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Captain Beefheart

A talented multi-instrumentalist with a rampant imagination he explored to the full, Captain Beefheart became one of rock's most left field and eccentric characters, delighting and confusing his audiences in equal measures. Growing up in California, he was a gifted child sculptor, developing an eclectic musical taste in music and a schoolboy friendship with Frank Zappa that was to prove influential throughout his career. He released his first album Safe As Milk in 1967, but when his offbeat songs and strange vocals jarred with mainstream expectations, Zappa signed Beefheart to hi...