Captain Beefheart's 1974 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 had 28 concerts in 1974

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 23, 1974
Captain Beefheart De Doelen Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Jun 20, 1974
Captain Beefheart Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Jun 17, 1974
Captain Beefheart Brangwyn Hall Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Jun 16, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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Colston Hall Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Jun 15, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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Liverpool Stadium Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Jun 11, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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New Theatre Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Jun 09, 1974
Captain Beefheart / Henry Cow Theatre Royal Drury Lane London, England, United Kingdom
Jun 08, 1974
Captain Beefheart Free Trade Hall Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Jun 07, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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City Hall Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Jun 05, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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The Glasgow Apollo Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jun 04, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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Newcastle City Hall Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Jun 03, 1974
Pinkpop
Rory Gallagher / Cockney Rebel / Steeleye Span / Captain Beefheart / Fungi / Fungus / Status Quo
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Sportpark Burgemeester Damen Geleen, Limburg, The Netherlands
May 31, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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Nick Rayns LCR, University of East Anglia Norwich, England, United Kingdom
May 30, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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Leicester University Student Union Leicester, England, United Kingdom
May 28, 1974
Captain Beefheart Royal Albert Hall London, England, United Kingdom
May 26, 1974
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart
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Celebrity Theatre Phoenix, Arizona, United States
May 11, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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Armadillo World Headquarters Austin, Texas, United States
May 10, 1974
Captain Beefheart Armadillo World Headquarters Austin, Texas, United States
Apr 19, 1974
Captain Beefheart
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Toledo Sports Arena Toledo, Ohio, United States
Apr 14, 1974
Captain Beefheart Max's Kansas City New York, New York, 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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Singer-Songwriter
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Psychedelic Rock
Post-Punk
Blues
Folk Rock
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Proto-Punk
Protopunk
Zolo
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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 16 concerts
1977 1 concert
1975 39 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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