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Happy Earthday - Captain Beefheart (2003)
The final recording by our late lamented Captain, taped over the phone for an EarthJustice benefit album call Where We Live: Stand For What You Stand On. It was the first musical recording Don Van Vliet had released in over 20 years.
Not really a crowning Beefheart achievement, but it made a fitting epilogue to the compilation and in turn makes a wonderful tribute to a true weirdo. For further listening, we recommend Clear Spot, Safe as Milk and Trout Mask Replica (if you’ve got the time and the stomach for it).
Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop. 1941-2010.
