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Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band


Background information
Birth name Don Glen Vliet
Born January 15, 1941
Born place Glendale, California, U.S.
Died December 17, 2010
Death place Arcata, California, U.S.
Genre(s) Experimental Rock
Blues
Blues Rock
Avant-garde
Psychedelic Rock
Progressive Rock
Years active 1964—1982
Label(s) Epic Records
Virgin Records
Atlantic Records
Reprise Records
Mercury Records
A&M Records
Blue Thumb Records
Associated acts The Tubes
Frank Zappa
The Mothers of Invention
Ry Cooder
Zoot Horn Rollo
Rockette Morton
John French
Jack Nitzsche
Gary Lucas
Moris Tepper



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Elbow, Duffy, The Kooks Set For War Child Album

December 17, 2008
Elbow, Duffy, The Kooks Set For War Child AlbumElbow, Duffy and The Kooks have all recorded cover versions for a new War Child charity album.

'Heroes', which is released on February 16th, also features Hot Chip, Scissor Sisters and Rufus Wainwright.

Each musician was asked to record a cover version for the album by the artist who originally wrote the track.

Sir Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan are among the musicians covered on the record.

All proceeds from the album, which was recently mastered at Abbey Road in London, will go to the charity.

(by Jason Gregory)



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