Captain Beefheart (15 Jan 1941 - 17 Dec 2010)
Male Person - United States
Also known as (1)
Releases (21)
Official
Album
- The Spotlight Kid Jan 1972
- Bat Chain Puller 27 Feb 2012
Album - Compilation
- Abba Zaba 1988
- The Best Beefheart 1990
- I May Be Hungry but I Sure Ain't Weird: The Alternate Captain Beefheart 1992
- A Carrot Is As Close As a Rabbit Gets To a Diamond 1993
- Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972 17 Nov 2014
Album - Live
- Full Moon in Cowtown 28 Jul 2014
- The Sun Is Shining 17 Mar 2020
EP
Bootleg
Album - Compilation
- Zig Zag Wanderer: The Best of the Buddah Years 1996
- Transmission Impossible 04 Sep 2015
- The Spotlight Kid Outtakes 2020
Album - Live
- Crazy Little Things 1993
- Live in Vancouver 1981 17 May 2009
- An Ashtray Heart 21 Nov 2011
- Full Moon - Hot Sun 11 Sep 2015
- Plastic Factory 06 Nov 2015
- 1980-12-05: Paradise Theatre, Boston, MA, USA
Album - Interview
- The Classic Interviews 11 Oct 2004
Album - Demo
Relationships (3)
Performance Name Of
Supporting Artist For
Member Of
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band eponymous
Recordings by (221)
- Lick My Decals Off, Baby 2:38 (1970)
- I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby 4:34 (Jan 1972)
- White Jam 2:55 (Jan 1972)
- Blabber 'n Smoke 2:46 (Jan 1972)
- When It Blows Its Stacks 3:40 (Jan 1972)
- Alice in Blunderland 3:54 (Jan 1972)
- The Spotlight Kid 3:21 (Jan 1972)
- Click Clack 3:30 (Jan 1972)
- Grow Fins 3:30 (Jan 1972)
- There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage 3:11 (Jan 1972)
- Glider 4:34 (Jan 1972)
- Hard Workin' Man (main Title) 3:26 (1978)
- New Electric Ride 3:00 (1978)
- Those Little Golden Birdies 2:10 (27 Jan 1980) part of “BBC Radio One Star Special” DJ-mix
- Abba Zaba 2:39 (1988)
- Autumn's Child 4:00 (1988)
- Electricity 3:00 (1988)
- Kandy Korn 8:00 (1988)
- Plastic Factory 3:00 (1988)
- Grown So Ugly 2:22 (1988)
- Sure 'Nuff and Yes I Do 2:19 (1990)
- Zig Zag Wanderer 2:44 (1990)
- Call on Me 2:40 (1990)
- I'm Glad 3:30 (1990)
- Dropout Boogie 2:30 (1990)
- Yellow Brick Road 2:31 (1990)
- Where There's Woman 2:13 (1990)
- Mirror Man 15:43 (1990)
- Trust Us (take 9) 7:27 (1991)
- Gimme Dat Harp Boy 3:35 (1991)
- On Tomorrow (instrumental) 6:56 (1992)
- Safe as Milk (take 5) 4:14 (1992)
- Big Black Baby Shoes (instrumental) 4:50 (1992)
- Flower Pot (instrumental) 3:59 (1992)
- Dirty Blue Gene (instrumental) 2:43 (1992)
- Trust Us (take 6) 7:19 (1992)
- Beatle Bones n' Smokin' Stones (Part 1) 3:14 (1992)
- Moody Liz (take 8) 4:37 (1992)
- Safe as Milk (take 12) 5:03 (1992)
- Upon the My-O-My 3:16 (1993)
- Crazy Little Things 5:08 (1993)
- Full Moon Hot Sun 4:21 (1993)
- Sugar Bowl 3:01 (1993)
- This Is the Day 7:58 (1993)
- Keep on Rubbing 4:59 (1993)
- Be Your Dog 7:45 (1993)
- Sweet Georgia Brown 4:44 (1993)
- Peaches 6:50 (1993)
- Fallin' Ditch 1:20 (1996)
- The Tired Plain 1:43 (1996)
On Recordings (50)
Instruments
- Grown So Ugly 2:27 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Autumn’s Child 4:02 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Call on Me 2:37 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Where There’s Woman 2:09 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Zig Zag Wanderer 2:39 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Dropout Boogie 2:32 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Plastic Factory 3:08 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Yellow Brick Road 2:28 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Abba Zaba 2:44 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Sure ’Nuff ’n Yes, I Do 2:15 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Electricity 3:07 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- I’m Glad 3:31 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) harmonica, marimba
- Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish 2:26 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Nov 1969) musette de cour, shehnai
- Ant Man Bee 3:57 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Nov 1969) tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Same Old Blues 4:00 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Nov 1974) harmonica
- Captain's Holiday 5:43 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Nov 1974) harmonica
- Further Than We've Gone 5:31 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Nov 1974) harmonica
- Observatory Crest 3:32 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Nov 1974) harmonica
- Pompadour Swamp 3:32 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Nov 1974) harmonica
Vocals
- Zig Zag Wanderer 2:39 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Sure ’Nuff ’n Yes, I Do 2:15 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Yellow Brick Road 2:28 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Grown So Ugly 2:27 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- I’m Glad 3:31 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Abba Zaba 2:44 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Call on Me 2:37 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Plastic Factory 3:08 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Dropout Boogie 2:32 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Autumn’s Child 4:02 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Electricity 3:07 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Where There’s Woman 2:09 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
- Willie the Pimp 9:23 Frank Zappa (15 Oct 1969) lead vocals
- Party of Special Things to Do 2:48 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Nov 1974)
- Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll 3:20 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Nov 1974)
- Twist Ah Luck 3:22 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Nov 1974)
Produced
- One Red Rose That I Mean 1:53 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- Bellerin' Plain 3:35 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- Lick My Decals Off, Baby 2:38 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- The Smithsonian Institute Blues (or The Big Dig) 2:09 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- The Clouds Are Full of Wine (Not Whiskey or Rye) 2:46 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- Flash Gordon's Ape 4:15 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go 1:53 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- The Buggy Boogie Woogie 2:18 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- I Love You, You Big Dummy 2:53 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop 2:04 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- Doctor Dark 2:45 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- Petrified Forest 1:40 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- Japan in a Dishpan 3:00 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- Peon 2:22 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
- Space-Age Couple 2:32 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1970)
Credited as (19)
- Captain Beefheart with Frank Zappa
- Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart
- Captain Beefheart & Jim Morrison
- Zappa / Beefheart / Mothers
- Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
- Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
- Captain Beefheart
- Zappa / Beefheart / Mothers
- Frank Zappa featuring Captain Beefheart
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
- Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
- Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers of Invention
- Beefheart
- Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
- Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart
- Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart / The Mothers
- Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart / The Mothers
- Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
- Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band
Links (16)
Official Homepages
Other Databases
- https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/captain_beefheart
- https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr89010378
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr89010378
- https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13946983d
- https://d-nb.info/gnd/118978047