damn that guy was amazing.
a friend of mine in lancaster, ca knew him when he was living there and one day he saw him at the local grocery store in the baked goods section.
van vliet was looking at a pack of dolly madison cupcakes (or similar) with a graphic of a boy on the package and he said "how sad this boy has a cupcake for a heart."
he also used to make appearances at a local hotel called the desert inn, one night while my brother was playing a set with his group he came in and started jamming with them, blowing something completely different in another key.
That was Beefheart.
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