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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 1982.
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, 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 ...
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.
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....
Dec 17, 2010 · At age 29, Captain Beefheart, also known as Don Van Vliet, lives in seclusion and near poverty in a small house in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Although it appeared on several...
Dec 17, 2010 · With a growling bass voice, that whooped and hollered in the manner of one of his earliest heroes, bluesman Howlin' Wolf, Captain Beefheart became a hugely influential figure in rock music.
Dec 17, 2010 · Avant-garde musician Captain Beefheart died this morning in California from complications of multiple sclerosis. He was 69.
Don Van Vliet (; born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart.
