Captain Beefheart - Dead at 69

[WildBill]

Musician and artist Don Van Vliet, who performed a complex brand of experimental rock under the name Captain Beefheart, died at the age of 69. Beefheart was best known for the album "Trout Mask Replica", which was released in 1969 by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. Produced by Frank Zappa, "Trout Mask Replica" sounds like raw Delta blues, Don Van Vliet singing and ranting and reciting poetry over fractured guitar licks.



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[dlcrouch]

They just don't make muscians like they used to! I really miss the 60s - what i remember of them.

[Commander Cody]

I’ve heard it said that “if you can remember the 60’s you weren’t there”.

[Oldgringo]

I’ve heard it said that “if you can remember the 60’s you weren’t there”.

That's not totally true. I was there and have very vivid memories...good and not so good.

[Abraham]

The sixties - just another decade.

Silly clothes, ludicrous hair styles and some pretty awful music - you know, just like now!

Every decade is remembered with nostalgia by some group and they're certain THEIR's was the coolest, uh huh.

My Dad thought the thirties was THE decade... his father probably thought his favorite decade could never be topped either and so it goes...

[old farmer]

The sixties - just another decade.

Silly clothes, ludicrous hair styles and some pretty awful music - you know, just like now!

Every decade is remembered with nostalgia by some group and they're certain THEIR's was the coolest, uh huh.

My Dad thought the thirties was THE decade... his father probably thought his favorite decade could never be topped either and so it goes...

A non-believer ...so what is your decade...

[Abraham]

old farmer,

The present one of course.

I detest nostalgia.

I look at it as a first cousin to self-pity.

I was in high school in the mid-sixties and even then I thought the decade as something adolescent. A kind of unabashed silliness was accepted as wisdom.

[WildBill]

Captain Beefheart was not a representative of the 60s culture or it's music. He was very much outside of the mainstream. I doubt that most people familar with 60s music have even heard of him. My posting was not based on nostalgia, but simply remembering a unique musician and artist. The story caught my eye yesterday when I was looking at the news stories on Google. I was truly surprised that his death was so widely reported.

[Abraham]

WildBill,

My comment was not at all directed at you.

Just some curmudgeonly grumping in general...and yes, I'm quite familiar with Captain Beefheart, though I don't remember seeing him at The Fillmore West.

[The Annoyed Man]

Captain Beefheart was not a representative of the 60s culture or it's music. He was very much outside of the mainstream. I doubt that most people familar with 60s music have even heard of him. My posting was not based on nostalgia, but simply remembering a unique musician and artist. The story caught my eye yesterday when I was looking at the news stories on Google. I was truly surprised that his death was so widely reported.

I remember him... ...but then, I'm a guitar player from the 60s. He was sort of the Texas answer to California's Frank Zappa.

[WildBill]

WildBill,

My comment was not at all directed at you. Just some curmudgeonly grumping in general...and yes, I'm quite familiar with Captain Beefheart, though I don't remember seeing him at The Fillmore West.

No offense taken. I am surprised that he actually did perform at the Fillmore West. This "psychedelic" concert poster is so out of character for his type of music that it's ludicrous. Leave it to Bill Graham's marketing.