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Title: Captain Beefheart
Post by: Fansome on December 18, 2010, 0000 UTC

Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart, one of the most fiercely avant-garde musicians of the 20th century, passed away Friday at the age of 69 due to complications from multiple sclerosis. Beefheart made a career out of being impossible to categorize, making music that sounded like nothing else around..

Title: Re: Captain Beefheart
Post by: Zoidberg on December 18, 2010, 0107 UTC

I'm beginning to suspect the rumors about the Reaper are true.  Somehow you knew about this before it happened.

Title: Re: Captain Beefheart
Post by: syfr on December 18, 2010, 0203 UTC

I saw him once at the University of New Mexico Student Union waaaay back when. He was one of a kind.

Oddly enough, there's pictures of this concert on the web somewhere.

The world is just a little less weird with him gone.

I hope you're still "booglarizing" , Don...

Title: Re: Captain Beefheart
Post by: Pigmeat on December 21, 2010, 1031 UTC

I saw him with Zappa and George Duke in late spring of '75. He made those two seem normal. RIP Cap'n.

Title: Re: Captain Beefheart
Post by: Fansome on December 21, 2010, 1209 UTC

You should read the Wikipedia entry about him, and the techniques that he used to control his band. Very interesting; reminds me of a certain pirate.