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ROCKMAN

Wow, really sorry to read this thread subject. Huge loss, RIP Don Van Vliet.

Wow! Sorry to hear that. God bless the man and his music. Thanks Captain!

Long gone to Hong Kong

Sad news. Rest in Peace

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Keep On Rolling

wow. so strange - i had just finished listening to trout mask replica before i looked at this thread. hadn't listen to that album in ages - eerie almost.

rip

RIP A great musician.

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wow. so strange - i had just finished listening to trout mask replica before i looked at this thread. hadn't listen to that album in ages - eerie almost.

rip

And I just read about him tonight in Nick Kent´s book Apathy for the devil. Spooky...

Time for some long neck bottles. Meet you on the other side Don

Relationship with Frank Zappa:

Van Vliet met Frank Zappa when they were both teenagers and shared an interest in rhythm and blues and Chicago blues. They collaborated together from this early stage, and Zappa gave Van Vliet his stage name of Captain Beefheart. In 1963, the pair recorded a demo at the Pal Recording Studio in Cucamonga as the Soots, with the intention of a major label signing them. Their efforts were unsuccessful, as "Beefheart's Howlin' Wolf vocal style and Zappa's distorted guitar" was "not on the agenda" at the time.

The friendship between Zappa and Van Vliet over the years was sometimes expressed in the form of rivalry as musicians drifted back and forth between Van Vliet and Zappa's respective groups. Van Vliet embarked on the 1975 Bongo Fury tour with Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, mainly due to the fact that conflicting contractual obligations made him unable to tour or record independently. Their relationship grew highly acrimonious on the tour to the point of them refusing to talk to one another. Zappa became irritated by Van Vliet, who drew constantly, including while on stage, filling one of his large sketch books with rapidly executed portraits and warped caricatures of Zappa. Musically, Van Vliet's primitive style greatly contrasted with Zappa's compositional discipline and abundant technique. Mothers of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black would consider the situation as "two geniuses" on "ego trips". While estranged for years afterwards, they reconnected at the end of Zappa's life, after his diagnosis with terminal prostate cancer. Their collaborative work appears on the Zappa rarity collections The Lost Episodes (1996) and Mystery Disc (1996). Particularly notable is their song "Muffin Man", included on the Zappa/Beefheart Bongo Fury album as well as Zappa's compilation album Strictly Commercial (1995). This song was used as a finale in Zappa's concerts for many years afterwards. Beefheart also provided vocals for "Willie the Pimp" on Zappa's otherwise instrumental album Hot Rats (1969). One track on Trout Mask Replica, "The Blimp (mousetrapreplica)", actually features Magic Band guitarist Jeff Cotton talking on the telephone to Zappa superimposed onto an unrelated live recording of the Mothers of Invention (the backing track was later released in 1992 as "Charles Ives" on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 ). Van Vliet also played the harmonica on two songs of two Zappa albums: One Size Fits All (1975) on "San Ber'dino", credited as Bloodshot Rollin' Red, and Zoot Allures (1976) on "Find Her Finer".

(From Wiki)

Oh, no, I never did get to hear him perform in concert.
RIP CB.

This is terrible news.

RIP Don!

Wow sad news, I'll be listening to him over the next few days in memory.
"Too soon gone." RIP Captain.

Sad goodbye to a true original. It's rumored the Zappa Family Trust are going to be releasing the original version of Bat Chain Puller next year. A fitting tribute to one of the greats.

Gutted. A true original. RIP Don....







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Oh dear. This is really sad news. What an amazing musician and human being Don Van Vliet was. An absolute innovator with a great sense of humour who was far ahead of his time.

Saw him twice - at Knebworth 75 on the same bill as Steve Miller Band and Pink Floyd and then at The Venue, Victoria in 1980 when he was touring Doc At The Radar Station.

God bless you Captain. Gonna miss you. God bless you and have a safe journey.



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RIP to a true artist

So sad, rest in peace, Beef-Don Van Vliet!

Find a nice place in heaven where you can play your amazing stuff!

RIP

Gangster

RIP Captain.†

Loved his work with Zappa.







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RIP.

RIP

A true original. RIP.

A very sad passing indeed.

To remember how great he was check out this incredible version of Big Eyed Beans From Venus.

rip

Very sad news indeed!!
Saw him only one time back in 74.
Thanks to all who posted these wonderful videos.
What a voice!!
And he always had a great band!

Love and hate with the Captain. He made the best and worst music I ever heard. Upon the My Oh My is one of the best things I've heard, Save as Milk is fantastic, I'm Gonna Boogiarize You Baby funks as hell, Ice Cream for Crow is good . But I can't understand Trout Mask. It's just beyond me, I can't see the beauty of it. Yes, it is important as it spowned the post-Nighthawks Tom Waits, but I just can't get through it.

Sad he died, although of course the musician Beefheart died in 1982.

Mathijs