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don van vliet SINGING INK
poetry and fine arts - 'brown star'

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BROWN STAR / KISS ME WHERE I CAIN'T abandoned album 1972
CLEAR SPOT audio exhibit

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'BROWN STAR' booklet PAGE 3 ROCKETTE MORTON: BASS & GUITAR

drawing don van vliet late 1971

captain beefheart -'brown star' booklet - don van vliet drawing 'rockette morton' mark boston

notes:
real name: mark boston
drawing reproduced on white background in liner notes 1990 ceedee the spotlight kid / clear spot
drawing reproduced in gold on white background in liner notes 1999 2ceedee the dust blows forward (an anthology)
PAGE 4 ED MARIMBA: PERCUSSION

drawing don van vliet february 1972

captain beefheart -'brown star' booklet - don van vliet drawing 'ed marimba' art tripp

notes:
real name: art tripp
other nickname during the 'brown star / clear spot' recordings: ted cactus
drawing reproduced on white background in liner notes 1990 ceedee the spotlight kid / clear spot

PAGE 5 'BABALOO'

drawing don van vliet [early 1972?]

captain beefheart -'brown star' booklet - don van vliet drawing 'babaloo'

notes:
drawing reproduced on white background in liner notes 1990 ceedee the spotlight kid / clear spot
drawing reproduced in gold on white background behind track listing on back of 1999 2ceedee the dust blows forward (an anthology)
PAGE 6 ORÉJON: BASS & VOCALS

drawing don van vliet march or early april 1972

captain beefheart -'brown star' booklet - don van vliet drawing 'oréjon / audi hon' roy estrada

notes:
real name: roy estrada
other nickname: audi hon (= big ears)
drawing reproduced on white background in liner notes 1990 ceedee the spotlight kid / clear spot
PAGE 7 WINGED EEL FINGERLING: GUITAR / ZOOT HORN ROLLO: GUITAR

drawing don van vliet late 1971 / drawing don van vliet early 1972

captain beefheart -'brown star' booklet - don van vliet drawings 'winged eel fingerling' elliot ingber, 'zoot horn rollo' bill harkleroad

notes (left):
real name of 'mean e': elliot ingber
captain beefheart / don van vliet - drawing 'mean e' winged eel fingerling / elliot ingber' - back cover 'the spotlight kid'
original drawing on lined paper printed on back cover of 1972 album the spotlight kid
original drawing on lined paper reproduced in liner notes 1990 ceedee the spotlight kid / clear spot

notes (right):
real name of 'zoot horn rollo': bill harkleroad
although don thought he was zoot horn roollo
drawing reproduced on white background in liner notes 1990 ceedee the spotlight kid / clear spot
PAGE 8 SMALL CHILD WITH STATUE OF LIBERTY DOLL

drawing don van vliet 1971

captain beefheart -'brown star' booklet - don van vliet drawing 'small child with statue of liberty doll'

notes:
in 1978 she would play a role in the thousandth and tenth day of the human totem pole...
drawing reproduced on white background in liner notes 1990 ceedee the spotlight kid / clear spot

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