captain Beefheart-1968-01-27 Cannes beach (Bouton rouge)

[carlotta8]

brillant !

[djm2l]

THANKS-A-LOT for posting!!!

Amazing band!!! I didn´t know this band and now I´m a big fan!!! lol

MERCI pour l'affichage! C'est un groupe fantastique! Je ne savais pas ce groupe et maintenant je suis un grand fan! lol

[mambonumber9]

One of the best clips on utube

[occitanist]

He surely listen to Howling Wolf before...

[spacelau]

1968, du pur genie...Cela serait novateur encore aujourd'hui

[jisicore]

GREAT ...THANX

[wen2110]

Ry Cooder doesn't play on this set - that's Alex St Clair Snouffler on slide. Ry Cooder played on the original studio recording of Safe As Milk. Besides Beefheart, this film features Jerry Handley (bass), Jeff Cotton (guitar) and John French (drums).

[pipo3030]

@wen2110 THX merci pour ces précisions

[idiotman666]

Captain Beefheart was a genius!

[human2011able]

Captain Beefheart is Matchless Genius!

[22mar79]

Genius. I was completely lost, creating totally free style noises, total improvisation, playing all the instruments and inventing everything freely and just mixing it all later, and Captain Beefheart was the man who showed me that what I was doing is not only music but true spontaneous music indeed. That changed my life.

[Jormunbong]

Rest In Peace, sweet Captain'.

[talpajam]

are those AC100's ?

[emiliano2500]

The Captain IS a GENIUS.

[LondonDada]

Biggest outdoor arena yet. Big it up for el capitain, dead or alive :-))

[fattone77]

This is amazing footage. Thanks.

[Scarlet0Darkstar]

All those people standing there like they are waiting for a lightning bolt. maybe they were just too packed in to dance?

[icebirdz]

Great of Peel to record this priceless gem of history!

[DoctorOboogie]

Really GREAT !!!

[Horsemanray]

no cooder here, he left in '67

[CosmicDean]

Ry Cooder was not in the band at the time this recording was made

[pipo3030]

THX for this information / merci pour l'information

[zirdotube]

@pipo3030

Line up is (from left to right) Jeff Cotton, Jerry Handley, Don van Vliet, John French and Alex Snouffer.

[zirdotube]

Just for the record that is NOT Ry Cooder on slide.

[GARIJPUNQ]

oh to be able to travel back in time...i'd be wigging out down the front,not standing around up top!-fantastic stuff.

[bartlettohio]

Who even knew this footage existed! Ry Cooder on slide guitar...priceless!!!

[TheExploited6666]

GIMME THAT HARP BOY !!!

[MrMephisto89]

Damn what a year. Rest In Fucking Peace, Captain.

[gratno12]

R.I.P.

[Arturr0]

RIP We Love you !

[alibabablacksheep9]

R.I.P.

[1Didirock]

R.I.P.

[shemanic1]

R.I.P. Captain

[drumgold23]

RIP Genius.

[icallmybabystp]

R.I.P.

[23KLT23]

He ain't just The Captain.... he's the KING baby! Most original composer of his generation with the best - and possibly only - dada blues band of all time... Un-freakin'-believable!

[enolaniaga]

I heard a rumour that this beach was loaded with tourists and once this band started playing their noise, everyone left the beach and jumped into the ocean to be eaten by sharks . These tourists felt it was a much faster and enjoyable alternative then staying on the beach and being tortured with unmelodic noise.

[oatstao]

for music sake, I Love Safe as Milk, and art sake, I love Trout Mask..then the rest all falls into odd areas of creativity, you can't give up on it, I'm still discovering Beefheart 20 years after first listening to him. Thanks for the amazing clips.

[Kaligulasucks]

Les Claypool reminds me a lot of Jerry Handley; foot stomp and all.

[marqdarq]

saw him in oxford polytechnic (uk) doing clearspot and left in tears.... and this morning he was on radio 4 desert island discs doing moonlight in vermont and 30 years just flashed backed before my eyelids xxxxxxxxxx what an amazingess bit of video xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love

[fizzylogik]

@marqdarq

Oh Man!

