Biografía de Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Donovan Alexis "Captain Beefheart" von German Jr., nació el 11 de enero de 1941 en Glendale (California), y creció en Lancaster. Aprendió a tocar la armónica a los siete años, influenciado por artistas como Sonny Terry y Brownie McGhee. En su adolescencia, comenzó a experimentar con el saxofón y la guitarra.
En 1964, formó Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band en Lancaster. El grupo se caracterizaba por un estilo musical desconocido y experimental, que combinaba elementos de blues, rock, jazz y música tribal. Su primer álbum, "Safe as Milk", publicado en 1967, fue un éxito comercial y crítico.
A lo largo de su carrera, el grupo lanzó álbumes como "Strictly Personal" (1968), "Trout Mask Replica" (1969) y "Lick My Decals Off, Baby" (1970). Estos trabajos son considerados clásicos del rock experimental. Su música era compleja y desafiante, con armonías disonantes, ritmos irregulares y letras surrealistas.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band obtuvieron reconocimiento en el mundo de la música por su innovación y originalidad. En 1972, fueron nominados a un Grammy por su álbum "Clear Spot". Sin embargo, su carrera se vio interrumpida en 1980 debido a problemas de salud del líder del grupo.
En 1982, Beefheart anunció que el Magic Band se disolvería y que no grabaría más música. En 1994, falleció debido a complicaciones derivadas de la enfermedad de Parkinson.
La música de Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band ha tenido un gran impacto cultural. Su legado incluye influir a artistas como Tom Waits, PJ Harvey y Radiohead. En 2010, el grupo fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll. Actualmente, su música sigue siendo apreciada por los amantes del rock experimental.
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- A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit (Live)
- A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
- A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets to a Diamond (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets to a Diamond (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Abba Zaba
- Abba Zaba (Live 1968)
- Abba Zaba (Live)
- Abba Zaba (Mono)
- Abba Zabba (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- Abba Zabba (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Abba Zabba (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Abba Zabba (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Abba Zabba (Live)
- Ah Feel Like Ahcid
- Alice in Blunderland (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Alice in Blunderland (Live)
- Apes-Ma
- Apes-Ma (LP Version)
- Ashtray Heart (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Ashtray Heart (Live)
- Autumn's Child
- Autumn's Child (Mono)
B
- Bat Chain Puller
- Bat Chain Puller (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- Bat Chain Puller (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Bat Chain Puller (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Bat Chain Puller (Live)
- Bat Chain Puller (Remastered LP Version)
- Bat Chain Puller / Apes-Ma (Live)
- Be Your Dog (Live)
- Beatle Bones 'N Smokin' Stones (Live 1968)
- Beatle Bones N' Smokin' Stones
- Beatles Bones and Smoking Stones (Live)
- Bellerin' Plain
- Bellerin' Plain (Live)
- Best Batch Yet (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Best Batch Yet (Live)
- Big Black Baby Shoes (Instrumental)
- Big Eyed Beans from Venus
- Big Eyed Beans From Venus (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Big Eyed Beans From Venus (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Big Eyed Beans From Venus (Live)
- Bluejeans and Moonbeams
- Brickbats
C
- Call on Me (Mono)
- Candle Mambo (Album Version)
- Captain’s Holiday
- Cardboard Cut Out Sundown (2006 Digital Remaster)
- Carson City (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- China Pig (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Circumstances
- Clear Spot
- Click Clack (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Crazy Little Thing
- Crazy Little Things (Live)
D
- Dali's Car (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Dali’s Car (Live)
- Dali’s Claw (Live)
- Deserts of time (Live)
- Diddy Wah Diddy
- Dirty Blue Gene (Instrumental)
- Dirty Blue Gene (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Dirty Blue Jean (Live)
- Doctor Dark
- Doctor Dark (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Doctor Dark (Live)
- Dropout Boggie (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- Dropout Boogie (Live)
- Dropout Boogie (Mono)
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F
G
H
- Hair Pie Bake III (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Hair Pie Bake III (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Harry Irene
- Harry Irene (Live)
- Harry Irene (LP Version)
- Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
- Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (Live)
- Here I Am I Always Am
- Hey Garland I Dig Your Tweed Coat (2006 Digital Remaster)
