Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band were an American band who created music that has occasionally been dubbed "avant garde-blues". Their music was characterized by bluesy melodies, shambolic instrumentation, idiosyncratic, unbound timings, the growls and shrieks of Beefheart's vocals and his surreal, poetic lyrics. Throughout their career, the band's musical direction was tightly controlled by Don Van Vliet (1941 - 2010), aka Captain Beefheart, who
These are photos from concerts where Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Jethro Tull / Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Oct 31, 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Jethro Tull / Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Oct 30, 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Uploaded by Breed
Jethro Tull / Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Oct 30, 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Alice Cooper / Canned Heat / Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Jul 16, 1972 Phoenix, Arizona, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band / Little Feat / Daddy Cool May 31, 1972 Santa Monica, California, United States Uploaded by Duchess.Of.Mirth
Bickershaw Festival May 5 - 7, 1972 Wigan, Lancashire Uploaded by Zimtrim
