Don't you think that somebody like ... Against a projected backdrop of Joshua trees in a desert landscape, Van Vliet sits still, his trademark moustache now white, his eyes shaded by reflective ...

Don Van Vliet, an artist of protean creativity who was known as Captain Beefheart during his days as an influential rock musician and who later led a reclusive life as a painter, died Friday.

An American original, Don Van Vliet put his distinctive stamp on everything he created, especially his own bizarre persona. He is survived by his wife of many years, Janet Van Vliet.

The singer-songwriter — who befriended the pioneering art-rock bluesman, whose real name was Don Van Vliet, late in his life — recited a poem he wrote for her in 2001 titled “Man Can’t ...

Don Van Vliet died in 2010, after a years-long battle with multiple sclerosis. He was 69. Nine years before his death, Van Vliet wrote “Man Can’t Anticipate Cat,” a poem about PJ Harvey’s ...

Don Van Vliet, who became a rock legend as Captain Beefheart, died today (12/17) from complications from multiple sclerosis in California. His passing was announced by the New York-based Michael ...

When the man born Don Van Vliet died on December 17, he left behind a body of highly original rock and roll that mixed free-jazz with the blues and influenced everyone from PJ Harvey to the Black ...

Image Credit: Richard McCaffrey/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images Rock music lost one of its most legendary stars today with the death of Captain Beefheart (aka Don Van Vliet), who passed away at ...

His bright peculiar flame no longer burns. The inimitable Don Van Vliet — known to avant-garde pop fans as Captain Beefheart — has died at the age of 69. The singer, songwriter, harmonica ...

Musician and artist Don Van Vliet, who performed a complex brand of experimental rock under the name Captain Beefheart, died Friday. He was 69. The Michael Werner Gallery in New York confirmed Van ...

Avant-garde rock legend and visual artist Don Van Vliet, who performed under the name Captain Beefheart, began experimenting with eccentric rock’n'roll sounds in the mid-1960s. His first two releases ...