The good Captain Beefheart was soon to sail off into the none-set of mysterious illness. But not before digging through his back pages and delivering a three album return-to-form. Four, if you consider the original Bat Chain Puller recordings.
Great fan-made video
The 'Ice Cream For Crow' video that MTV felt was 'too weird' to air.
For as many brilliant artists as we've had throughout history, at least according to their doting fans, family and friends, it is a surprise we haven't risen to greater heights as a species. And no matter how many times I hear the 'genius' expression, it never gets old.
Hyperbole, after all, was laid off moons ago.
No. To me, there is no brilliance. There is no genius.
There is only Beefheart.
every one of them is a beauty rare and still an inspiration to me.
ReplyDeletea lovely reminder, thanks Baker.