The Reverb Essay: R.I.P. Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart
By Sam DeLeo | December 20th, 2010 | 4 comments
The artist formerly known as Captain Beefheart passed away on Friday. From the mid-1960s to the early-’80s, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band revolutionized rock music in ways that forever altered the possibilities for the form, influencing movements from the No-Wave to the New Wave, punk to avant-garde.






