captain beefheart interview
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Met him the night this was aired at a local watering hole in Lancaster Ca.
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I love most all classic blues, like Wolf, Leadbelly, Tampa Red, John Lee,etc. But this is crap. Just because you are weird doesn't make you good. Crap is crap.
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Howlin Wolf was a big influence on both VanVliet and Zappa, and it has been said by both of them. However there is a lot more to Beefheart than a mere Howlin Wolf copyist.
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Everyone says how original he was, he just makes me think of Howlin Wolf straight away. How come this is never mentioned?
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Well isn't he just wonderful.
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My clothes is so worn that my flesh bleeds through them.
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@Jethrofinger Now this is the great news. Now, even Zappa fans' could say that Don really created something on his own: something that only Don could create.
RIP Don Van Vilet forever in my mind...
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'its hard to talk', - this dude is so great
'sorry girls' indeed.
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@Jethrofinger And about time too! Beefheart must live....otherwise America dies! Greetings from the Welsh bit of North London
Captain Beefheart is greatest thing to happen to music period
HamburgerMartyr 2 years ago 11
I like how Van doesn't try to act cool by being a douche like Dylan and Lou Reed...although when he starts talking weird in Beefheartesque style, well, that's just the man.
crlxc 2 years ago 6