Captain Beefheart Concert History

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...

May 16, 1975
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention / Leslie West / Captain Beefheart / george duke
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Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
May 10, 1975
Frank Zappa & The Mothers / Captain Beefheart / Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids

Bongo Fury Tour

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Indianapolis Convention Center Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
May 06, 1975
Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention / Captain Beefheart / george duke
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Union Auditorium, Illinois State University Normal, Illinois, United States
May 03, 1975
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart
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Baltimore Civic Center Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Apr 27, 1975
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart

Bongo Fury tour

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Music Hall Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Apr 26, 1975
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention / Captain Beefheart
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Providence College Providence, Rhode Island, United States
May 26, 1974
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart
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Celebrity Theater Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Apr 11, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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Town Hall New York, New York, United States
Jun 23, 1973
Blue Oyster Cult / Captain Beefheart / Malo
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Pine Knob Music Theatre Clarkston, Michigan, United States
May 05, 1972 –
May 07, 1972
Bickershaw 1972
Grateful Dead / Donovan / Dr. John / The Kinks / Hawkwind / Wishbone Ash / Flamin' Groovies / Family / New Riders of the Purple Sage / The Incredible String Band / Country Joe McDonald / Linda Lewis / Captain Beefheart / Stackridge / Jonathan Kelly
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Preston, England, United Kingdom

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Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention / Leslie West / Captain Beefheart / george duke on May 16, 1975 [700-small]

Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention / Leslie West / Captain Beefheart / george duke
May 16, 1975
 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart on May 18, 1975 [779-small]

Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart
May 18, 1975
 Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival 1967 on Jun 10, 1967 [497-small]

Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival 1967
Jun 10 - 11, 1967
 San Francisco, California, United States
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Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival 1967 on Jun 10, 1967 [496-small]

Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival 1967
Jun 10 - 11, 1967
 San Francisco, California, United States
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Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival 1967 on Jun 10, 1967 [492-small]

Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival 1967
Jun 10 - 11, 1967
 San Francisco, California, United States
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Captain Beefheart / Alice Cooper on Mar 4, 1970 [196-small]

Captain Beefheart / Alice Cooper
Mar 4, 1970
 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Captain Beefheart / Alice Cooper on Mar 4, 1970 [139-small]

Captain Beefheart / Alice Cooper
Mar 4, 1970
 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Singer-Songwriter
Experimental
Folk Rock
Psychedelic Rock
Blues Rock
Blues
Post-Punk
Experimental Rock
Art Rock
Avant-Garde
Protopunk
Zolo
Outsider
Proto-Punk
Beat Poetry
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1972 3 concerts
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1967 3 concerts
1966 13 concerts
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Captain Beefheart had?

Captain Beefheart has had 42 concerts.

What genre is Captain Beefheart?

Captain Beefheart is most often considered to be Singer-Songwriter, Experimental, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Blues, Post-Punk, Experimental Rock, Art Rock, Avant-Garde, Protopunk, Zolo, Outsider, Proto-Punk, and Beat Poetry.

When was the last Captain Beefheart concert?

The last Captain Beefheart concert was on November 16, 1980 at Unity Hall in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom.

What setlist does Captain Beefheart play live?

The songs that Captain Beefheart performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the November 09, 1980 concert at Élysée Montmartre in Paris, Île-de-France, France:

  1. Apes-Ma
  2. Hair Pie Bake III
  3. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man
  4. Abba Zaba
  5. Hot Head
  6. Ashtray Heart
  7. Dirty Blue Gene
  8. Best Batch Yet
  9. Safe as Milk
  10. Flavor Bud Living
  11. Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
  12. One Red Rose That I Mean
  13. One Man Sentence
  14. Doctor Dark
  15. Bat Chain Puller
  16. Old Fart at Play
  17. My Human Gets Me Blues
  18. Sugar 'n' Spikes
  19. Veteran's Day Poppy
  20. Suction Prints
  21. Sheriff of Hong Kong

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