Captain Beefheart - American Bandstand Phone Interview June 18, 1966

[markwynn01]

The girl on the phone was Sqeeky Fromm.

[wtf66611]

Can someone pleaaaaaaaase invent a time machine. I wanna go back !!

[cygnoid]

@iconicshrubbery he had M.S., dick!

[6motion6]

It's Beaver Cleaver at 1:31!

[chaswr]

@6motion6

He must have snuck onto the set!

[iconicshrubbery]

Never was Don so lucid.Compare with his last interviews!!

What happened to his mind??

[IMDADLONGLEG]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheLithopedian]

Love the old lady @1:39.



[niriop]

Listening to this makes me want to learn guitar faster!

[unclevernon]

haha, wonderful footage!

[joeshowallme]

Funny how Captain Beefheart could get mainstream airtime, such as this show, while FZ could hardly get on the radio at 3am.

[joeshowallme]

Sounds an awful like FZ to me. Hmmmm.

[TheLithopedian]

@joeshowallme I thought that too.

[meleepinata]

Long live the captain!!!!! RIP DVV

[hejafish]

Thanks for posting this great footage bigdave!!!

[macktruk13]

Surprise surprise ...the black couple are the best dancers

[JamminClemmons]

The Captain is the BEST! F. Zappa produced his best work (Trout Mask Replica). Frank would ask for 2-3 cuts of the same song. he'd return to the recording booth to discover every take was perfectly identical to the first. This --supposedly-- blew Frank away. He was thoroughly impressed. Trout Mask has it's flaws, but a gem to be discovered. Beware: Captain Beefheart is an acquired taste. I have many musician friends who have little use for his style of music. I'll keep workin' on them for us! JC

[Khultan]

@ 2:15, can anyone, please, identify the type of shoe wear? They look like Wallabees, but they're not. I would love to wear those types of shoes the young gent is sporting.

[hejafish]

@Khultan I dunno but I know that's a flat cap the other bird's wearing ;¬)

[Khultan]

@hejafish  Love the threads. Nowadays, it's quite sloven.

[paulpellicci]

...the captain was cool...real cool....

[mysteryspott]

Love this !!!! RIP Don!

[pykkervots]

Wonder what she thought of Trout Mask Replica

[FastANDBulbous117]

Oh Don. Such an awesome dude. :]

I love this song! It's fast and bulbous!

It would have been cool if they had released an entire album like this, although Safe as Milk is an AMAZING debut, I think.

LONG LIVE THE BEEF!

[gardenvarietypenis]

Beyond surreal. They should have kept that sound for a longer portion of their career.

[cosmicrider287]

don is such a charmer on that blower

[sbyrne1]

1:00 I'm pretty sure beefheart is whispering sweet everythings to her after her questions

[AsianDubFoundation1]

Is this for real?What a find!

[wayne602]

A gift! Thank you! Love it!

[lamccaugh]

That is so cool that breakthrough artists got to talk to people at random on the phone back in those days on AB. Too bad society is so descreet these days you can't get a break

[TheMindwhipper]

1:30 Beaver Cleaver?

[IonSpringfield]

At the time this was the most bad ass bottom end ever cut to disc. I think Derek Taylor (Apple, The Beatles) was doing publicity for him when this record was released - which may be why it got on the show. Don't think Dick would've had the same enthusiasm with anything off of Trout Mask Replica. Pity.

O Captain, my Captain....

[carolwade]

@IonSpringfield SERIOUSLY!!! That's exactly what I was thinking. Dancing to "Pena," suuuure! "That's the raspberries!" LOL

[frankg511]

Little did they know...

[angie4josh]

@frankg511 lol yes

[dwquinn53]

too much!

[Beadbud5000]

Love the way they DANCE (LOL!)