"Don (Captain Beefheart) is not technically oriented, so, first I had to help him figure out what he wanted to do, and then, from a practical standpoint, how to execute his demands. ... We taped a few selections... and I thought they sounded terrific, but Don got paranoid, accused me of trying to do the album on the cheap, and demanded to go into a real recording studio."-Frank Zappa from "The Real Frank Zappa Book"
It's starting to sound like Captain Beefheart would be nothing without Zappa. Not only did Zappa influence Captain Beefheart musically, but also penned his name for him.
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