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Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Glendale, USCountry, Rock, Others, Folk, Punk
104.8m all-time streams (29 Jul '26)
Born Don Van Vliet, Captain Beefheart was one of modern music's true innovators.
The owner of a remarkable four-and-one-half octave vocal range, he employed idiosyncratic rhythms, absurdist lyrics and an unholy alliance of free jazz, Delta blues, latter-day classical music and rock & roll to create a singular body of work virtually unrivalled in its daring and fluid creativity.
The owner of a remarkable four-and-one-half octave vocal range, he employed idiosyncratic rhythms, absurdist lyrics and an unholy alliance of free jazz, Delta blues, latter-day classical music and rock & roll to create a singular body of work virtually unrivalled in its daring and fluid creativity.
