Frank Zappa, Duran Duran, Eric Johnson and The Volebeats

01/10/11 Captain Beefheart is dead. What a suckass Christmas present. Born Donald Glen Vliet, later morphed to Don Van Vliet, but forever known by the nickname bestowed upon him by Frank Zappa when they wer

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Gary Lucas, Guitarist/Captain Beefheart Symposium Director

04/08/11 Guitarist Gary Lucas has worked with everyone from Jeff Buckley to Nick Cave to Leonard Bernstein throughout his music career. But there's one artist who stands out above all others: Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, the mercurial blues singer whose avant-garde recordings with The Magic Band changed his life. Lucas worked as both Beefheart's manager and a member of The Magic Band before ...

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Former Frisco mayor Doug Jones dies in Montrose

05/16/11 Douglas Payne Jones, 74, died April 25 in Montrose in the company of his two daughters after a long illness. Mr. Jones was born on June 5, 1936, in Alpine, Texas, to Charles Thompson "CT" and Irene Payne Jones. He served Copyright 2011 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit Daily News ...

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