Captain Beefheart: The Biography

Here is the real story of the cult figure known as one of modern music’s true innovators.  Following Don Van Vliet’s death, Mike Barnes reassesses his legacy through new interview material and with reference to reports and eulogies that appeared in the media.  The author also puts Van Vliet’s reclusiveness over the last two decades in context, now that it has been officially revealed that he was suffering from MS (his friends and representatives had always denied that he had a long term illness).  A unique in-depth look at a unique artist.