Captain Beefheart
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Don Van Vliet, known by his stage name Captain Beefheart, was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist. Leading a rotating ensemble known as the Magic Band, he recorded
Beefheart performing at Convocation Hall, Toronto, 1974
Victor Hayden (aka the Mascara Snake) at the house where Trout Mask Replica was rehearsed and recorded in 1968
Beefheart performing at Convocation Hall, Toronto, in 1974.
Van Vliet seated left on stage with Zappa in 1975 in their Bongo Fury tour
Frank Zappa
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Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, songwriter, guitarist, conductor, actor, satirist, filmmaker, and activist. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz
Captain Beefheart
…the Omens and the Blackouts. The Omens' guitarists, Alexis Snouffer and Jerry Handley, who would later found the Magic Band; the Blackouts' drummer was Frank Zappa. Van Vliet collaborated with Zappa on his scripts for "teenage operettas", one of which was entitled "Captain Beefheart & the Grunt People". The earliest…
Zappa performing at Ekeberghallen in Oslo, Norway, in 1977
Zappa (back) with the Mothers, 1968
Zappa in 1970
Zappa with the Mothers, 1971