Captain

beerfart

music

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

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

from his 1992 album "Gods and Monsters"

written by Syd Barrett

Gary Lucas--guitars, vocals
Rolo McGinty--lead vocals, keyboards
recorded and mixed by Harold Burgon at Elephant Studios London
photo of Gary Lucas copyright Anton Corbijn, from his book "Star Trak"

Gods and Monsters

"Astronomy Dominé"--Gary Lucas & Rolo McGinty

"Seaweed Beard Foam Bone Tree"--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

Doctor Dark's cover of the Captain Beefheart song "Ella Guru" performed live at Best video Performance Space in Hamden, CT.

DOCTOR DARK - Ella Guru

Peaceful Drums

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

"Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind"-- Don Van Vliet NYC 7/83

gary@garylucas.com