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Thanks to the wisdom of one Miriam Linna, who helms the redoubtable Norton Records along with Billy Miller, I found this incredible clip from - of all things - American Bandstand in 1966, where one of the teens calls Captain Beefheart on the Hot Line and attempts to interview him before they play a recording of a bluesy, fierce Diddy Wah Diddy for the kids on the dance floor.
Holly Cara Price: Woe-Is-A-Me-Bop: RIP Captain Beefheart Holly Cara Price 2010
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Sweet soul music from Don Van Vliet, the artist formerly known as Captain Beefheart, whose birthday it is today, January 15.
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band | “I’m Glad” | clusterflock 2009
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With Mr. Zappa, he founded record labels including Straight, Bizarre and DiscReet, which released albums by Captain Beefheart, Alice Cooper, the Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent's early outfit), and the comic Lenny Bruce.
Manager of Stars, Big Fan of Lawsuits Stephen Miller 2010
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With Mr. Zappa, he founded record labels including Straight, Bizarre and DiscReet, which released albums by Captain Beefheart, Alice Cooper, the Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent's early outfit), and the comic Lenny Bruce.
Manager of Stars, Big Fan of Lawsuits Stephen Miller 2010
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In 1980, Newsweek magazine declared: "During the past fifteen years, Captain Beefheart has composed and performed some of the most astonishing music in the history of rock 'n' roll."
Don Van Vliet, avant-garde rocker who performed as Captain Beefheart, dies at 69 Matt Schudel 2010
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With Mr. Zappa, he founded record labels including Straight, Bizarre and DiscReet, which released albums by Captain Beefheart, Alice Cooper, the Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent's early outfit), and the comic Lenny Bruce.
Manager of Stars, Big Fan of Lawsuits Stephen Miller 2010
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And in addition to his own tunes, it features songs by an eclectic group, from Bruce Springsteen to Memphis Minnie to Jimmy Cliff and Captain Beefheart.
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The abstract painter is a bone-hard fan of The Fall and Captain Beefheart.
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To coin one of those ridiculous record reviewer similes, it's as though she's the musical grandchild of Captain Beefheart and Harry Partch.
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As a young man in Tuva, he consumed Western music from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin and Captain Beefheart.
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