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Captain Beefheart biography

Joan Osborne covered a Beefheart song, "(His) Eyes are a Blue Million Miles," and it appears on "Early Recordings." She cites Van Vliet as one of her influences.

Further reading

• Van Vliet, Don (Captain Beefheart), 'Skeleton Breath, Scorpion Blush' (all poems in English, preface in German and English). Bern-Berlin: Gachnang & Springer, 1987. ISBN 978-3-906127-15-6
• Azerrad, Michael, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 Little Brown, 2001
• Barnes, Mike (2000). Captain Beefheart. Quartet Books. ISBN 1-84449-412-8.
• Courtier, Kevin (2007). Trout Mask Replica. New York: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-2781-2
• Harkleroad, Bill (1998). Lunar Notes: Zoot Horn Rollo's Captain Beefheart Experience. Interlink Publishing. ISBN 0-946719-21-7.
• Delville, Michel & Norris, Andrew (2005). Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and the Secret History of Maximalism. Cambrdige: Salt Publishing. ISBN 1-84471-059-9.
• Miles, Barry (2004). Frank Zappa. Atlantic Books. ISBN 1843540916

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