Captain Beefheart Dies at 69

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Terrible!! Very sad day. I first got into the Captain through my brother. R. I. P. Wille The ****!

:****: :wa
 

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Man, I was just going onto the main Beefheart fan website to look at the news updates and I saw a BBC link with an obituary and I literally had to double-take at it. I'm pretty shocked to be honest, didn't expect that.

My favourite artist of all time ever since I first listened to his music a few years ago, theres just nothing else like Beefheart and this is a sad day for music, a true musical genius gone.

R.I.P. Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart
 

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RIP TO A GREAT ARTIST:(:(

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Truly original,and truly influential. R.I.P C.B.

Here's to C.B :cheers2:cheers2.

:cheers2 Bryter.
 

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Tom Waits on the good Captain...

"He was like the scout on a wagon train. He was the one who goes ahead and shows the way. He was a demanding bandleader, a transcendental composer (with emphasis on the dental), up there with Ornette, Sun Ra and Miles. He drew in the air with a burnt stick. He described the indescribable. He's an underground stream and a big yellow blimp.

"I will miss talking to him on the phone. We would describe what we saw out of our windows. He was a rememberer. He was the only one who thought to bring matches. He's the alpha and the omega. The high water mark. He's gone and he won't be back."
 

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Well another good one has gone whilst the world is rife with bad people, I don't understand. Captain Beefheart was a "one off" and will probably never see anyone like him again. R.I.P.

:cheers::rip:
 

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