Captain Beefheart Discography
Magic Band Members' Discographies
Victor Hayden
aka The Mascara Snake
Victor was Don's cousin, and seems to have been an unusual character. He had artistic pretensions but wasn't a musician. He hung around with Don and the band on and off in the early years to such an extent that he became a member of the band for a short while.
He played bass clarinet on Trout Mask Replica - possibly only on Hair Pie Bake 1 - and was part of the one-off incarnation of the Magic Band that played the Amougies Festival in 1969. This was the extent of his musical involvement although he was apparently going to be part of the new Magic Band put together in 1976 (but nothing came of it). He is also, of course, fondly remembered for the 'fast 'n' bulbous' spoken word piece with Don on Trout Mask.
His main artistic interest has been painting, an example of which appeared on the cover of the Bluejeans and Moonbeams album.
In 1991 he produced a large poster ad for Absolut Vodka. Take a look at it here - http://absolutad.com/absolut_gallery/singles/pictures/?id=2131&_s=singles/
I have found references to exhbitions of his paintings at
- The Emporium Gallery in Encinitas (date unknown)
- The Time Is Always Now in New York (2002?)
- The Forgotten Works Gallery in Seattle (2004). This one seems to have been showing excerpts from a graphic novel he had written and illustrated.
He seems to have spent much of his life living in the Seattle area in small isolated communities or even totally on his own as he doesn't much care for the modern world.
Pamela des Barres (ex-GTO and infamous groupie) cites Victor, who she calls her 'forever friend', as the person who completely changed her view on life.
There is a website - The Victor Hayden Experience http://kevindelaney2.tripod.com/victor/index.html - which includes an interview with Victor by Kevin Delaney. I did talk to Kevin about a this interview a few years back and he told me that Victor was not interested in discussing his connection with Don and the Magic Band. It's still worth checking out though.
The site that had examples of Victor's artwork is no longer online so here are a few of his rather odd paintings.
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