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Barquin D'an

Have a drink, but don't forget to tip!

About Me

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Hope you enjoy my pictures! Some gig posters:The Max Rebo Band:Droopy McCool:Max Rebo:And Sy Snootles, my lovely wife:We were so popular, they made toys of us:Unfinished poster for our last show at The Cantina:LIVE! at The Cantina:Us fooling around at a Swoop Race:Another charity benefit:HI! My name is Barquin D'an. I am a Bith from Clak'Dor VII (don't ask about the other six...) and I'm a musician. I have been playing the Kloo Horn for about 35 years, now, and have been in several important bands throughout the galaxy. Most of my playing time was as backup musician in "The Max Rebo Band" after my first group, "Modal Nodes," fell apart. I was the lead musician in "Modal Nodes," but after a few years of touring, the pain of the road started to catch up with us and we began to tear each other up. We decided our friendship was more important than fame and glory, and went our separate ways. I ended up playing with "The Max Rebo Band" after a lusty affair with the lead singer, Sy Snootles. She is the most beautiful girl in the galaxy, I would say, so a relationship like that is bound to go through some struggles. After an "on-again off-again" romance, Sy finally decided to settle down with me and raise a family. Now that the kids are older, though, I'm looking to start a new jazz ensemble with myself as the feature.

My Interests

Jazz, Inter-Galactic Jazz, Kloo Horns, New Sounds, Inter-Galactic Travel, Bocci Ball, Bowling, Movies, Satchmo

I'd like to meet:

Other Biths, Abyssins, Aqualishes, Wookiees, Mon Calamaris, and Ishi Tibs. I'd really like to get an inter-galactic band going, but if you're just a plain old humanoid, feel free to contact me anyhow, as long as you can play an instrument!And THESE guys:

Music:

Modal Nodes, The Max Rebo Band, Leonard Bernstein, Louis Armstrong, Tom Waitts, The Rat Pack (Sinatra, Sammy, etc.), Nick Cave, Kenny G, Bruce Springsteen, Beethoven, Juice Newton, REO Speedwagon, The DiVinyls, Carly Simon, Carole King, Lenny Kravitz, Gregorian Chants, more...

Movies:

Star Wars IV, VI (I was in them, haha), Driving Miss Daisy, Runaway Jury, Superman II, Nixon, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Running Man, Midnight Express, Constantine, Fahrenheit 9/11, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Throw Mamma from the Train, JFK, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Serpico, The Killing Fields, Oh God!, Leonard Part VI, The Birds, The Godfather, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Thelma & Louise, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Mystic River, The Witches of Eastwick, more...

Television:

The West Wing, The Sopranos, 24, Deadwood, Carnivale, Desperate Housewives, American Idol, Fear Factor, According to Jim, more...

Books:

Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans, Leonard Bernstein: A Life, Milestones of Jazz: A Chronological History of Jazz Music in Photographs, Howl, Naked Lunch, Nova Express, more...

Heroes:

Max Rebo (much love to ya, buddy), Droopy McCool, Sy Snootles (love ya, Honey), Jabba the Hut, The Skywalker Family, Kenny G, Louis Armstrong, Leonard Bernstein, more...

My Blog

R.I.P. Klaus...

News takes a while to reach me here on Clak' Dor VII... Word just reached that my old buddy Klaus Nomi passed on in Earth 1983 AD. He is one of my greatest musical inspirations, and will be missed. Fo...
Posted by Barquin D'an on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:58:00 PST

Barquin D'an, The Man in Japan

The band has gotten a gig playing at a hotel in Japan. It's a two-week engagement, so I don't know how often I'll be able to respond to your show requests and various other questions. BUT...I'll be su...
Posted by Barquin D'an on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Max Rebo Hit, "Lapti Nek"


Posted by Barquin D'an on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST