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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 were an American band who created 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 tension combined with poor salary contributing to the br… read more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band were an American band who created music that has occasionally been dubbed "-". Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic, unbound timings, the growls and shrieks of Beefheart'… read more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band were an American band who created 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 b… read more

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1 Play track Safe As Milk I'm Glad
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 1,108 listeners
2 Play track The Big Lebowski Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
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 623 listeners
3 Play track Safe As Milk Sure 'nuff 'n Yes I Do
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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 My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
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6 Play track A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond - 2006 Digital Remaster A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond - 2006 Digital Remaster
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7 Play track The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot Too Much Time
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8 Play track Safe As Milk Electricity
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9 Play track Safe As Milk Where There's Woman
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10 Play track Safe As Milk Abba Zaba
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Albums

  1. 351,589 listeners

    1 Jun 1967 · 12 tracks

    Safe As Milk
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  2. 211,427 listeners

    16 Jun 1969 · 28 tracks

    Trout Mask Replica
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  3. 100,759 listeners

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    Clear Spot
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    Blue Jeans And Moonbeams
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