Captain Beefheart R.I.P.

A moment of silence for Don Van Vliet, a/k/a Captain Beefheart, who passed away recently. The Washington Post noted his death.

He was a sixties/early seventies rock musician who played for a time with Frank Zappa until he went out on his own. I listened to CB in high school, and he was wacky, even for me. I wasn't a CB fan; he was more of a curiosity to me, and I don't buy the "avant-garde" tag hung on the Captain. However, I can still hear his vocal from "Hot Rats" in my head without trying too hard.

The image is the cover from CB's album Trout Mask Replica.