Results for Captain BeefheartLed by Don Van Vliet, a teenage friend of Frank Zappa's, Captain Beefheart had a hard time getting its musical career off the ground. The band is distinguished by remarkable vocals, strongly influenced by Howlin' Wolf and Little Richard. Frank Zappa offered Beefheart a chance to record for his label, Straight Records, giving them the same sort of freedom that Andy Warhol gave the Velvet Underground. Critic Lester Bangs called Beefheart "the only true Dadaist in rock." Always at odds with the business of making music and sensing that he had stopped breaking ground, Captain Beefheart retired in 1983 to concentrate on sculpture and painting. His artwork now sells in the range of $40,000 per piece, and he rarely discusses his earlier adventures.“more
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by Denise Sullivan•January 7, 2009•
The apocalyptic, broke-down sound comes quite naturally to this band from the otherwise tony Westside; four-fifths of them hail from the beach cities of Santa Monica and Venice, California (the drummer's from the Valley). "It's like we're remembering music," explains singer Kris Hutson of the band's rickety and charred sound. The group runs on old and new world juxtapositions, a little like a biodiesel-fueled jalopy would.
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by Jeff Wilson•November 19, 2008•
The White Album was probably the only serious candidate for an underground station—that or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Although none of its songs were hits, Pepper’s generally had more of a pop sound than The White Album, and because at that point the wow factor associated with Pepper’s was still fresh, it got much more press. Of all the Beatles records, The White Album seemed the most
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by Denise Sullivan•August 13, 2008•
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and teller of tall tales, Gramps has spent a lifetime plundering the treasures of the old world, told and untold, ever since he was a young man—probably the youngest person on the planet to have ever gone by the sobriquet Gramps (that's where the Baby comes in). These days, as back then, he keeps alive early 20th century standards like "Teddy Bears' Picnic", "St. James Infirmary", and "Big Rock Candy Mountain" along with lesser-known
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by Adam Bunch•June 4, 2008•
1967 was supposed to be the year the Chocolate Watchband finally made it big. They had spent the last couple of years gradually climbing their way to the top
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by Denise Sullivan•July 25, 2007•
A band’s van can reveal a thing or two about the musicians who travel in it, so I decided to ask Pearlene’s soul-filled singer, songwriter and guitarist, Reuben Glaser...
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7/30/2008
Why is there nothing on Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Only Dylan was a bigger
influence on today's music....
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10/6/2007
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Hey Mr. BB,
Thats great news!! The more mahavishnu the better. I was...
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10/6/2007
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Hey Mr. BB,
Thats great news!! The more mahavishnu the better. I was wondering, is there...
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8/28/2007
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[quote user="MR ROBOTO"]Are you referring to these Mothers: the...
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6/6/2007
june 17-20th 1967 the summer of LOVE.... now show me some love... put out some original CANNED HEAT..WITH THE ORIGINAL...
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