Don Glen Vliet (1941 - 2010)

Born 15 Jan 1941 in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Died 17 Dec 2010 at age 69 in Arcata, Humboldt, California, United States

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Biography

Don Van Vliet (January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. He conducted a rotating ensemble called the Magic Band, with whom he recorded 13 studio albums between 1964 and 1982. His music blended elements of blues, free jazz, rock, and the avant-garde with idiosyncratic rhythms, absurdist wordplay, and his wide vocal range. Known for his enigmatic persona, Beefheart frequently constructed myths about his life and was known to exercise an almost dictatorial control over his supporting musicians. Although he achieved little commercial success, he sustained a cult following and influenced many new wave, punk, and experimental rock artists.

Don Van Vliet was born Don Glen Vliet in Glendale, California, on January 15, 1941, to Glen Alonzo Vliet, a service station owner of Dutch ancestry from Kansas, and Willie Sue Vliet (née Warfield), who was from Arkansas. He claimed to have as an ancestor Peter van Vliet, a Dutch painter who knew Rembrandt. Van Vliet also claimed that he was related to adventurer and author Richard Halliburton and the cowboy actor Slim Pickens, and said that he remembered being born.

He and Wallis Warfield are 6th cousins, once removed. His 3rd GGF was the famous horse breeder, Dr. Elisha Warfield. He and Slim Pickens are 8th cousins, once removed. His great grandmother was Annie Halliburton, but it is not clear if she is related to Richard Halliburton.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Beefheart

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63024331/don-van_vliet

The "Trout Mask Replica" album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF0g-2SeoMM&t=2427s

"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2QB-RLT : 27 November 2014), Don Glen Vliet, 15 Jan 1941; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM63-VQS : 19 May 2014), Don Glen Van Vliet, 17 Dec 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKKT-WBHJ : accessed 13 September 2019), Mr Don Van Vliet, Texas, United States, 19 Dec 2010; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Colleyville Courier, born-digital text.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LZQT-NV8