Musician and artist Don Van Vliet, who performed a complex brand of experimental rock under the name Captain Beefheart, died Friday. He was 69. The Michael Werner Gallery in New York confirmed Van ...

Van Vliet's death in California, from complications from multiple sclerosis, was announced by the Michael Werner Gallery in New York. Van Vliet was "one of the most original recording artists of his ...

As the new century picks up speed, Don Van Vliet -- a.k.a. Captain Beefheart -- seems like an artist ready for critical reassessment, as Mike Barnes' biography of him would suggest. One of the most ...

Captain Beefheart was the musical persona of Don Van Vliet, the avant-garde 1960s and '70s musician (best known for the 1969 hit record Trout Mask Replica) whose inimitable psychedelic rock influenced ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Musician and artist Don Van Vliet, who performed a complex brand of experimental rock under the name Captain Beefheart, died Friday. He was 69. The Michael Werner Gallery in New York ...

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