ||
* Late 1966-1967: | [[Shows/1966-1968#1966|Shows/1966]] | ||
=== 1967 === | === 1967 === | ||
* February 1967: The band's first recording session results in unreleased single ''[[Dairymaid's Lament (single)|Dairymaid's Lament]]'' | * February 1967: The band's first recording session results in unreleased single ''[[Dairymaid's Lament (single)|Dairymaid's Lament]]'' | ||
* March 1967: The Red Crayola signs to label [[International Artists]] | * March 1967: Following a performance in the [[Shows/KNUZ Battle of the Bands|KNUZ Battle of the Bands]], The Red Crayola signs to independent label [[International Artists]] | ||
* March? 1967: | * March? 1967: Records demos for the band's first album | ||
* April 1, 1967: "[[Free Form Freak-Out]]" recording session with The Familiar Ugly | |||
* April-May 1967: Recording sessions for the band's first album | * April-May 1967: Recording sessions for the band's first album | ||
* June 1967: First album {{RLink|Parable}} is released | * June 1967: First album {{RLink|Parable}} is released | ||
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* Late 1967: The Parable of Arable Land is an unexpected success; [[International Artists]] asks for another album | * Late 1967: The Parable of Arable Land is an unexpected success; [[International Artists]] asks for another album | ||
* Late 1967: The band reforms with a new drummer: [[Mayo Thompson]] (guitar, vocals), [[Steve Cunningham]] (bass), [[Tommy Smith]] (drums) | * Late 1967: The band reforms with a new drummer: [[Mayo Thompson]] (guitar, vocals), [[Steve Cunningham]] (bass), [[Tommy Smith]] (drums) | ||
[[Shows/1966-1968#1966-1967|Shows/1967]] | |||
=== 1968 === | === 1968 === | ||
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* 1972: [[The Rockin' Blue Diamonds]] | * 1972: [[The Rockin' Blue Diamonds]] | ||
*1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds record an unsuccessful demo for Takoma Records | *1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds record an unsuccessful demo for Takoma Records | ||
[[Shows/1972]] | |||
=== 1973 === | === 1973 === | ||
Latest revision as of 18:44, 4 December 2023
1960s
1966
- Summer 1966: Mayo Thompson and Frederick Barthelme work together on a film project. They decide to abandon the unfinished film and form a band, The Red Crayola.
- September 1966: The Red Crayola adds Steve Cunningham (bass), Bonnie Emerson (guitar), and Danny Schacht (harmonica) to their line-up.
- September 1966: The group consolidates into the trio of Mayo Thompson (guitar, vocals), Frederick Barthelme (drums), Steve Cunningham (bass).
- Late 1966-1967: The Red Crayola play shows in and around Houston, Texas.
1967
- February 1967: The band's first recording session results in unreleased single Dairymaid's Lament
- March 1967: Following a performance in the KNUZ Battle of the Bands, The Red Crayola signs to independent label International Artists
- March? 1967: Records demos for the band's first album
- April 1, 1967: "Free Form Freak-Out" recording session with The Familiar Ugly
- April-May 1967: Recording sessions for the band's first album
- June 1967: First album
The Parable of Arable Land is released - 1967: Sessions for unreleased album
Coconut Hotel - 1967: Les Blank photoshoot
- July 1967: Angry Arts & Berkeley Folk Festival performance - later released as
Live 1967 - July 1967: Session for lost Album with John Fahey in California
- 1967: The band breaks up; Frederick Barthelme moves to New York
- Late 1967: The Parable of Arable Land is an unexpected success; International Artists asks for another album
- Late 1967: The band reforms with a new drummer: Mayo Thompson (guitar, vocals), Steve Cunningham (bass), Tommy Smith (drums)
1968
- February? 1968: Sessions for the band's second commercially released album
- May 1968: Second album
God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It is released - 1968: The band breaks up
1969
- 1969: Thompson and Cunningham visit New York to consider working on [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]]
- 1969: Mayo Thompson illustrates Frederick Barthelme's first book,
Rangoon
1970s
1970
- February 1970: Recording begins for Mayo Thompson's first solo album
- 1970:
Corky's Debt to His Father - 1970: Saddlesore's
Old Tom Clark
1971
1972
- 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds
- 1972: The Rockin' Blue Diamonds record an unsuccessful demo for Takoma Records
1973
- Thompson visits Greece to record with Manos Hadjidakis; doesn't happen
- Thompson becomes an assistant to Robert Rauschenberg
- Writing for Art & Language's "Music-Language" project begins
1974
- [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]]
1975
- Premiere of Thompson co-directed film
Mostly About Rauschenberg
1976
- June 1976: (Provisional) Art & Language exhibition
- June 1976:
Corrected Slogans - June 1976:
Nine Gross and Conspicuous Errors - 1976 October/November: Filming for
And Now for Something Completely Different
1977
1978
- May 1978: Mayo Thompson meets Pere Ubu
- July 1978: Recording session: Wives in Orbit, Yik Yak, Hurricane Fighter Plane
- Radar Records reissues of The Parable of Arable Land and God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It
- October 1978: [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]] promo and
Howdy from Texas the Lone Star State - October 1978:
Hurricane Fighter Plane - October 1978:
Wives in Orbit - November 1978: UK Ubu Dance Party tour
- December 1978: Red Ubu tour
1979
- March 1979:
Soldier-Talk - October 1979:
Micro-Chips & Fish
1980s
1980
- June 1980:
Ghent music video - July 1980:
Born in Flames released
1981
- January 1980: [[File:|20x20px|link=C81|]] C81 compilation with The Milkmaid
- May? 1980:
Kangaroo? - ?
