Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Captain Beefheart and His ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big – 28 tunes in one hour and 20 minutes – Trout Mask was originally released as a double album. The album features the Magic ...

Don Van Vliet, who recorded under the name Captain Beefheart, died on Friday, at the age of 69. I'm sure a lot of people who heard the news were only vaguely aware of him as an influential, ...

Drawn together: Gary Lucas and Nona Hendryx channel Captain Beefheart on their new album. In 1965, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band released their first single on A&M records. The song was a ...

The Bongo Fury spotlight is shared throughout, with much of the album driven by Zappa and the Mothers. George Duke and ...

In 1970, Warner Bros. Records had an unusual philosophy: they'd sign artists and, instead of wanting a hit single immediately, they'd develop them... No Hits, No Problem: Captain Beefheart's Major ...

Rare TV Performances Of Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Released On DVD Pioneer, artist, crazy, bluesman, rock and roller are all terms that could be tossed out to describe the late, great Don ...

Captain Beefheart Under Review documents the career of the unique musician. The film combines performance footage by the man and his various back-up players along with interviews by colleagues who ...

Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a ...