I was there too, oh, ohhhhh!

Cycled back down the hill like a crazy rocket, head pounding with complicated sounds, poetry pumping, what a great show!

that same year, The Edgar Broughton Band, Alex Harvey... Fantastic!

[buska100]

Go Captain Go!

Do I dig it? Sho Nuff yes I Do!

[mrdeimos50]

ry cooder playes a beastly guitar

[freakbeatno1]

Prefer it to much of the later work

[burningdreamer13]

Oh my god !! vaudoo heart !

[drkanukie]

stupid video counter ruins this -

[Gerry50ify]

A day without Captain Beefheart is like a day without sunshine!

[diddywahdaddy]

Oh boy.

[Debaser11]

25th Century Quaker*

[Debaser11]

Is Alex St. Claire wearing the band's 25th Century costume here? It would have been neat had Strictly Personal been released with the orginal concept followed all the way through. I love the way the band moves here (particularly Jeff Cotton). Thanks for the upload!

[mestfender]

I was going to ask where this was filmed, but then I didn't want to get chewed out for it "technically" being in the info.... am i a huge forum nerd?

[jackdelawack]

@mestfender CANNES,FRANCE BABY

[cjk9013]

wow, thanks for posting; fantastic documentation. I knew blues wasn't just going on in the UK as MTV or VHS would have many believe....

[guttalex]

isn't there a sixth star for vote?

[syr1811]

Great vid!

Gotta salute the Captain!

Thanks for sharing this.

CHEERS!

[MirrorManism]

I have waited 39 years to see this film clip. I can still remember the first time I heard these songs in 1970 on Safe As Milk . If that is Alex St Clair on slide guitar he plays Ry Cooders riffs to perfection. I can't tell the difference from the LP . What a shame they didn't perform at Monterey .

[itnow]

I wish the Doors would have united with the captain after J Morrison passed away.

He had enough voice to carry their repertoire and enough personality to interpret it his own way....

[shotdonkey]

what a patently absurd idea: if you wanted to ensure that the doors would cease to be the doors and the captain would cease to be the captain then act out that fantasy, by all means!

however, if you have any love of music and regard for the originality of great art - then cease and desist in disseminating any such ideas, I beg of you, dear itnow!

and BTW...for a brilliant documentary of beefheart and the magic band, see "the artist formerly known as captain beefheart" right here on youtube!

[itnow]

c'mon don't give me no donkeycrap...

both Morrison and the Captain were into blues and poetry and had a powerful voice...

I close my eyes and I hear it could have worked astoundingly

[Israfvel]

At what price? Beefheart forsaking whatever he dreamed for his music to please a few fawning females?

[bassbob42]

Wow, great vintage footage! Amazing live stuff. The story of this band is pretty amazing. Very tight, they worked hard on the music.

[TGirlAlex]

swank!

[bwanna23]

a real gem.

[hdfatboy2k]

Great video.

But, but, but,.................

Who the heck is the frog wanker at the opening of the vid that thinks it is more important for us to see his back than it is to see the band?

[SSDoomCraft]

I don't know if this guy is a genious because of his later work. However this concert changed the way I look at music.

[RedKhandro]

@SSDoomCraft

You may be right about the quality of his later work; I see it as a commercial issue. Maybe an act of despair. But I believe that a genius should be judged from his best work. Nobody else would have obtained this very peak of experimental rock.

[ooff]

Is ry useing a pick?

[crinkleman123]

ry isn't on here

[SSDoomCraft]

I think Ry left in 67 during the monterey pop festival.

[wheresthebeefheart]

Jeff Cotton playing guitar on left, Alex St. Claire on the right. Cooder left after the Magic Mountain Festival in S.F. June '67 shortly before Monterey. Band cancelled Monterey after Cooder left.

[bapyou]

Mojave Desert to the world!

Gutbucket desert rats rule!

"When I see you floatin' down the gutter,

I'll give you a bottle o' wine!"

[MarkVickroid]

Best beefheart video on here, good work!