After reading “Captain Beefheart the biography” by Mike Barnes my thoughts on Beefheart and his most famous record have changed. I’ve grown to respect and (almost) understand his “masterpiece” of an album Trout Mask replica and just how much practice, time, and dedication went into it. Some of the neat things I learned about the recording was that for some of the songs Beefheart ( Don Van Vliet ) put cardboard over the drums to reduce the effect and tempo or how that the album was recorded in about four hours, essentially making most of the album a live recording.
I learned a lot about Vliets past too, like how he used to be a sculptor and avant garde artist, or how he came in relation with Frank Zappa (Another one of the most influential, and different artists of their time). All in all I really like Beefheart and his legacy and hope that him or his work doesnt go unforgotten.
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