RIP Captain Beefhart AKA Don Van Vliet

Oh my.

I choose to remember Capt'n like this:

http://www (dot) youtube (dot) com/watch?v=hCSPf5Viwd0

at the end of muffin man [zoot allures] frank zappa introduces the band and says "on madness capt beefheart". RIP

Or at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCSPf5Viwd0

It's Moonlight in Vermont for the Captain. I recall hearing him on the bill as Steve Marcus and the New York Dolls in Boston at the Orpheum (1975?) and at the Showbox in Seattle (1984 or thereabouts). He was an original who always surrounded himself with excellent musicians. RIP