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Following Don Van Vliet's death Mike Barnes will look to reassess his legacy through new interview material and with reference to reports and eulogies that appeared in the media. Mike Barnes gives an assured survey of all of Don Van Vliet's creative work as well as an insight into the extraordinary personality behind it and the history of a truly original rock band.

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Barnes gets the story, and with the full participation of those brave musicians who attempted to interpret Beefheart's sometimes otherworldy methodology.' The Times

Captain Beefheart: The Biography

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    Publisher: Omnibus Press
    Publication Date: 08/08/2011
    ISBN13: 9781780380766, 978-1780380766
    ISBN10: 1780380763
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    Biography: arts and entertainment Composers and songwriters Musicians, singers, bands and groups

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Following Don Van Vliet's death Mike Barnes will look to reassess his legacy through new interview material and with reference to reports and eulogies that appeared in the media. Mike Barnes gives an assured survey of all of Don Van Vliet's creative work as well as an insight into the extraordinary personality behind it and the history of a truly original rock band.

    Trade Review
    Barnes gets the story, and with the full participation of those brave musicians who attempted to interpret Beefheart's sometimes otherworldy methodology.' The Times

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