Remembering Captain Beefheart

Soundcheck | Dec 21, 2010

The avant-garde rock musician Don Van Vliet, known as Captain Beefheart, died December 17. He never topped the charts, but he influenced a wide range of musicians from Johnny Rotten and Devo to Tom Waits and The White Stripes. Music writer Vivien Goldman and guitarist Gary Lucas, who collaborated with Beefheart, join us in the studio to commemorate the artist.

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