avant-abyss: 2026-01-08

Captain Beefheart Legacy: From Trout Mask to Swordfish

Tracing Don Van Vliet's avant-garde blueprint from Safe As Milk through Trout Mask Replica, and its direct influence on Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones

  • #experimental
  • #avant-garde
  • #blues rock
31 min

Tracklist

  1. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do (Safe As Milk, 1967)
  2. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Electricity (Safe As Milk, 1967)
  3. Tom Waits - Underground (Swordfishtrombones, 1983)
  4. Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Frownland (Trout Mask Replica, 1969)
  5. Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Moonlight On Vermont (Trout Mask Replica, 1969)
  6. Tom Waits - 16 Shells From A 30.6 (Swordfishtrombones, 1983)
  7. Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Pachuco Cadaver (Trout Mask Replica, 1969)
  8. Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - My Human Gets Me Blues (Trout Mask Replica, 1969)
  9. Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years (Swordfishtrombones, 1983)