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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although Captain Beefheart would never have a mainstream radio hit, he was such an underground icon that he appeared on ...

Don Van Vliet, who recorded under the name Captain Beefheart, died on Friday, at the age of 69. I'm sure a lot of people who heard the news were only vaguely aware of him as an influential, ...

Ever miss an un-missable concert? It’s one of those pangs that lingers, fixed like a stamp on the back of your skull. It’s a bad taste in your mouth that never leaves, a constant reminder of how your ...

Rare Performance of ‘60s Underground Rock Icon Found 50 Years Later originally appeared on Parade. There has never been a musician quite like Captain Beefheart. Born Don Van Vilet, the avant-garde ...