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THE CAPTAIN IS DEAD

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:35 pm
by concerned
Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) one of my favorite musicians of all time died of complications from MS. Sad, sad day.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/de ... redictable


That's right, the mascara snake... fast and bulbous.

Re: THE CAPTAIN IS DEAD

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:12 am
by scorpion
concerned wrote:Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) one of my favorite musicians of all time died of complications from MS. Sad, sad day.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/de ... redictable


That's right, the mascara snake... fast and bulbous.
Sounds like he lived a full life. A lesson to all of us I guess.....

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:52 pm
by bentnub
i would like to know more about his life with this disease. i'm a private person myself and don't want to pry where i'm not wanted. i'am a fan and a pwms. rip captain

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:56 pm
by concerned
I remember a few years back some people from some art gallery were claiming that he didn't really have MS. However, some good folks from the Magic Band explained that even in the early/mid 70's he was exhibiting symptoms of MS.

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:56 pm
by Absentee
this was a double bummer for me too - it was "oh no! he's gone" and then "oh, no! he died from MS?" What does that even mean? It scares me whatever it means.