One of Ahmet Zappa’s favorite memories of Captain Beefheart is the time he called the Zappa household to relate a particularly memorable dream. “The fucking greatest [call] that ever happened to me ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Trout Mask Replica' is the most Beefheartian album that the singer himself, Don Van Vliet, ever made. - Credit: Ed Caraeff/Getty ...

Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica is finally available to stream in 24-bit hi-res from the folks at Qobuz. Frank would be proud. You can read more about the iconic album’s legacy, and how such an ...

We here at Split Record Review hope the beginning of your semester is going well, but if it’s not, maybe listening to Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band will give you some energy to keep grinding, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big – 28 tunes in one hour and 20 minutes – Trout Mask was originally released as a double album. The album features the Magic ...

Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart), vocals, soprano and alto saxophone, musette, simran horn; Bill Harkleroad (Zoot Horn Rollo), guitar, "glass finger guitar," flute on "Hobo Chang Ba"; Jeff Cotton ...