Captain Beefheart, often also known by his real name of Don Van Vliet is/was one of the greatest idiosyncratic figures in modern Californian music. More bad luck: Beefheart was scheduled to play ...

The full story of Captain Beefheart's ill-fated Bat Chain Puller - potentially his greatest musical statement after Trout Mask Replica - has already been admirably documented in Mike Barnes's ...

“Fractious” is probably the best word to describe Captain Beefheart’s relationship with Frank Zappa. The main Mother had helped Don Van Vliet give birth to 1969’s Trout Mask ...