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chapter SEVEN
DON VAN VLIET before and after beefheart
1941-1964 and 1983-2010
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donnie 1941-1964

1944: growing up
story 300690 holland WHEN DON WAS DONNIE... with picture

1950: prodigy
story 111250 usa LADS, BEASTS THEIRS IN CLAY
story
111250 usa YOUNGSTERS AWARDED ZOO MODELING PRICES
story 050251 usa BOY ARTISTS, 10, WIN CONTEST
story 050251 usa THREE BOYS WIN PRIZES IN CLAY MODELING CONTEST

1960: high school senior
story usa DROPOUT BOOGIE

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retired captain / don van vliet 1983-2010

1983: switching from captain beefheart music to van vliet fine arts
010483 usa PLAYING IT BY EAR WITH CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
170883 usa
teevee LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN [2]
010883 usa AN OLD FART AT PLAY (old) pic
270984 usa GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN two pics
010185 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART / VAN VLIET reprint!
010385 usa DON VAN VLIET A.K.A. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART reprint!
2001 usa book DON VAN VLIET - 1984: TRINIDAD, CALIFORNIA half reprint!

5 may 1985: opening of art exhibition in cologne, germany
010685 germany MAN LEBT NUR ZWEIMAL
150685 holland CAPTAIN BEEFHEART / DON VAN VLIET: CULT-HERO two pics
010785 holland KIND MET PLAN

second half 1985 - spring 1993: full time painter / philosopher
090886 england GO VAN GO!
081186 australia THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING juke reprint!
010188 usa WHERE'S THE CAPTAIN? two (old) pics
010488 spain ACUARELAS DEL MOJAVE half reprint!
2001 usa book DON VAN VLIET - 1988: TRINIDAD, CALIFORNIA reprint!
±201188 usa THE MUSICAL PAINT OF CAPT. BEEFHEART
251188 usa CAPT. BEEFHEART'S BRUSH WITH ART
shortened reprint!
301288 usa DIFFERENT LIFE, DIFFERENT MEDIUM FOR CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
shortened reprint!
080189 usa IN TUNE WITH ART
shortened reprint!
310390 canada BEEFHEART MAKES A NEW NAME FOR HIMSELF PAINTING 'MUSIC ON CANVAS'
shortened reprint!
011288 usa
HE'S STILL CAPTAIN ENIGMA
010489 usa GRAVITY HOLDING ME DOWN
141089 england CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (sidelines)
010190 usa
PHONE CALLS TO DON
290790 usa A CROSSOVER OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
011293 england RUN PAINT RUN RUN short reprint!
011190 usa [TITLE UNKNOWN]
[interview]
010291 usa WHERE'S THE BEEF? pic
010391 italy CAPTAIN BEEFHEART HA 50 ANNI reprint!
010391 denmark DON VAN VLIET two pics
090991 usa MUSIC'S MAD GENIUS FINDS SOLACE AND SUCCESS IN PAINTING
290991 usa EX-CAPTAIN BEEFHEART TAKES UP BRUSHES shortened reprint!
011091 usa DON VAN VLIET
pic

summer 1993 - early summer 1994: stand up to be discontinued art project
230793 holland radio 'I HAVE A CAT'
011293 england STRICTLY PERSONAL two pics
011296 japan I'M HAPPY AS A CLAM reprint!
210894 england RE-ACHIEVING NAIVETY pic
2001 england
book CAPTAIN BEEFHEART reprint!

late summer 1993: filming of some yo yo stuff
story 1993 england 'SOME YOYO STUFF' three pics
collection of fragments 010195 england THE Q 100 INTERVIEW

1994: more 'music on canvas'
220595 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART GAINING INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM - FOR PAINTING
2505-090795 usa [SEVERAL TITLES] many (shortened) reprints!

fall 2001: total retirement
151201 holland BONO & BEEFHEART
010402 england 'THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING' reprint!
story 2003 usa HAPPY EARTHDAY
280707 usa BOOM TIMES, BAD TIMES

through the years: some short left-overs
collection of fragments 1985-95 BUSINESS IS YOGURT WITH WRENCHES pic

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notes:
BLUE TITLE
= recybered or linked
pic
indicates the amount of contemporary pictures illustrating the text
BLACK TITLE = waiting to be added including translations
RED TITLE
= text not found yet

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other chapters: from scratch to decals 1965-71 - light kids and clear spots 1972-73 - tragic year and return 1974-78 - shiny end 1978-82 - what the crew likes to say

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