Captain Beefheart - Paul Moyer KABC-TV Eyewitness Interview (HQ)
Don van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, is interviewed by Paul Moyer for KABC-TV's Channel 7 Eyewitness News in 1980. Features a video of a rehearsal for the Doc at the Radar Station tour featuring Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man, The Smithsonian Institute Blues (or the Big Dig,) A Carrot is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond.
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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