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...
These are photos from concerts where Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Dec 3 - 5, 1978 San Francisco, California, United States Uploaded by Duchess.Of.Mirth
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band / Vegetable Buddies Nov 9, 1978 South Bend, Indiana, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Apr 27 - 29, 1978 San Francisco, California, United States Uploaded by Duchess.Of.Mirth
