Captain Beefheart
USA
Born: 15 January 1941
Died: 17 December 2010
Genres: Pop/Rock, Blues, Avant-Garde
Styles: Blues-Rock, Electric Texas Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Rock & Roll/Roots, Experimental, Modern Composition, Proto-Punk, Hard Rock, Punk/New Wave, Experimental Rock, Art-Rock/Experimental, Psychedelic, Psychedelic/Garage
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Born Don Vliet, Captain Beefheart was one of modern music's true innovators. The owner of a remarkable four-and-a-half-octave vocal range, he employed idiosyncratic rhythms, absurdist lyrics, and an unholy alliance of free jazz, Delta blues, latter-day classical music, and rock & roll to create a singular body of work virtually unrivaled in its daring and fluid creativity. While he never came even remotely close to mainstream success, Beefheart's impact was incalculable, and his fingerprints were all over punk, new wave, and post-rock. Don Vlie...
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