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Captain Beefheart

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  • 18-12-2010 11:43am
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    bnt
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    Not just a friend of Frank Zappa's, Captain Beefheart produced his own brand of avant-garde bluesy madness throughout the late 60s and 70s. Gone at 69, but he left the music business almost 30 years ago to concentrate on painting. The Guardian has an obituary and other pieces, and you can hear his influence all over some famous bands of today. I can't imagine what Primus or Faith No More would sound like without him. :(

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqRHr5pEIFU


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCSPf5Viwd0

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    calex71
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    Discovered him through my love of the Belgian outfit dEUS about 15 years ago. They always cited him as an influence and so I checked him out, and was hooked.

    R.I.P


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    jpm4
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    Jesus. I can't believe I had to find this out from boards.ie. A genuis who's influence will always be felt. I have to admit I was alway wondering if he was still alive or not. So long.


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    RayCon
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    :( They don't make 'em like this anymore. R.I.P. Don


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