Captain Beefheart: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Ro Thorpe
m (rv to page without mess)
imported>Chris Day
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{subpages}}
'''Captain Beefheart''' was the pseudonym of Don Van Vliet during his musical career, which lasted from the 1960s to the 1980s.
'''Captain Beefheart''' was the pseudonym of Don Van Vliet during his musical career, which lasted from the 1960s to the 1980s.



Revision as of 17:07, 10 December 2009

This article is basically copied from an external source and has not been approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
Discography [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.
The content on this page originated on Wikipedia and is yet to be significantly improved. Contributors are invited to replace and add material to make this an original article.

Captain Beefheart was the pseudonym of Don Van Vliet during his musical career, which lasted from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Born Don Glen Vliet in California on 15 January 1941, he now pursues a career as a painter. His musical style is a kind of mixture of blues and surrealism.

With vocal mannerisms showing the avowed influence of Howlin' Wolf, he also played bluesy harmonica and bizarre soprano saxophone, but the jagged and complex rhythmic arrangements in which he dictatorially drilled his band are his most notable musical contribution.

Discography

The two 1974 albums, and attempt to 'go commercial', were later disowned by the musician.