# Rest in Peace, Captain Beefheart. Don Van Vliet died at 69. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet-died-at-69/564567 "2010-12-17T23:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet-died-at-69/564567/21 "2010-12-18T16:13:47Z")
This painting by Cal Schenkel hangs in my living room: [![](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) Today the world is a lot less fast and bulbous. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet-died-at-69/564567/22 "2010-12-18T16:20:48Z")
**Le Ministre de l’au-delà** - post #13. Thank you for that. I hadn’t come across it before: it’s brilliant. “I’m not a rock star. I’m a soft person. I’m not a rock.” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet-died-at-69/564567/23 "2010-12-18T17:09:15Z")
😕 😕 Are you discussing the Pro Wrestler from the 80’s? I didn’t know he sang too? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet-died-at-69/564567/24 "2010-12-18T18:03:02Z")
**ace** , I think you have Captain Beefheart confused with “Captain” Lou Albano (who passed away in 2009). ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet-died-at-69/564567/25 "2010-12-18T20:46:06Z")
Here’s [part 1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M5YE_a4B1U&feature=related) of 6 parts of a BBC Documentary about Captain Beefheart, featuring Frank Zappa and Ry Cooder. ---
**Author:** ![Mustardseed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mustardseed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mustardseed)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet-died-at-69/564567/26 "2010-12-19T01:54:51Z")
a unique voice left us, leaving some iconic records of its existence behind. thanks for the links with the BBC documentary, fascinating to watch ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet-died-at-69/564567/27 "2010-12-19T02:29:32Z")
Must be… There was also a Brutus Beefcake in wrestling. \ anyhow, neither guy is Beefheart. > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > **ace** , I think you have Captain Beefheart confused with “Captain” Lou Albano (who passed away in 2009). I listened to Rock N Roll since the early 70’s. Never heard of a Captain Beefheart . Someone earlier mentioned Frank Zappa. I avoided him and David Bowie. Never got into that branch of the Rock N Roll tree. If Beefheart was similar that would explain why I never heard of him. Sorry for the hijack. Please Carry on … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet-died-at-69/564567/28 "2010-12-20T19:16:33Z")
Thank you so much, Captain. And remember, everybody… May the Baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-captain-beefheart-don-van-vliet-died-at-69/564567.md?page=1)