Captain Beefheart

Jack White’s Third Man Records has announced a reissue of 'Trout Mask Replica,' the classic 1969 album by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band.

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's fifth album was a step both forward and backward.

Like his high-school pal Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart is an acquired taste.

In a few short years, Captain Beefheart had gone from making fairly conventional rough-and-tumble R&B music to creating an entirely new and previously unheard world of sound.

Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart – two of the rock era’s most original and idiosyncratic geniuses – regaled their fans with the amusingly titled (mostly) live album.

Captain Beefheart was in the middle of a late-career renaissance when he released 'Doc at the Radar Station' in August 1980.

This is one of the weirdest and wildest albums ever to be released.

Though rightly famous for 1969's 'Trout Mask Replica,' Captain Beefheart continued constructing experimental, deeply intriguing albums into the '80s.

Singer, songwriter, musician, artist, poet and all-around weirdo Don Van Vliet came up with his Captain Beefheart persona around 1964. Within a year, he had his first, and only (minor), hit, a garage-rock cover of Bo Diddley's 'Diddy Wah Diddy.' Things ...

Pioneer, artist, crazy, bluesman, rock and roller are all terms that could be tossed out to describe the late, great Don Van Vliet, aka. Captain Beefheart. His legendary recordings like 'Safe As Milk,' 'Clear Spot' and the infamous 'Trout Mask Replica' are all essential additions to the adventurous …