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Tag Archives: don van vliet
Beautiful & Heartbreaking – Vliet Recites Poetry, 1993
Both beautiful and heartbreaking, Don Van Vliet recites his offbeat poetic lyrics:
Beefheart Cover from Hamamatsu, Japan
Just when I thought I couldn’t be pleasantly surprised by anything posted on YouTube lately, I came across the following two Japanese Indie Bands, Blood Pees with their cover of Don Van Vliet’s “I’m Glad” and New Roman Chitose‘s “PV … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Captain Beefheart
Tagged beefheart covers, Blood Pees, don van vliet, Japanese Indie Bands, New Roman Chitose, pole dancers
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Captain Beefheart – Hoodoo Hoedown
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been just as big a Captain Beefheart fan as a Mothers of Invention fan. True, his is not exactly the music for your everyday, run-of-the-mill music listener who relies on a steady … Continue reading
Posted in Captain Beefheart, Music
Tagged Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, demos, don van vliet, live versions, mixtape, outtakes, rarities
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Gary Lucas on Captain Beefheart
Filmed at the Swiss Cottage Hotel, London, September 2005, from the 2006 DVD documentary “Captain Beefheart: Under Review” (Prism Productions), Gary Lucas discusses working with Captain Beefheart in the early 80s, and the making of the track “Cardboard Cutout Sundown” … Continue reading
Beefheart Demos and Rarities
Long before Don Van Vliet was considered the Godfather of Punk for his avant-garde approach to music – it was first and foremost his unique blend of psychedelic blues that attracted me to his music. On these early demos, live … Continue reading
Posted in Captain Beefheart, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, demos, don van vliet, psychedelic blues, rarities
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Mats & Morgan Play Beefheart
In keeping with the general Beefheartian theme of recent posts, I recently found this video of the Mats/Morgan Band performing Captain Beefheart’s “Lick My Decals Off, Baby”. Line Up: Freddie Wadling – lead vocals Morgan Ågren – drums Denny Walley … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Captain Beefheart, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Alumni, Captain Beefheart, cover versions, don van vliet, DVDs, mats/morgan band, new cds, video
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Captain Beefheart — Revisited
A couple of my favorite Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band videos, “I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby” (The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot, 1972) and “Hard Working Man” (Dust Blows Forward – Anthology, 1999) — and a reminder to revisit Barry’s Monday, … Continue reading
Posted in Captain Beefheart, Interview, Music, YouTubery
Tagged bbc, Captain Beefheart, documentary, don van vliet, Interview, videos
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