Captain Beefheart Concert History

Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941, died December 17 2010) is an American musician and painter, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. His musical work was mainly conducted with a rotating assembly of musicians called The Magic Band, which was active between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s. Van Vliet was chiefly a singer and harmonica player, occasionally playing saxophone and keyboards. His compositions are characterized by their odd mixtures of shifting time signatures and by their surreal lyrics...

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Captain Beefheart Tours & Concerts (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 06, 1980
Captain Beefheart
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Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 05, 1980
Captain Beefheart
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Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nov 28, 1980
Captain Beefheart
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Beacon Theatre New York, New York, United States
Nov 26, 1980
Captain Beefheart
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Emerald City Cherry Hill, NJ, US
Nov 19, 1980
Captain Beefheart The Venue London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 18, 1980
Captain Beefheart
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The Venue London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 16, 1980
Captain Beefheart Unity Hall Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Nov 15, 1980
Captain Beefheart Loughborough University Loughborough, UK
Nov 14, 1980
Captain Beefheart
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The Venue London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 13, 1980
Captain Beefheart / Associates
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Civic Hall Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Nov 12, 1980
Captain Beefheart The Venue London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 09, 1980
Captain Beefheart
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Élysée Montmartre Paris, Île-de-France, France
Nov 01, 1980
Captain Beefheart
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Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Oct 30, 1980
Captain Beefheart / Comsat Angels
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O2 Apollo Manchester Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Oct 28, 1980
Captain Beefheart / Comsat Angels The Glasgow Apollo Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Oct 27, 1980
Captain Beefheart Odeon Birmingham Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Oct 26, 1980
Captain Beefheart / Comsat Angels
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Colston Hall Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Oct 25, 1980
Captain Beefheart / Comsat Angels Cardiff University Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Dec 02, 1978
Captain Beefheart Armadillo World Headquarters Austin, Texas, United States
Nov 29, 1978
Captain Beefheart
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Tipitina's New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Captain Beefheart, The Rich Kids, The Natural Resource @ Cheetah - Pacific Ocean Park - 9..23.67, tags: Captain Beefheart, The Rich Kids, The Natural Resource, Santa Monica, California, United States, Advertisement, Cheetah, Pacific Ocean Park - Captain Beefheart / The Rich Kids / The Natural Resource on Sep 23, 1967 [717-small]

Captain Beefheart, The Rich Kids, The Natural Resource @ Cheetah - Pacific Ocean Park - 9..23.67

Captain Beefheart / The Rich Kids / The Natural Resource
Sep 23, 1967
 Santa Monica, California, United States
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Captain Beefheart, The Rich Kids, The Natural Resource @ Cheetah - Pacific Ocean Park - 9..22.67, tags: Captain Beefheart, The Rich Kids, The Natural Resource, Santa Monica, California, United States, Advertisement, Cheetah, Pacific Ocean Park - Captain Beefheart / The Rich Kids / The Natural Resource on Sep 22, 1967 [716-small]

Captain Beefheart, The Rich Kids, The Natural Resource @ Cheetah - Pacific Ocean Park - 9..22.67

Captain Beefheart / The Rich Kids / The Natural Resource
Sep 22, 1967
 Santa Monica, California, United States
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Pinkpop on Jun 3, 1974 [688-small]

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Jun 3, 1974
 Geleen, Limburg, The Netherlands
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Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival 1967 on Jun 10, 1967 [406-small]

Fantasy Fair & Magic Mountain Music Festival 1967
Jun 10 - 11, 1967
 Mill Valley, California, United States
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Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart on May 18, 1975 [807-small]

Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart
May 18, 1975
 Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention / Captain Beefheart on Jun 12, 1970 [665-small]

Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention / Captain Beefheart
Jun 12, 1970
 San Antonio, Texas, United States
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Captain Beefheart / Alice Cooper on Mar 4, 1970 [155-small]

Captain Beefheart / Alice Cooper
Mar 4, 1970
 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Genres:

Singer-Songwriter
Experimental
Psychedelic Rock
Post-Punk
Blues
Folk Rock
Blues Rock
Art Rock
Experimental Rock
Avant-Garde
Proto-Punk
Protopunk
Zolo
Outsider
Weird America
Beat Poetry
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Latest Setlist (01/31/1981):

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  1. Hair Pie Bake III
  2. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man
  3. I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go
  4. Hot Head
  5. Ashtray Heart
  6. Dirty Blue Gene
  7. The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or the Big Dig)
  8. Best Batch Yet
  9. Safe as Milk
  10. One Red Rose That I Mean
  11. Sue Egypt
  12. Doctor Dark
  13. Bat Chain Puller
  14. My Human Gets Me Blues
  15. Sheriff of Hong Kong
  16. Kandy Korn
  17. Suction Prints
  18. Big Eyed Beans From Venus

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Concerts Per Year:

2005 2 concerts
1981 9 concerts
1980 27 concerts
1978 12 concerts
1977 1 concert
1975 38 concerts
1974 28 concerts
1973 25 concerts
1972 3 concerts
1971 12 concerts
1970 2 concerts
1969 1 concert
1968 9 concerts
1967 13 concerts
1966 17 concerts
1965 1 concert
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