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Originally Posted by khchris(original)
"Don (Captain Beefheart) is not technically oriented, so, first I had to help him figure out what he wanted to do, and then, from a practical standpoint, how to execute his demands. ... We taped a few selections... and I thought they sounded terrific, but Don got paranoid, accused me of trying to do the album on the cheap, and demanded to go into a real recording studio."-Frank Zappa from "The Real Frank Zappa Book"
It's starting to sound like Captain Beefheart would be nothing without Zappa. Not only did Zappa influence Captain Beefheart musically, but also penned his name for him.
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isn't he talking about the studio equipment when he says "not technically oriented?"
i know the documentary i watched, jimmy carl black said they recorded the album in something like 4 hours, after spending months rehearsing what beefheart had written. He also says something to the effect of, "Frank's amazing, but Beefheart is the real deal," which coming from jimmy carl black is a pretty huge compliment.
i'd pick beefheart over zappa. i have many reasons, they've probably been eluded to on this page many times. however, just think of this:
beefheart influenced Pere Ubu, PiL, Wire, and the Minutemen.
zappa influenced Phish.