The extensive bundle will be available as the 36th package in Third Man’s Vault series, with subscriptions open until April 30. The reissue features album artwork restored from the original photo, ...

O Captain! My Captain! Captain Beefheart has had a very special place in my heart since the ripe age of 10. It was not until I got older and started to have a better understanding for music that I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Trout Mask Replica' is the most Beefheartian album that the singer himself, Don Van Vliet, ever made. - Credit: Ed Caraeff/Getty ...

London, UK: Don Van Vliet, (1941-2010) better known to his legions of fans as Captain Beefheart was one of the most enigmatic figures in rock music. Unashamedly an artist, rather than a pop star, he ...

Avant-garde rock legend and visual artist Don Van Vliet, who performed under the name Captain Beefheart, began experimenting with eccentric rock’n'roll sounds in the mid-1960s. His first two releases ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big – 28 tunes in one hour and 20 minutes – Trout Mask was originally released as a double album. The album features the Magic ...

Renowned American artist Don Van Vliet was 69-years-old when he passed away from complications of multiple sclerosis on this date in 2010. The enigmatic musician better known as Captain Beefheart was ...

One of Ahmet Zappa’s favorite memories of Captain Beefheart is the time he called the Zappa household to relate a particularly memorable dream. “The fucking greatest [call] that ever happened to me ...

Musician and painter Captain Beefheart, the cavern-voiced singer, songwriter, harp player and saxophonist whose Magic Band became a key influence on rock avant gardists of all stripes, died Friday ...

From Safe as Milk in 1967 to the double dare of Trout Mask Replica two years later, from Lick My Decals Off, Baby in 1970 through to Ice Cream for Crow in 1982, he performed as a crackpot, spouting ...

Complications related to multiple sclerosis claimed the life of the musician and visual artist, who was an influence on Tom Waits, the White Stripes and 'Simpsons' creator Matt Groening. By Mitch ...

As part of KCRW’s Lost Notes, music journalist Kristine McKenna shares a story about her relationship with Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart). Subscribe to the podcast here. “There was something deeply ...