Don Van Vliet

Born: 15th January 1941, Glendale, California, USA. Died: 17th December 2010, of complications from multiple sclerosis, in Arcata, California, USA. First recorded appearance: "A Low Forceps Delivery", featuring Don Glen Vliet, at Glendale Research Hospital 16:25 hours on 15/01/41. Don Van Vliet, aka The Magic Band (In late April 1966 Vliet enrolled for 3 months with the American Federation Of Television And Radio Artists, using the pen-name of Don Van Vliet with a hand-scrawled caveat of "Captain Beefheart" added to the document - see images).

Vliet's compositions & tracks have also featured in the following films: "Abba Zaba" in Something In The Air (2012); "Clear Spot" in How To Be (2008) and Things We Lost In The Fire (2007); "Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles" in The Big Lebowski (1998) and vocals on Nitzsche's "Hard Workin' Man" in A Civil Action (1998) and Blue Collar (1978); "Electricity" in Entourage (TV show, Season 5).