Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

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Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band: Clear Spot (50th Anniversary) cover art

Captain Beefheart's Clear Spot: a slick storm of blues, boogie, poetry, avant-garde jazz, space-rock, feminism, soul and zig-zag wandering

By David Stubbs published

Two-disc clear-vinyl 50th-anniversary reissue of Captain's Beefheart and the Magic Band's Clear Spot, now with tasty extras icing the cake

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Jeff Cotton sitting on a fence in a field

Former Captain Beefheart guitarist Jeff Cotton releases debut single Does It Work For You

By Hannah May Kilroy published

After withdrawing from music for almost 50 years, the former Captain Beefheart guitarist will release his debut solo album The Fantasy Of Reality in August

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Captain Beefheart in 1974

The 10 best Captain Beefheart Songs

By Rob Hughes last updated

Between 1967 and 1982, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band wrote some of the most startling, sly and plain out-there songs this side of Frank Zappa

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