- Hot Head (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Hot Head (Live)
I
- I Love You, You Big Dummy
- I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go
- I'm A King Bee (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- I'm Glad (Mono)
- I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Ice Cream For Crow (2006 Digital Remaster)
- Ice Rose (Live)
- Ice Rose (LP Version)
- Ink Mathematics (2006 Digital Remaster)
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M
- Mirror Man (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Mirror Man (Live)
- Moody Liz
- Moonlight on Vermont (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- Moonlight on Vermont (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Moonlight On Vermont (Live)
- My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
- My Human Gets Me Blues (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- My Human Gets Me Blues (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- My Human Gets Me Blues (Live)
N
- Natchez Burning (Live)
- Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man
- Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (Live)
- Nowdays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
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- Observatory Crest
- Odd Jobs
- Old Black Snake (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Old Black Snake (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Old Fart at Play (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- Old Fart At Play (Live)
- Old Folks Boogie (Live)
- On Tomorrow
- On Tomorrow (Instrumental)
- One Nest Rolls After Another (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- One Red Rose That I Mean
- One Red Rose That I Mean (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Orange Claw Hammer (Live)
- Owed T' Alex
- Owed T'Alex (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- Owed T'Alex (Remastered LP Version)
- Owed T’Alex (Live)
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- Safe As Milk
- Safe As Milk (Live 1968)
- Safe as Milk (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- Safe As Milk (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Safe As Milk (Live)
- Safe As Milk (Take 12)
- Safe As Milk (Take 5)
- Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top (Live)
- Sax and drum duet (Live)
- Seam Crooked Sam
- Semi Multicoloured Caucasian (2006 Digital Remaster)
- Sheriff of Hong Kong (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Sheriff Of Hong Kong (Live)
- Skeleton Makes Good (2006 Digital Remaster)
- Son Of Mirror Man - Mere Man
- Space-Age Couple
- Suction Prints (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Suction Prints (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Suction Prints (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Suction Prints (Live)
- Suction Prints (LP Version)
- Sugar and Spikes (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- Sugar and Spikes (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Sugar Bowl (Live)
- Sugarmamma (Live From The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, 3/3/1973)
- Sun Zoom Spark
- Sun Zoom Spark (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes, I Do
- Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes, I Do (Mono)
- Sure 'Nuff & Yes I Do (Live 1968)
- Sweet Georgia Brown (Live)
T
- Tarotplane
- The Blimp (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- The Buggy Boogie Woogie
- The Clouds Are Full of Wine (Not Whiskey or Rye)
- The Dust Blows Forward, The Dust Blows Back Kandy Korn (Live from Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit, 11/12/1980)
- The Dust Blows Forward, The Dust Blows Back Kandy Korn (Live From Le Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris 19/11/1977)
- The Floppy Boot Stomp (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- The Floppy Boot Stomp (Live)
- The Floppy Boot Stomp (LP Version)
- The Host The Ghost The Most Holy O (2006 Digital Remaster)
- The Past Sure Is Tense (2006 Digital Remaster)
- The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or the Big Dig)
- The Thousandth And Tenth Day Of The Human Totem Pole (2006 Digital Remaster)
- The Witch Doctor Life (2006 Digital Remaster)
- This Is The Day (Live)
- Too Much Time
- Tropical Hot Dog Night (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- Tropical Hot Dog Night (Live)
- Tropical Hot Dog Night (Remastered LP Version)
- Trust Us
- Trust Us (Live 1968)
- Trust Us (Take 6)
- Trust Us (Take 9)
- Twist Ah Luck
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W
- Well (Live at My Father's Place 1978)
- Well (Live)
- When Big Joan Sets Up (Live)
- When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy (Live)
- When I See Mommy, I Feel Like A Mummy (LP Version)
- When It Blows It Stacks (Live)
- Where There's Woman
- Where There's Woman (Mono)
- Who Do You Think You're Fooling
- Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop
- Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop (Live)

