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Fan Request: Captain Beefheart's Last Appearance With Dave | Letterman — DeepCutsArchive
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Fan Friday Request:" "Hi Letterman YouTube can you please post the interview Captain Beefheart did with Dave? The second one where he was wearing black. It's probably one of the last appearances of the man on camera! Thanks for all this amazing work on the channel - it is more than appreciated! -- Nicholas" (From "Late Night," air date: 8/17/83) If you have a clip you’d like to see, email us at whoaskedforit@gmail.com #fanfriday #captainbeefheart #letterman Subscribe to Letterman: https://bit.ly/3GeOIAg Follow Letterman on Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidLetterman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letterman/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Letterman TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@letterman Welcome to the Letterman YouTube Channel, home to all your favorite clips from Late Night and Late Show - as well as conversations with the writers, producers and performers who helped make it all happen. And for those of you who like Miscellaneous, you may very well find some Miscellaneous here.

About Captain Beefheart

Don Van Vliet (; born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010), known by his stage name Captain Beefheart, was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist. Conducting a rotating ensemble known as the Magic Band, he recorded 13 studio albums between 1967 and 1982. His music blended elements of blues, free jazz, rock, and avant-garde composition with idiosyncratic rhythms, absurdist wordplay, and Vliet's gravelly singing voice with a wide vocal range. Know...

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