1. Arthur Dyer Tripp III was born on September 10,1944 and is an American retired musician who is best known for his work as a percussionist with the original version of Frank Zappa's band the Mothers of Invention during the 1960s and Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band during the 1970s.
Art Tripp attended an accredited chiropractic college in Los Angeles from 1980 through 1983, graduating with his Doctor of Chiropractic degree and later practising in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Arthur Dyer Tripp III was born September 10,1944, in Athens, Ohio.
Art Tripp started playing drums in fourth grade with school bands, then later while at high school at weddings, fraternity parties and dances.
In 1962, Tripp enrolled at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music to study percussion.
Art Tripp's private teacher at the conservatory, Ed Weubold, was a percussionist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Art Tripp was selected by avant garde composer John Cage to work with him in performances and workshops when Cage became composer-in-residence at the Conservatory of Music.
Art Tripp graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Music degree and in 1967, accepted a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music in New York, primarily in order to finish a Master of Music degree, but to expose himself further to contemporary music.
Art Tripp's teacher was a former timpanist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Fred Hinger.
Art Tripp met Zappa and played for him at Apostolic Recording Studio in New York's Greenwich Village.
Art Tripp was hired to play with The Mothers of Invention and went on to record seven albums and perform numerous tours throughout the US and Europe.
Art Tripp appears on two albums compiled from recordings made before the dissolution of the Mothers of Invention: Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh, both released in 1970.
Art Tripp decided to move to northern California with the Magic Band.
Art Tripp returned to Pittsburgh to work in the insurance business with his father.
Art Tripp went back to Los Angeles where he stayed with former Mothers bandmate Ian Underwood and Ruth Underwood, who played extensively with Zappa, while he worked as a studio musician recording with artists such as Al Stewart and various commercial producers.