Lyrics

"Autumn's Child"

Go back ten years ago
Sunbeams dancing round
Go back ten years ago
Sunbeams dancing down
Autumn's ch...

Biography

Born Don Vliet, Captain Beefheart was one of modern music's true innovators. The owner of a remarkable four-and-one-half octave vocal range, he employed idiosyncratic rhythms, absurdist lyrics and an unholy alliance of free jazz, Delta blues, latter-day classical music and rock & roll to create a singular body of work virtually unrivalled in its daring and fluid creativity. While he never came even remotely close to mainstream success, Beefheart's impact was incalculable, and his fingerprints were all over punk, new wave and post-rock. Don Vliet was born January 15, 1941 in Glendale, California (he changed his name to Van Vliet in the early '60s).

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