Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) 1972 Art Exhibition Interview at Bluecoat Gallery in Liverpool

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Vicente

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently Don didn't like color televisions at the time..This was around the time The Spotlight Kid came out.

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@donvanvliet9477 Жыл бұрын

I went to that exhibition by 'sagging off' (as we used to call it) from school. I saw Don's painting before I saw him live which was a day or two later at Liverpool Stadium. My breath was taken away on both occasions and I became a lifelong addict/fan of the great man. The paintings were for sale but not for exorbitant prices, but for a schoolboy they were way more than I could afford. I think they were just about £20, but I really couldn't be sure of that now (£20 was a very goods weeks wage back then). I don't know what my life would have been like without this genius.

@Vor_Tex_Sun 2 жыл бұрын

Guy was an absolute genius

@jonathanwhitfield2864 2 жыл бұрын

such a deep, gravelly, soothing voice

@yared8771 Жыл бұрын

He's painting style is clearly fast and bulbous

@JamminClemmons Жыл бұрын

Bulbous.....also tapered (with a tin tear drop).

@yared8771 Жыл бұрын

@@JamminClemmons that's right 👌

@JamminClemmons Жыл бұрын

@@yared8771 - Lets not get started on those blasted mascara snakes. That's the stuff of nightmares (got me)?

@yared8771 Жыл бұрын

@@JamminClemmons of course... Take my hand and come with me It's not too late for you if it's not too late for me To find my homeland

@KeizerHedorah 7 ай бұрын

zoot horn rollo was cray

@Nic-rl8po 2 жыл бұрын

Never imagined his speaking voice to sound like that. Thanks for the interesting video

@vicente8705 2 жыл бұрын

Of course

@sonofbarnsey 2 жыл бұрын

First time I've seen the "casual" side of the Captain. Very interesting

@vicente8705 2 жыл бұрын

Makes me wonder how many of these precious recordings were lost to time :(

@SaccidanandaSadasiva Жыл бұрын

A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag, is fast and bulbous, got me?

@Vor_Tex_Sun 2 ай бұрын

Gonna grow fins and live with a mermaid

@lowe-quay-shush 4 ай бұрын

If he was around now some smart animators would be making use of that great voice for a charachter.

@Squonk-200 2 ай бұрын

He actually had quite a long life, he died at the old age of sixty-nine back in 2010.

@presence5426 Жыл бұрын

Anybody know if the paintings seen in the video are named or archived?

@donvanvliet9477 Жыл бұрын

I saw that exhibition, but as I recall (taking into account the long time gap!) I do not recall them being 'named' as such. I am not sure what you mean. by 'archived', do you mean stored somewhere or scans stored on file? But in any event I dont know! Sorry. I have signed print of his, but would love an original.

@presence5426 Жыл бұрын

@@donvanvliet9477 Thanks. I guess I meant some record of the works, e.g. photos. Did you get a chance to talk to Don?

@donvanvliet9477 Жыл бұрын

@@presence5426 Yes, but not at the gallery, it was as he entered Liverpool Stadium a day or two later. I also chatted to him when the band (different personnel) came back, probably in about 1980 after Doc at the Radar Station. I am afraid to say I can't remember anything that was said (it was a long time ago!) but I do remember chatting to Eric Drew Feldman on the latter occasion and complimenting him on 'Best Batch Yet' and 'Sheriff of Hong Kong'. He was very humble. Don looked completely scared and stressed on both occasions.

@donvanvliet9477 Жыл бұрын

@@presence5426 .... should also have said that whilst I dont have any photos etc., I do recall that there was a catalogue of, if I recall correctly, about 21 paintings that I have seen on line. Let me check.

@Emlizardo 8 ай бұрын

I've got a book (Stand Up to Be Discontinued) with some of Van Vliet's paintings in it, and of course some of them appear on the covers of his records. But I haven't seen any of the paintings in this video anywhere else, and they look good. It sure would be nice if somebody gathered together a bunch of his visual work in one big, fat book.