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Captain Beefheart is an avant-garde artist from Glendale, California, USA formed in 1941. 62 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
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The Buddah Years
2006
Shiny Beast - Bat Chain Puller
2003
The Spotlight Kid
1972
A Carrot Is As Close As a Rabbit Gets To a Diamond
2003
Prime Quality Beef
2005
Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary
2026
Providence College, Rhode Island, April 26th 1975 (Live)
2022
Down The Yellow Brick Road (Live)
2020
Dirty Blue Jean (Live)
2020
Penguin In Bondage (Live)
2020
The Sun Is Shining (Live)
2020
Muffin Man Gets High (Live)
2020
Captain Beefheart - Live American Broadcast (Live)
2020
Down In The Bottom (Live)
2020
Don't Start Me Talkin' (Live)
2020
I'm A Beautiful Guy (Live)
2019
The Penguin Detective (Live)
2019
Hardcore Penguin (Live)
2019
Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart - Improvisations (Live)
2019
Sheriff Of Hong Kong (Live)
2019
Kandy Korn (Live)
2019
Live in Vancouver 1981
2019
Hot Head (Live)
2019
Improvisations (Live)
2019
Montana (Live)
2019
Safe As Milk
2017
Somewhere Over California (Live from The Country Club, Reseda, California 29/1/1981)
2016
Plastic Factory (Live)
2015
Unconditionally (Live - Cowtown Ballroom, Kansas City, Mi, 22 April, 1974) (Remastered)
2014
Live American Broadcast - Captain Beefheart (Live)
2014
Crazy Full Moon (Live)
2014
Mirror Man (Live)
2014
Full Moon Hot Sun (Live)
2014
Keep On Rubbing (Live)
2014
Sugar Bowl (Live)
2014
Live American Broadcast (Live)
2014
Live At Providence College, Rhode Island, April 26Th 1975 (Remastered)
2014
Peaches (Live)
2014
Peaches & Cream (Live)
2014
Bongo Fury (Live)
2012
Bat Chain Puller
2012
Hot Headed (Live)
2011
Head Strong (Live)
2011
Sounds For the Road - Live American Broadcast (Live)
2011
Tunes of 1980 - Live American Broadcast (Live)
2011
Tearing Up Toronto (Live)
2011
Doctor Dark (Live)
2011
Live 'N' Rare
2007
Captain Beefheart Live at Bickershaw 1972
2007
Ice Cream for Crow
2006
Doc At The Radar Station
2006
Live - London '74
2006
The Captain's Last Live Concert Plus... (Live)
2006
Dichotomy
2004
Bluejeans and Moonbeams
2003
Unconditionally Guaranteed
2003
Dust Sucker
2002
Grow Fins - Rarities 1965-1982
1999
Electricity
1998
Don Van Vliet , born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet widely known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called The Magic Band, active between 1965 and 1982, with whom he recorded 13 studio albums. Noted for his powerful singing voice with its wide range,Van Vliet also played the harmonica, saxophone and numerous other wind instruments. His music blended rock, blues and psychedelia with avant-garde and contemporary experimental composition. Beefheart was also known for exercising an almost dictatorial control over his supporting musicians, and for often constructing myths about his life. During his teen years in Lancaster, California, Van Vliet developed an eclectic musical taste and formed "a mutually useful but volatile" friendship with Frank Zappa, with whom he sporadically competed and collaborated. He began performing with his Captain Beefheart persona in 1964 and joined the original Magic Band line-up, initiated by Alexis Snouffer, in 1965. The group drew attention with their cover of Bo Diddley's "Diddy Wah Diddy", which became…
