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Beautiful & Heartbreaking – Vliet Recites Poetry, 1993

Posted on December 22, 2010 by urbangraffito

Both beautiful and heartbreaking, Don Van Vliet recites his offbeat poetic lyrics:

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Beefheart Cover from Hamamatsu, Japan

Posted on August 1, 2010 by urbangraffito

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 →

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Captain Beefheart – Hoodoo Hoedown

Posted on November 18, 2009 by urbangraffito

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 →

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Gary Lucas on Captain Beefheart

Posted on September 29, 2009 by urbangraffito

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 →

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Beefheart Demos and Rarities

Posted on September 21, 2009 by urbangraffito

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 →

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Mats & Morgan Play Beefheart

Posted on May 16, 2009 by urbangraffito

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 →

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Captain Beefheart — Revisited

Posted on May 11, 2009 by urbangraffito

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 →

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