Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do is the first track on Safe as Milk, the 1967 debut album by Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band. Not a suprise on an album heavily influenced by delta blues, the opening bars of Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do are based on the delta blues standard Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (also known as If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day). The opening lyric, «Well I was born in the desert(…)», quotes New Minglewood Blues, an early version of Rollin’ and Tumblin’ by Cannon's Jug Stompers. Don Van Vliet was actually born in the Mojave Desert. Captain Bee… read more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band was an American band who created music that has occasionally been dubbed "avant garde-blues". 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 bre… read more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band was an American band who created music that has occasionally been dubbed "avant garde-blues". Their music was characterized by bluesy melodi… read more
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band was an American band who created music that has occasionally been dubbed "avant garde-blues". Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic, … read more