Captain

composition by Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart


painting: "Red Cloud Monkey"
by  Don Van Vliet

"What are we gonna do with you?"--Don Van Vliet

recorded by David Lynch specially for Gary Lucas' 
"Beefheart Night at the Knit" 
Captain Beefheart Tribute
at the Knitting Factory NYC
April 9th 2008
special thanks to Dusty Wright

painting: "One Bent One Straight" 
by Don Van Vliet 
oil on canvas

"Pena"--composition by Don Van Vliet read by David Lynch

track from the celebrated album THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
on Knitting Factory Records
website: http://bit.ly/28UOjHT
Nona Hendryx--vocals Gary Lucas--guitars    
Jesse Krakow--bass    Jordan Shapiro--keyboards   Richard Dworkin--drums
Produced by Gary Lucas and Jesse Krakow
Recorded at Eastside Sound Studio NYC 
Engineered by Marc Urselli-Schaerer

"Sun Zoom Spark"---The World of Captain Beefheart feat. Nona Hendryx and Gary Lucas

melody and poem extemporized by Don Van Vliet 
a/k/a Captain Beefheart

painting: "World Crawled Over the Razor" by Don Van Vliet
1985
oil on canvas

"The World Crawled Over The Razor Blade"--Don Van Vliet

spoken word piece extemporized by Don Van Vliet 
a/k/a Captain Beefheart

painting:
"Last of a Dying Breed" by Don Van Vliet
acrylic and oil on paper
1982
cover of Conjunctions Magazine issue #3

"The I Saw Shop"--Don Van Vliet

spoken word composition by Don Van Vliet

painting: "Untitled" Don Van Vliet 1985

"The Sand Failure"--Don Van Vliet

spoken word composition extemporized by Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)

painting: "Dream Sloth" by Don Van Vliet
1988
oil on canvas

"Flat Mattress"--Don Van Vliet

poem extemporized by Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)

painting: "Whalebone Farmhouse" by Don Van Vliet
1986
oil on canvas

"Parachoke Stare"--Don Van Vliet

an out-take from "The Spotlight Kid"

words and music by Don Van Vliet

Don Van Vliet--vocals, harmonica
Zoot Horn Rolo--guitar
Rockette Morton--bass
Artie Tripp III--drums

Little Scratch--Captain Beefheart

An off-the-cuff spontaneous improvisation by Don Van Vliet recorded in Gary Lucas' apartment in the West Village of Manhattan the night after Don's second appearance on the David Letterman Show in July 1982.

Subjects deal with Reagan's then Secretary of the Interior James Watt... the shoddy/shady mysteries of the water works of NYC... alopecia ariata and Don's resemblance to a "de-jeweled Korla Pondit"...

and the song "Hearts Aren't That Casual"...

"Nudes with Boas Tricks" --painting by Don Van Vliet

RIP Jan. 15th 1941--Dec. 17th 2010

words and music by Don Van Vliet

"Hearts Aren't That Casual"--Don Van Vliet

spoken word composition extemporized by Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)

Guitars, Wood Guitars--Don Van Vliet

A five minute teaser excerpt from the hour-long album "I HAVE A CAT"--the last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) conducted over the phone in 1993 by Dutch producer Co de Kloet, and set to music by acclaimed avant-guitarist and former Beefheart guitar soloist Gary Lucas--originally recorded for national Dutch radio NPS
Now Available for digital download from Okaymusic https://okaymusic.myshopify.com

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"I Have a Cat" excerpt--Don Van Vliet interview w/ Co de Kloet set to music by Gary Lucas

a track from the new album THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
featuring Nona Hendryx and Gary Lucas
with
Jesse Krakow--bass
Jordan Shapiro--keyboards
Richard Dworkin--drums
produced by Gary Lucas and Jesse Krakow
written by Don Van Vliet and Herb Bermann

"Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes I Do"--The World of Captain Beefheart feat. Nona Hendryx & Gary Lucas

from their new album on Knitting Factory Records
Nona Hendryx--vocals
Gary Lucas--guitar
Jesse Krakow--bass
Jordan Shapiro--keyboards
Richard Dworkin-drums
background vocals--Kiki Hawkins and Keith Fluitt
Produced by Gary Lucas and Jesse Krakow
Drawing by Joan Chiverton

"Her Eyes are a Blue Millon Miles"--Nona Hendryx and Gary Lucas THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

"Seaweed Beard Foam Bone Tree"--Don Van Vliet

Original song by Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart 

recorded in Gary Lucas' apartment in the West Village of Manhattan the day after Don appeared on the David Letterman Show for the second time summer 1982

part two of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" posted herein

Title used for the first Fast 'N' Bulbous album (Cuneiform) in homage to Captain Beefheart

RIP DON VAN VLIET 
1/15/41--12/17/10

Skol in a Hole--Don Van Vliet

extemporized by Don Van Vliet live on the Hampton Jitney on a trip to Bridgehampton with Gary Lucas 7/83


painting by Don Van Vliet
"Stagecoach to Hell"

"Luxury Crunch"--Don Van Vliet

recorded in Gary Lucas' apartment NYC
 the night after Don appeared on David Letterman for the second time August 1983

composition by Don Van Vliet

painting
"Sixteen Chrome"
by Don Van Vliet

"Let's Get to the Good and Go"--Don Van Vliet

original composition by Don Van Vliet 
photo: Don on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine May 14th 1970
Read the interview with him here: https://rol.st/2MmrZuH

"Away From Survival"--Don Van Vliet

Original song by Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart
recorded in Gary Lucas' apartment in the West Village Manhattan the day after Don appeared on the David Letterman Show for the second time

Title used for the first Fast 'N' Bulbous album (Cuneiform) in homage to Captain Beefheart

RIP DON VAN VLIET
1/15/41--12/17/10

Captain

David L. Bohnsack