Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

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Years Active
1965 – 1982 (17 years)
Founded In
Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band was an American experimental rock band formed in Lancaster, California in 1964. They made music that has occasionally been dubbed "-". Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic, unbound timings, the growls and shrieks of Beefheart's vocals and his surreal, poetic lyrics. Throughout their career, the band's musical direction was tightly controlled by Don Van Vliet (1941 - 2010), aka Captain Beefheart, who subjected the band to intense regimes of rehearsal; this … read more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band was an American experimental rock band formed in Lancaster, California in 1964. They made music that has occasionally been dubbed "-". Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic, u… read more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band was an American experimental rock band formed in Lancaster, California in 1964. They made music that has occasionally been dubbed "-". Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic, unbound timings, the growls and shrieks of Beefheart's vocals and hi… read more

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2 Play track Safe As Milk I'm Glad
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3 Play track The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
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4 Play track Safe As Milk Zig Zag Wanderer
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5 Play track The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot Too Much Time
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6 Play track Safe As Milk Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes, I Do
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8 Play track Blue Jeans And Moonbeams Observatory Crest
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9 Play track The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot Low Yo Yo Stuff
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10 Play track The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot Clear Spot
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    1 Jun 1967 · 12 tracks

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