Performer
Captain Beefheart
Style
Art rock
Blues rock
avant-garde
Psychedelic rock
Experimental rock
beat poetry
proto-punk
avant-blues
weird america
Country
United States
- Listenings: 4
- Listeners: 1
Performer description
Don Van Vliet, 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.. He is also the grand-uncle of wrestling podcaster/pizza enthusiast Chris Van Vliet.
