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Beefheart in Mojo and Uncut
The September issues of two UK music mags will be of interest to Beefheart fans: MOJO #226 features Mark Boston (Rockette Morton) in the ‘Hello Goodbye’Read More
Add some Beefheart to your day
Don Van Vliet died one year ago today. As much as we miss knowing he’s out there in person, his music and art are as aliveRead More
Something to look forward to
In advance of the imminent UK tour a short interview with Denny Walley has appeared in the Liverpool Echo In includes the great news that aRead More
Gary Marker interview
Here’s a treat … Gary ‘Magic’ Marker features in the latest issue of TimeMazine talking about his time with the Rising Sons, the Magic Band andRead More
Magazine tributes
It took a while for the main music mags to react to Don’s death because of their advanced editorial deadlines. Here are some of them thatRead More
Don Van Vliet tributes and fond farewells
We were very sorry to learn that Don Van Vliet passed away on Friday 17 December 2010 due to complications arising from multiple sclerosis. Tributes fromRead More
More flocks of them
The UK music magazine, Mojo, has recently published a 140+ page Frank Zappa special in their ‘Ultimate Collectors Edition’ series. Well worth checking out this hasRead More
Drumming with the Magic Band
Michael Traylor, who shared the drum stool with John French during the recent Magic Band reunion tours, is featured in the latest issue of the US-basedRead More
Twenty Fifth Century Quaker meets The Spotlight Kid
Some interesting articles have been appearing on the Associated Content website under the byline of Grant O’Neill. Grant is a pseudonym for a guy from LancasterRead More
Beefheart Through The Eyes Of Magic in UK press
I’ve just got my copy of John French’s beautiful massive tome and have been keenly devouring it in every spare moment. It’s also had some favourableRead More
And Beefheart saved Craig & other writings
The 12-year old anti-hero of Josh Lieb’s new book for young adults is a Captain Beefheart fan. I point to my beloved Captain Beefheart, a musicianRead More
Lowside of the Road – Tom Waits biography
An extract from Barney Hoskins’ new biography of Tom Waits has appeared at The Quietus. It deals with the change in Waits’ music which happened atRead More
“Beefheart’s work used to make me feel ill” – PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey’s new album A Woman A Man Walked By, recorded with long-time musical collaborator John Parish, features former Magic Band member Eric Drew Feldman onRead More
Lemme tell yuh ’bout it
Captain Beefheart at The White House The next time you’re visting The White House please do have a glance at your hosts vinyl record collection. AccordingRead More
Trout Mask Replica and the Trout House
..the secret, really, to understanding, to dwelling within, Trout Mask Replica is to make sure it’s the first record you ever hear.. Marcello Carlin wrote someRead More
Tom Waits "had the nerve to think he could sing like me"
Last night’s broadcast of Don Van Vliet’s 1993 interview with Co de Kloet, with musical accompaniment recorded in 2008 by Gary Lucas, can be heard untilRead More
Beefheart on Theme Town Radio Hour
As ‘Daffy Duck’s Rhapsody’ faded out, Bob Dylan introduced the next record on his Theme Time Radio Hour – Birds Mel Blanc did a lot ofRead More
Trout and proud
The Times divided music fans into two camps in today’s paper: critics who love music which nobody else likes (trouts, named after you know what) andRead More
Kit ‘n’ Kaboodle…
Trout Mask Replica promo pack These poems by Don Van Vliet are from a Trout Mask Replica promo pack which was recently auctioned at eBay. I amRead More
Dancing to Captain Beefheart
In June of 2007 I read a plug for “I Wanna Find Me A Woman That’ll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go” inRead More