Captain Beefheart — Tropical Hot Dog Night
Don Van Vliet or Captain Beefheart has always been a bit of an eccentric, kind of like how Donald Trump is a little arrogant. It seems that Don grew up with his parents thinking he was a child prodigy as an artist and sculptor. Apparently they thought very highly of his talents and didn’t require him to attend school and would allow him to boss them around from the comfort of his bedroom while he contemplated his next artistic endeavour. Somewhere in this timeframe he befriended Frank Zappa and the two of them would listen to blues and doo-wop music on Don’s turntable. Frank gave Don the nickname “Captain Beefheart”, many theories exist exploring his name, one being that he had a beef in his heart against society. Beefheart released his critically acclaimed masterpiece, “Trout Mask Replica” in 1969.
The following song is off of Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) in 1978. The video is just some random weirdness, but you can catch Captain in appearances throughout the video. These images of him from the only video he ever made, Ice Cream For Crow, which was deemed “too weird” for MTV.
And here he is with David Letterman in 1982:
Goldfish — Sountracks and Comebacks
This song was brought to our attention by our friends at My Friends Basement. Goldfish is a two man band out of Cape Town, South Africa. Here’s their song, “Soundtracks and Comebacks”:
Charlie Hunter — Cincinnati, OH (9/14/1996)
Thursday the 12th
The Heckler
Mean Streak
Lively Up Yourself
Revolution
Natty Dread
The Shango, Pt. 3
Funny Friday — Andy Kaufman
Andy takes a crack at Johnny Cash and Elvis on the Johnny Cash show in 1979.
27 Years Ago Today…
Simon and Garfunkel reunited for a 1981 concert in New York’s Central Park on September 19th, eleven years after splitting up. Paul Simon had recently played on the brand new Art Garfunkel album, Scissors Cut. The concert was recorded and released shortly after as The Concert in Central Park. It easily made the top 10 on the albums chart. Solo tracks were also performed, one by Art Garfunkel and several of Paul Simon’s.
Here’s “Homeward Bound” from Live At Central Park:
