Waiting at the bar by Tom Ellis
Tom Ellis’ story of a wasted opportunity. I have been listening since Safe As Milk, and fondly remember my days in the sixties when I worked quite hard to become comfortable with a trio of artists –...
View ArticleThe Power Of Big Eyed Beans by Eric
Eric tells his story of a meeting with the Captain and how he came to be the proud owner of a Don Van Vliet sketch. Some of the finer points of this tail may be a little out due to memory loss… but...
View ArticleLove Over Gold by D. Whitney Quinn
D. Whitney Quinn witnesses a stage invasion at a Magic Band gig. I have had the pleasure of seeing Beefheart at least a dozen times between 1972 and 1980, starting with “Clear Spot” line-up. The first...
View ArticleA Meeting With The 25th Century Quaker by Danny Houston
An example of the Captain’s often enormous hospitality from Danny Houston. There used to be a great club in Glasgow, Scotland called The Maryland, and the owner Willie Cuthbertson (one of the great...
View Article“Bong? Oh, Fury!” by Dennis Allen
Dennis recalls the time when Don would regularly pop by to visit. In 1981, a friend and I were shopping for spirits at a “liquor supermarket” in Lancaster, California by the name of “Liquor Barn” (My...
View ArticleReagan Is The Back Of A Horse by Robert Cloos
Robert writes about seeing The Magic Band in the Netherlands, and meeting Don. I first got to know about Captain Beefheart through the music of Frank Zappa. I didn’t know what to do with this strange...
View ArticleBluejeans & Ruined Dreams by John McGuiness
I am writing to you from my home in Colorado around midnight. I have been a longtime Cap’n B fan (since 1972) when I first had my reality changed by way of Lick My Decals Off. I was only 15 at the time...
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Miss Lobell To Marry…Capt. Don Van Vliet Beefheart, USAF?
This curious oddity was a prank that first appeared in a Baltimore Maryland newspaper, The Sun, on 8th September 1973. The autographed version that you see below later appeared in an underground...
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Flyer for 1971 Austin Texas shows
This flyer was kindly sent along by Ken Shaddock who was lucky enough to be at the gig… Ken writes: Back in early ’71, CB&TMB toured through Austin, Texas. This is the flyer for that concert. I...
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Keystone Korner 1976 gig poster
Sent to me by Charles Holzhauer, from a show on 5th December 1976 at Todd Barkan’s Keystone Korner in San Francisco. Featuring (as you can see) a Van Vliet sketch. Charles wrote about this evening: My...
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