Guest book » Guestbook part 15: 2005

For the first time I heard about Captain Beefheart in 1970. A friend showed me the album “Mirror Man”. I never heard such a stuff before – and after. My favourite is “Tarotplane”. This is one of my favourite songs.

An old fan. Just discovered this site: Wonderful!!

hi. Nice Site. Greetings from Germany.

Hi Don loads of love Tom

It don’t get any better than TMR

I’ve been a Beefheart fan since 1967 when I heard Safe as Milk. Very pleased to see your site and will keep you in my bookmarks. All the Best. Bob

much influence on me in many ways. in conversation after an 80’s zappa with c.b. show, he was most interested in the behavior of the catfish on the bottom of the kanawha river sliding by just outside the arena. taught me something about fishing for ideas.

Who played the lead picking style guitar on big eyed beans? Its way cool.

back of the singabus

I spoke with Captain Beefheart after his concert at The Guthrie Theater with opening act by Ry Cooder’s band, Trout Mask Replica era. He was in a happy mood, standing on the stage talking to those of us who came to chat. I asked if Frank Zappa was “the man who starved him” (a line from an interview which had just appeared in, I think, Rolling Stone). He said, “Yup.” He also said the P.A. was not very good, although I had not at all been upset with the mix from where I sat in the audience. I remember telling him that the concert was great. Fast forward to 1973 in England, at Oxford Polytechnic. A bluesier and really fun concert, where he had Rockette Morton give him “a ride” across stage. Prior to the show I had been roundly criticized by a local in the audience because I praised Zappa’s production job on Trout Mask Replica. My antagonist thought it was abysmal production. Finally, I was at a concert post- Doc at the Radar Station in Minneapolis (Nibs?) where some jerk yelled “Beefheart, you’ re a has-been.” Don stopped the tune midway and yelled out “Who said that, WHO SAID THAT?” He glared straight at ME, and I tried to indicate it was not I who had said it. He defended himself and the concert proceeded. A most sad occurence, later written about in a song by a local band. Thanks for your site.

Thank you so very much for your music, Captain Beefheart! I bought “Trout Mask Replica” very long ago.. It’s still one of my favorite albums.. Oh Captian, my Captain.. Send my regards to Jan

The music of Captain Beefheart means so much to me!! When I first heard Trout Mask Replica I felt so alive!!I’m not sure how people can not like Beefheart, one of the most talented bands ever!!

tell don im ready to do the next phase of trout mask ive broke the secret code that the knocked up nuns had on it

To the Beefheart affeciandos…safe as milk in your papa’s drawer….keep the excellent work on this website up…digit. Hail Argon, Free Freon

Great Site

nice site

I am happy to see continued interest in the Captain. He is a genius. I am very lucky to have a poster autographed by Don Van Vliet and the entire Magic Band from 1980. It is one of my most prized possesions. Great Web Site. Thank You.

The Captain is a nut, but a brilliant, shining nut!

Beefheart Zappa are the best

Hello just wanna say I am a musician from england and I have been massivley influenced by captain beefhearts music, love his clarinet playing, he’s a natural virtuoso. It’s a shame he ever gave up recording music, hope he’s well! The world needs more unique music, live long and prosper mr beefheart. I’d love to hear him sing one last time.

Great site, with a mass of information and many mysteries solved: especially Bermann.

Excellent music! Just found out that you played this good original music and the thing you said about selling your music, that was indeed nice. Well I believe one day that we actually gonna live in a world like that, what I meent with that was that we are all going to live in a world filled with joy, happiness and Love.

Hoo-rawww!

I am first and a foremost a Sparks fan. Much like Sparks, Captain Beefhearts’ output is idiosyncratic, diverse and seems to defy classification. Beefheart has a loyal, devoted cult following – again just like Sparks. Ron & Russell Mael of Sparks rule, but Dan Van Vliet has a big place in my heart too.

Been a fan for years – took 15year old guitar playing son to see The Magic Band at Stoke last Sunday. AWESOME ! Son totally amazed, even more so after brief chat with John “Drumbo” French. An absolute gentleman and killer drummer who’s lovely attitude to the music and the fans has won my son over.

This is for Don, “Don, It’s been a long time my friend. Hope all is well with you. Go to this site and check it out www.theantelopes.com. If you would like an invite to the site let em know and I will send you one, just need your email address.

the bbc docu… on beefheart is the greates hour i ever seen . seek it out i can burn it fot you

I saw Captain Beefheart perform at Bowling Green University in Ohio in..maybe…1972. They were a warmup band for Jethro Tull during Tull’s Thick As A Brick tour and Tull was boring and dull in comparison. I’ve never forgotten that performance and I still have Beefheart’s old Vinyl LPs for keepsakes. Blessed Be!

First time at this site. Well done. Also want to brag that I have a poster of the Captain and M.B. from 1980 AUTOGRAPHED BY ALL !!!!!

sweeping & sweeping

Just seen Magic Band here – what a treat! Respectful acknowledgements to the Captain, John Peel et al were made. The gig was timeless, thanks for waking up this small English town for a night boys.

The Magic Band in Stourbridge on Tuesday evening was amazing, well it was once the sound engineer got the vocal loud enough but the drums were too loud all night….what is it with sound engineers…listen to the music.

Hey dudes and dudesses. I´m just writing to say that Trout Mask Replica, in my mind is one of the best albums of all time. There is no greater rock ´n´ roll than Moonlight On Vermont.

I met Beefheart at a press conference for “Ice Cream for Crow”…at Warner Bros Records, LA – he signed a baseball for me and let me use his small tape recorder (mine was squeeking) Most of the question and answer business was conducted in darkness…he’s a good fella I used to have the cassettes from that afternoon, but lost them

wow…great site for greater artist !!!

Great site. I like your music, and my son too, particularly Safe As Milk. It makes him laugh and dance (he’s 3 years old).. Thank you.

“LICK MY DECALLS OFF BABY!” where are we? who are we? where is he? where is that bastard?

Well… I just heard Beefheart for the first time today… I heard Tropical Hotdog Night… And you know what? It blew my fuckin’ mind. Awesome stuff, and I plan on looking more into this music.

Poetry and blues!

I’m overdue here. Magnetic man earned his wings about 22 years ago.

So I’m playing Trout Mask, and my five-year-old puts hands over both ears, saying “dad, turn that off! It sounds like a spider started singing!”

I love your album “Safe As Milk” since many, many years!