don van vliet a.k.a.
captain beefheart
concerts + radio- & tv-appearances
1958 - 1959 'lost in a whirlpool
1962 - 1963 'sessions frank zappa with don van vliet'
1963/--/-- opening night at studio z
1966/05/20 concert 'avalon ballroom', san francisco, usa
1966/05/21 concert 'avalon ballroom', san francisco, usa
1966/05/22 concert 'avalon ballroom', san francisco, usa
1966/06/17 concert 'avalon ballroom', san francisco, usa
1966/06/18 concert 'avalon ballroom', san francisco, usa
1966/08/26 concert 'avalon ballroom', san francisco, usa
1966/08/27 concert 'avalon ballroom', san francisco, usa
1972
1973
1975
1975
1977/11/19 concert « fête du partie socialiste unifiée », ‘le nouvel hippodrome - sorbonne université’, paris, france
captain beefheart/don van vliet: vocals, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet * harry duncan: harmonica * eric 'black jew/kitabo' feldman: bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer * jeff moris tepper: guitar, slide-guitar * denny walley: guitar, slide-guitar * robert 'wait for me' williams: drums, percussion
hair pie: bake III * suction prints * low yo yo stuff * bat chain puller * i wanna find a woman that 'll hold my big toe till i have to go * abba zaba * dali's car * one nest rolls after another * the dust blows forward and the dust blows back * nowadays a woman's got to hit a man * click clack * grow fins * golden birdies * electricity * a carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond * china pig * sun zoom spark * my human gets me blues * floppy boot stomp * moonlight on vermont * carson city * old black snake * pachuco cadaver * veteran's day poppy/band intro * the blimp * big eyed beans from venus
a very fine 90-minute audience recording of this concert circulates
1980
1980/12/03 concert ‘my father's place’, roslyn, ny, usa
soundcheck: including sheriff of hong kong, my human gets me blues & suction prints
captain beefheart & the magic band, fall 1978
