ROCK VIDIOCY WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE (You Can't Buy)
Back a few months ago, something unusual happened: Captain Beefheart was on TV. That may not sound like much, but it was. Near as I can figure, it must've been only the third or fourth time Beefheart—aka Don Van Vliet —has ever had a television audience.
ROCK VIDIOCY WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE (You Can't Buy)
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DAVE DiMARTINO
Back a few months ago, something unusual happened: Captain Beefheart was on TV.
That may not sound like much, but it was. Near as I can figure, it must've been only the third or fourth time Beefheart—aka Don Van Vliet —has ever had a television audience. While his largest audience came with his Saturday Night Live gig a few seasons back, back when he was ''fouring to promote” Doc At The Radar Station, his surprising appearance in late 1982—on Late Night With David Letterman— may have a lot more future bearing on the man's musical career.