Captain Beefheart

Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) was born on January 15, 1941.His place of birth was Glendale, California. Don joined the Magic Band in 1965 and quickly became the band's leader. Some of the Magic Band's most genius peices of art include Trout Mask Replica, Safe as Milk, Doc at the Radar Station, the Spotlight Kid, Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), Ice Cream for Crow, and I may be hungry but I sure ain't weird.

"I don't want to sell my music. I'd like to give it away because where I got it, you didn't have to pay for it." Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet)

- from www.beefheart.com