Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941, died December 17 2010) is an American musician and painter, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. His musical work was mainly conducted with a rotating assembly of musicians called The Magic Band, which was active between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s. Van Vliet was chiefly a singer and harmonica player, occasionally playing saxophone and keyboards. His compositions are characterized by their odd mixtures of shifting time signatures and by their surreal lyrics...
These are photos from concerts where Captain Beefheart played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Pink Floyd / The Steve Miller band / Captain Beefheart / Roy Harper / Linda Lewis Jul 5, 1975 Stevenage, England, United Kingdom Uploaded by Mr.Bassman
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart May 18, 1975 Detroit, Michigan, United States Uploaded by Rbyfield
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart May 18, 1975 Detroit, Michigan, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention / Leslie West / Captain Beefheart / george duke May 16, 1975 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention / Leslie West / Captain Beefheart / george duke May 16, 1975 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Uploaded by Walter Winsor
Frank Zappa & The Mothers / Captain Beefheart / Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids May 10, 1975 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Uploaded by Micfoltz
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention / Captain Beefheart / george duke May 6, 1975 Normal, Illinois, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart May 3, 1975 Baltimore, Maryland, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart Apr 27, 1975 Boston, Massachusetts, United States Uploaded by Steve Cohen
