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Captain Beefheart. Don Van Vliet ( / væn ˈvliːt /; born Don Glen Vliet; [2] 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 the Magic Band, he recorded 13 studio albums between 1967 and ...
Dec 18, 2010 · Fri 17 Dec 2010 20.16 EST. Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart, who has died aged 69 of complications from multiple sclerosis, was one of the most influential American musicians of ...
A classic article about the life and art of Captain Beefheart, the innovative and controversial musician who refused to conform to the standards of the music industry. Learn about his early years, his musical influences, his career challenges, his personal struggles and his recent re-emergence as a leader of a new Magic Band.
- “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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Apr 22, 2024 · 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. Performing with the shifting lineup of musicians known as His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart produced a series of albums from the 1960s ...
Dec 18, 2010 · Captain Beefheart’s music career stretched from 1966 to 1982, and from straight rhythm and blues by way of the early Rolling Stones to music that sounded like a strange uncle of post-punk.
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