Yes. Associate of Frank Zappa, or friend would have been the appropriate term.

@@Matty88K Peer, member of the cohort, in the pantheon.

You would be correct.

Their relationship was beautiful and they pushed each other to musical greatness - Frank recording Trout Mask, in one take, was the peak of their creative artistry for me.

He had one of the best rythm and blues voices also and so much character and humor

Did he say any words? I couldn't understand anything he "said".

That is makes me pretty sad. Because the captain was ill, I don't know if he could speak very well

Stay away from tobacco, y'all... Don was into cigarettes, like many of his generation. I'm not sure what kind, but they did a number on him. Him and hundreds of thousands of other people, from Warner Oland (lung cancer at the age of 58, in 1938) to Humphrey Bogart (throat cancer at the age of 58, 1957) to President Dwight Eisenhower (heart attack, 1950s [though I admit that his former frequent smoking might not have been the only factor]) to my uncle Eddie (died shoveling snow.)

@@101Volts He had MS. People die, get over it.

@@shirleymental4189 Tobacco does exacerbate MS a lot.

Seems like we're actually moving further and further away

More like 1000!

About 50k$ each I think

Reminds me of great Dire Straits song "In the Gallery." Post mortem recognition, too late for the artist, has happened all through history. Van Gogh could tell you.

Revered throughout the boneknob land.

Neat, well here's a second-hand thanks for your archival!

yes Peter, and to think he lived 20 more yrs. the latter yrs must have been not too good for him i dont think. a true genius. one of the few only.

Really sad...

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+hospodyn Yeah, why would they interview him and only use a second of the clip?!

+Mr.DC24 you can read more into the details of the actual interview here www.freewebs.com/teejo/argue/enigma.html

I should've thought to check that site, thanks for the link.

+hospodyn tv is the worst its all 6 second sound bytes

I was thinking maybe he didn't have more to say at that moment. I mean the expression in his art should suffice. And yeah, TV isn't the best medium to communicate the visions of such gifted people. Maybe bar the John Peel narrated documentary. Better get back to his records, rather.

what ??.

Carlene Boulden this was a very, very bad report is what I mean.. TV sucks

+beflygelt yeah

"A protege of Frank Zappa"

What haaaaaappened? It's so hot

The sun ain't stable

The moon was a drip on a dark hood

Check the price first.

Frank a protege of the good Capt @!!

Cross-pollination

Yeah right... what a dumbass

Captain was before Zappa Safe as Milk is pure genius

@@billbrooks6756 Well....Zappa put out like three or four records before Don released Safe As Milk....not that that means anything, I *like* SOME of Zappa's music but I *LOVE* all of Don's!

Mark E Smith is another great prosodic rapper.

Compare Ice Cream For Crow to Safe As Milk. He looked like a very young man in Safe As Milk, like an old man in Ice Cream For Crow, and he was only 39 years old! This planet had to privilege of knowing Captain Beefheart far too briefly.

i will agree with that .., but don was a genius if there ever was one in my opinion

Carl Taylor fast 💨 and bulbous 💡

Fast and bulbous. Ah yes, the mascara snake, fast and bulbous. Also, a tin teardrop. That's right!

@@Matty88K Bulbous also tapered!

Soft like butter, hard not to pour Out enjoying the sun while sitting on a turned-on waffle iron Smoke billowing up from between her legs made me vomit beautifully

He made it different, not better. You gotta love them both.

@@francispoivre8903 I do love them both, for sure. I just think saying he was Frank Zappa’s protege is kind of bs

Can't argue about musical tastes, but Frank Zappa's musical skills were light years beyond Van Vliet's. Frank composed sophisticated orchestral pieces, was a master of the electric guitar and had a well developed understanding of music theory. He was also a perfectionist. Captain Beefheart was much looser in his performances and musical compositions. That's one reason why their collaboration was so short lived. Frank wanted everything exact. He made his band rehearse 8 hours a day for 2-3 months before a tour. Don couldn't be bothered.

@@Matty88K Two different sides of the brain. IMO, Zappa came more from the left side (logic), and Don came more from the right side (creativity). With both, their art was a marriage of both sides of the brain. It's just that they had a different balance from each other. Don was far more weighted to the right and spent the majority of his life over there.

Give Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) a listen.

Safe as Milk album is genius!

Stop trying. Just get it.

Michael Furia no, Manson was a disgusting, dark, evil little squirt - Beefheart was all about the happy and uplifting - there is NO comparison whatsoever

@@matthewstokes1608 watch some of the interviews with Drumbo and Harkleroad(Zoot Horn Rollo).. The good captain had a nasty side apparently. Of course, he wasn't a racist murderer like Manson.

In Drumbo's book, he said that he and Don met Charles Manson at a love in and they both thought he was fucked in the head