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Dweezil Zappa dedicated the song "Willie the Pimp" to Beefheart at the "Zappa Plays Zappa" show at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on the day of his death, while Jeff Bridges exclaimed "Rest in peace, Captain Beefheart!"
Bongo Fury is a collaborative album by American artists Frank Zappa and the Mothers, with Captain Beefheart, released in October 1975. The live portions were recorded on May 20 and 21, 1975, at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas.
Mar 5, 2022 · In late 1968, Captain Beefheart was approached by Frank Zappa with an offer to record a follow-up to "Strictly Personal" on Zappa's newly-formed Straight Records label.
- Vladimir Nikolić
They had met in high school during the late 1950s in Lancaster, California, located in the Mojave Desert north of Los Angeles. Zappa was a drummer, and just learning guitar, whereas Vliet was experimenting with his passion for Delta and Chicago blues singing. They formed a natural musical kinship.
- “Diddy Wah Diddy” (single, 1966) The Captain’s debut single takes Bo Diddley’s strolling 1956 Willie Dixon cover and attaches battery cables to its nipples.
- “Electricity” (Safe As Milk, 1967) The intro sounds like the Summer of Love, but then Beefheart comes in like a bad trip, his voice between Howlin’ Wolf and a cartoon witch-cackle.
- “Beatle Bones ‘N Smokin’ Stones” (Strictly Personal, 1968) John Lennon and Paul McCartney were reportedly Beefheart fans. But that didn’t deter Van Vliet from tweaking the Beatles on this psychedelic blues incantation.
- “Moonlight on Vermont” (Trout Mask Replica, 1969) With a reconstituted band and free creative reign from childhood pal-turned-label chief Frank Zappa, Beefheart’s electric blues go abstract expressionist, and his verbal collages get denser: “Vermont” quotes both the 19th-century spiritual “Old-Time Religion” and experimental composer Steve Reich’s 1966 piece Come Out – while tossing in Beefheart’s own bent poetry.
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Oct 2, 2015 · Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart – two of the rock era’s most original and idiosyncratic geniuses – regaled their fans on Oct. 2, 1975 with the amusingly titled (mostly) live album. Bongo Fury...
Jul 9, 2021 · 'Trout Mask Replica,' Captain Beefheart's Frank Zappa–produced 1969 masterpiece, is now available to stream. Gail Zappa/Courtesy the Zappa Trust. One of Ahmet Zappa’s favorite memories...
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