Frank Zappa - The Mike Douglas Show (2 of 2)

FZ was so far ahead of the times that modern artists are still decades behind...

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@ 1:29 is he talking about Captain Beefheart? He didn't have a proper education and he didn't start teaching himself about the normal world til he was like 30 years old and he went pretty nuts I think. I know it's rumored (pretty much fact) that Captain Beefheart took a ton of LSD, and not just assumedly because he was so far out...this is actually from close personal friends' first hand accounts.

If it is that's the first time Frank referenced it publicly.

Hmmmm---I dunno, but you may be right. Don Van Vliet (Capt. Beefheart) definitely fried himself a bit. He was born far-out though.

Songcycle67, I don't think FZ is talking about Captain Beefheart. CB did his share of hallucinogens, but he also carefully crafted his public image and those rumors were part of it. Off camera he was always very together. The Captain was a very eloquent (and sober) spokesman for some environmental causes after the age range that FZ mentions. Also check the Captain's two appearances on David Letterman, CB's clearly in control of himself.

It wasn't an unfamiliar amp. It was a Pignose which he did a major amount of his studio work with.

And their musical ideas from King Crimson, quite a combo of great influences.

The Inca Roads film is on the "Dub Room Special" DVD that you can get just about anywhere, like Borders or something. The DVD is lacking some stuff that was in the original VHS version, though.