An Old Man's Dream 
Rattenmensch/Gewichtswächter
1982
1983
1984
- Recording of unreleased album Baby and Child Care
1985
1986
Gorki & Co. / 33 Songs- Disco Death session
- Corky's Debt to His Father first reissued by Glass Records
- [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]]
1987
1988
1989
- 1989: release of
Malefactor, Ade
1990s
1990
1991
1992
1993
- 1993:
The Red Crayola on Forty-Five - 1993: Demo cassette
- 1993: Signs to Drag City
- 1993: Records 14, Stink Program, Columbia
1994
- March 1994:
14 
Mayo Thompson Records Nature on the Rauschenberg Estate- September 1994:
The Red Krayola - September 1994: Old Tom Clark reissue
- October 1994: song Columbia released on
Hey Drag City compilation - October 1994: Filming of TV documentary
The Red Krayola in Tokyo
1995
- March 1995: Coconut Hotel
- June 1995:
Amor and Language - 1995: records Chemistry
1996
- January 1996:
Chemistry - 1996: soundtrack for [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]]
- 1996:
Deliverance - December 1996:
Hazel
1997
- 1997:
In the Beginning - June 1997: CD reissues of
Corrected Slogans, 
Black Snakes, 
Three Songs on a Trip to the United States - 1997:
Songs for Ohio
1998
- September 1998:
Father Abraham (remixes) - November 1998:
Ludwig's Law - November 1998: Live 1967
1999
Fingerpointing- June 1999:
Fingerpainting - June 1999:
Come on Down
2000s
2000
- October 2000:
Blues, Hollers and Hellos
2001
2002
2003
2004
- July 2004:
Singles - July 2004:
Japan in Paris in L.A.
2005
- 2005:
God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It - August 2005: Recording for Introduction, Red Gold
2006
- April 2006:
Introduction - November 2006:
Red Gold
2007
- March: CD reissue of Soldier-Talk
- September:
Sighs Trapped by Liars
2008
- 2008:
Art & Language Sings a Song - February 2008: LP reissue of Corky's Debt with
Woof 7" - July 2008: Fingerpointing
2009
- 2009: Recording for Five American Portraits
2010s
2010
- January 2010:
Five American Portraits - September 2010:
Greasy Street
2011
2012
- Whitney Biennial 2012
Letters to the Jackson Pollock Bar in the Style of the Red Krayola
Letters to the Red Krayola
2013
2014
- 2xLP reissue of Singles
2015
- April 2015: LP reissues of Corrected Slogans, Black Snakes, Malefactor, Ade, Amor and Language
8th Floor- Thompson scores ballet film
Excuse Me?!?...I'm Looking for the "Fountain of Youth"
2016
- [[File:|20x20px|link=Far East of Eden|]] Far East of Eden
- [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]]
- May 2016: Release of 1984 album
Baby and Child Care
2017
2018
- January 2018:
Art, Mystery
2019
- [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]]
Letters to the Jackson Pollock Bar in the Style of the Red Krayola (2019)
2020s
2020
God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It- October 2020:
Live at the Hammer Museum 
Oily Works
