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Captain Beefheart was a pioneer of art rock and experimental rock. His music has been cited as an influence on punk rock, post-punk and new wave music, and Captain Beefheart himself has sometimes been classified as a proto-punk musician. Legacy
Jun 6, 2023 · Art-rock composer, verbal prankster, growling blues vocalist and abstract painter Captain Beefheart aka Don Van Vliet put together the Magic Band back in the early 60’s and proceeded to release a series of idiosyncratic albums from 1967 – 1982.
May 12, 2011 · Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) retired from the music industry after 1982’s Ice Cream For Crow album to concentrate on his primary love – paint. The Radar Station is a purely fan-run site which aims to document every twist and turn in the tale of this unique individual.
Dec 17, 2020 · Between 1967 and 1982, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band wrote some of the most startling, sly and plain out-there songs this side of Frank Zappa. Here are the 10 Beefheart tracks.
Dec 20, 2010 · Here are 10 Beefheart songs you ought to know. “Diddy Wah Diddy” (single, 1966) The Captain’s debut single takes Bo Diddley’s strolling 1956 Willie Dixon cover and attaches battery cables ...
Jun 16, 2024 · Captain Beefheart was an eccentric but hugely influential artist tortured by his failure to break into the mainstream. These are his best albums (Image credit: Richard McCaffrey via Getty Images)
With various line-ups of musicians called The Magic Band, Beefheart released a total of 13 studio albums recorded between 1967 and 1982, after which he left music to concentrate on a career in painting, as Don Van Vliet.
Captain Beefheart (born January 15, 1941, Glendale, California, U.S.—died December 17, 2010, Arcata, California) was an innovative American avant-garde rock and blues singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist.
Dec 17, 2010 · Avant-garde musician Captain Beefheart died this morning in California from complications of multiple sclerosis. He was 69. An all-time favorite of rock critics -- and known to readers of lists...
Dec 18, 2010 · Don Van Vliet, an artist of protean creativity who was known as Captain Beefheart during his days as an influential rock musician and who later led a reclusive life as a painter, died Friday....
