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Captain Beefheart
Don Van Vliet was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. Conducting a rotating ensemble known as the Magic Band, he recorded 13 studio albums between 1967 and 1982. His music blended elements of blues, free jazz, rock, and avant-garde composition with idiosyncratic rhythms, absurdist wordplay, and Vliet’s gravelly singing voice with a wide vocal range. Known as an enigmatic persona, Beefheart frequently constructed myths about his life and was known to exercise extreme, dictatorial control over his supporting musicians. Although he achieved little commercial success, he sustained a cult following as an influence on an array of experimental rock and punk-era artists. He began performing in his Captain Beefheart persona in 1964, when he joined the original Magic Band line-up. The group's 1969 album Trout Mask Replica would rank 58th in Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Beefheart eventually formed a new Magic Band with a group of younger musicians and regained critical approval through three final albums: Shiny Beast, Doc at the Radar Station and Ice Cream for Crow. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Beefheart) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Kandy Korn
2023
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Bluejeans & Moonbeams
2022
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Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart Live: The Muffin Man Goes To College vol. 2
2022
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Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart Live: The Muffin Man Goes To College vol. 1
2022
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Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: An Ashtray Heart Live Toronto Broadcast 1981
2022
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My Father's Place, Roslyn, '78
2017
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Safe As Milk
2017
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Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, 1974 - FM Radio Broadcast
2015
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Safe as Milk (Mono)
2014
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Son of Dust Sucker
2012
Singles & EPs
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First Train Smokin'
EP • 2021
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Pearls Before Swine, Ice Cream for Crows
EP • 2016
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Don Van Vliet Poetry Reading
EP • 1996
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The Legendary A&M Sessions
EP • 1984
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - I'm Gonna Booglarize You, Baby (1972)
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Frank Zappa Muffin Man Live 1977 HD
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David Lynch / Captain Beefheart - ELECTRICITY
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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART -- HER EYES ARE A BLUE MILLION MILES
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Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow (HIgh Resolution)
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - I'm Glad
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Captain Beefheart - Zig Zag Wanderer
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Observatory Crest / Captain Beefheart
anklamer • 258K views
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