Your guide to the books about Beefheart.

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By or about Don Van Vliet

• Beefheart: Through The Eyes Of Magic by John French
• Captain Beefheart – the biography by Mike Barnes
• Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band(s) by Benoit Delaune, 2011
• Captain Beefheart interviews and texts 1966 – 2001
• Captain Beefheart Tin Teardrop by Ken Brooks
• Captain Beefheart: The Man and His Music by Colin David Webb
• Fast & Bulbous – The Captain Beefheart Story by Ben Cruikshank
• Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism by Michel Delville and Andrew Norris
• Hungry But Weird published by Ozit
• Lunar Notes – Zoot Horn Rollo’s Captain Beefheart Experience by Bill Harkleroad with Billy James
• Pearls Before Swine. Ice Cream For Crows by Luca Ferrari
• Rhino box set: Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh by Don Van Vliet
• Rhino box set: Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh contents
• Riding Some Kind Of Unusual Skull Sleigh by W C Bamberger
• Stand Up To Be Discontinued. Die Malerei von Don van Vliet / The Art of Don van Vliet
• Stunned Mirages. Poems and Infra-grams by Don Van Vliet
• The Abba to Zappa Of Captain Beefheart compiled by Jeff Watts
• The Lives And Times Of Captain Beefheart edited by John Muir
• Trout Mask Replica by Kevin Courrier

Art catalogues

There have been a number of catalogues published to accompany exhibitions of Don’s artwork.

Fanzines

• Steal Softly Thru Snow: Captain Beefheart fanzine
• Steal Softly Thru Snow: issue by issue
• The Rylander

Related publications (include information about Captain Beefheart)

All include substantial information about Captain Beefheart.

• Bat Chain Puller: Rock & Roll in the Age of Celebrity by Kurt Loder
• Captain Beefheart / Frank Zappa Commemorative Set 1972-1975 by Freddy Bannister
• Sheik Yer Replica – Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart Disc Guide by Koji Waku
• Songs In The Key Of Z – The Curious Universe of Outsider Music by Irwin Chusid
• Stranded: Rock & Roll For A Desert Island edited by Greil Marcus
• The REAL Frank Zappa by Frank Zappa with Peter Occhiogrosso
• There Must Be A Better Way by Freddy Bannister
• Waiting For The Sun by Barney Hoskyns

Mentions of Beefheart

A quick look through a number of general music books that each include a few pages about Beefheart.