Elliot Ingber (born August 24, 1941) is an American

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. In 1966, he joined

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's Mothers of Invention and was featured on their debut album ''

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'' After being fired from the band by Zappa following an incident onstage where he tripped on LSD and was unaware that his amplifier was not switched on (according to

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), Ingber helped form Fraternity of Man, which released two albums. He subsequently joined

Captain Beefheart Don Van Vliet (; born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. Conducting a rotating ensemble known as Th ...

's Magic Band where he was given the stage name Winged Eel Fingerling by Beefheart. In the sleeve notes to '' The Spotlight Kid'' (1972), Captain Beefheart likens Ingber to "a chrome black eyebrow / rolled out real long" and also "a paper brow magnifying glass / fried brown, edge scorched, yoked / like a squeak from a speaker / behind forehead of the time."Captain Beefheart, ''The Spotlight Kid'', ©1972 Warner Bros. Records Inc. In 1995, Ingber reformed Fraternity of Man with the original vocalist and co-author of "Don't Bogart that Joint", Lawrence "Stash" Wagner, to record and release a third album released under the Malibu Records label.

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