In a 1970 interview with rolling stone, van vliet requests don t ask me why or how he and zappa came up with the name. Shiny beast bat chain captain beefheart cap ice cream for crow. Influential figure who fused disparate forms free jazz, the avantgarde, blues, rock into a highly original and nearly unclassifiable style. Magic band members and associates captain beefheart. Music articles and interviews captain beefheart radar station. The radar station is a purely fanrun site which aims to document every twist and turn in the tale of this unique individual. Captain beefheart captain beefheart at his best 1989. Don is interviewed on american radio by kristine mckenna and takes questions from callers. Dec 06, 2012 captain beefheart never played by the rules and thats why we love him. Captain beefheart and the magic band the spotlight kid.
Captain beefheart on letterman, november 11, 1982 youtube. Don van vliet was an american singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and visual artist best. Magic band members and associates captain beefheart radar. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. The magic band speaks about captain beefheart youtube. Download the artist formerly known as captain beefheart full movie studio the artist formerly known as captain beefheart pelicula completa the artist formerly known as captain beefheart film. Captain beefheart biography, albums, streaming links.
Bill harkleroad aka zoot horn rollo captain beefheart radar. Further songs, on zappas mystery disc 1996, i was a teenage malt shop and the birth of captain beefheart also provide an insight to zappas teenage movie script titled captain beefheart vs. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Recently a standup comedian did a bit about i gotta understand captain beefheart, whose name is sometimes smugly dropped by people who bought a few of his albums because of rolling stone hype and cant admit they have no idea what the f the good. Host the ghost the most holy o with captain beefheart 3. Captain beefhearts 1969 masterpiece set an unmatched standard for avantrock. Oct 28, 2017 trout mask replica by captain beefheart and his magic band was inducted into the library of congresss national recording registry in 2010, nearly 40 years after its release. Captain beefheart biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. The opening lyric, well i was born in the desert, quotes new minglewood blues, an early version of rollin and. They fly really fast, but a lot of times they arent going anywhere. Life articles and interviews many words have been written about dons life. It has been suggested this name came from a term used by vliets uncle alan who had a. He conducted a rotating ensemble called the magic band, with whom he recorded studio albums between 1964 and 1982. Don van vliet poetry reading by captain beefheart on amazon.
Don van vliet aka captain beefheart retired from the music industry after 1982s ice cream for crow album to concentrate on his primary love paint. Don van vliets achingly beautiful love song will linger to haunt you, long after its 2 minutes and. Captain beefheart and his magic band by voiceprinttv. Nov 04, 2019 in 1975 guitarist and composer frank zappa asked composer and multiinstrumentalist captain beefheart to join him and his band on their 1975 tour. Pappy with the khaki sweatband bowed goat potbellied barnyard that only he noticed, the old fart was smart the old gold cloth madonna dancin to the fiddle and saw. Captain beefheart the spotlight kid releases discogs.
Captain beefhearts ten commandments of guitar playing 1. In 1975 guitarist and composer frank zappa asked composer and multiinstrumentalist captain beefheart to join him and his band on their 1975 tour. Captain beefheart and the magic band the spotlight kid clear spot. In mike barnes biography of don van vliet, the man more famously known as captain beefheart, he quotes vliet on his own birth. Not strictly speaking a magic band member, but he did cowrite a number of songs with don.
Captain beefheart was not a man, he was a character created, and maintained by the man in question. Combining elements of free jazz, blues and rock, captain beefheart and his magic band produced what is commonly regarded by critics and fans as one of rocks few truly original bodies of work. Almost impossible to find for many years due to licensing issues, captain beefheart s masterpiece is, at long last, easily available on cd2015. Captain beefheart my head is my only house unless it rains david marsh. Captain beefheart radar station captain beefheart don van. This new reissue from third man puts it back in print on vinyl. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Captain beefheart radar station captain beefheart don. Captain beefheart on dr demento 12378 full interview. The music of don captain beefheart van vliet is like certain works of. John french video interview drumbo interviews why this awful sounding. For one, it presents the great, white blues vocalist at the beginning of his career.
On this cd, a rare mid1970s interview he gave to journalist steven rosen reveals the good captain as possibly the most. A beginners guide to the weird world of captain beefheart. Cd, comp, re, rm, unofficial reprise records 2 7599262492. Don van vliet was an american singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name captain beefheart. Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic, unbound timings, the growls and shrieks of beefheart s vocals and his surreal, poetic lyrics. See more ideas about magic bands, frank zappa and psychedelic bands.
Captain beefheart issues his ten commandments of guitar. On the spotlight kid, captain beefheart took over full production duties. It was released on june 16th 1969 via producer frank zappas straight records label. Birds know everything about how it should sound and where that sound should come from. Music articles and interviews captain beefheart radar. His music blended elements of blues, free jazz, rock. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Don van vliet, born don glen vliet, 19412010 was an experimental musician and artist who infused jazz and blues tones into an press j to jump to the feed. Combining elements of free jazz, blues and rock, captain beefheart and his magic band. I was born with my eyes openi didnt want to be borni can remember deep down in my head that i fought against my mother bringing me into the world, he says about that day in 1941 when vliet became a real, living person, despite. January 15, 1941 december 17, 2010 was an american singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name captain beefheart. On this cd, a rare mid1970s interview he gave to journalist steven. Bbc documentary view the classic documentary the artist formerly known as captain beefheart in full via youtube. Solar music rights management, and 2 music rights societies.
Once captain beefheart, he is soon to exhibit in brighton. Bibliography information about various books published about don van vliets life, art and the magic bands music. When i find myself in times of musical trouble, captain beefheart comes to me. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Check out don van vliet poetry reading by captain beefheart on amazon music. The music can best be described as surrealist blues with a dash of avantgarde jazz. I very much enjoyed the film, and the interviews with the musicians who worked with him. The tour resulted in the release of one album, bongo fury, which featured recordings from two nights in may 1975 at the armadillo world headquarters in austin, texas, as well as recordings from a. They dropped beefheart, who signed with buddah records.
Sometimes the efforts taken to maintain the beefheart character are downright amusing. This is an upbeat country blues style piece with some fine slide work which for some reason has fauxscratches added to the mix to make it sound like an old blues 78 although mark bostons thundering bass makes it obvious that. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. In 2011, the album became available for download on the itunes store. On an album heavily influenced by the delta blues, the opening bars of sure nuff n yes i do is based on the muddy water song rollin and tumblin. Life articles and interviews captain beefheart radar station. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Don van vliet aka captain beefheart retired from the music industry after. The artist formerly known as captain beefheart 1997 full.
Light floats down day river on a red raft of blood night blocks out the heaven like a big, black, shiny bug its hard soft shell shining white, in one spot, well its. Rather than returning to the artistic aggro of trout maskdecals days, spotlight takes things lower and looser, with a lot of typical beefheart fun crawling around in weird, strange ways. Bill harkleroad billed as zoot horn rollo performs a selfpenned instrumental called mallard flies towards heaven. The magic band reunion john french, mark boston, denny walley and others get together to celebrate dons music and play it live. Captain beefheart classic interviews part 1 of 8 youtube. From the documentary film straight to bizarre zappa, beefheart, alice cooper and las lunatic fringe. Apr 28, 2018 captain beefhearts 1969 masterpiece set an unmatched standard for avantrock.
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