Roots of Captain Beefheart
The artists and genres Captain Beefheart came out of — one hop back on the influence tree.
Frank Zappaartist
J.J. Caleartist
Son Houseartist
Robert Johnsonartist
Ornette Colemanartist
John Coltraneartist
Thelonious Monkartist
Cecil Taylorartist
Howlin' Wolfartist
Muddy Watersartist
Little Richardartist
Bo Diddleyartist
David Gatesartist- Breadartist
Bread was an American soft rock band from Los Angeles, California. They had 13 songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1970 and 1977.
The Beatlesartist
John Lennonartist
Yoko Onoartist- The Monkeesartist
Weasels Ripped My FleshartistWeasels Ripped My Flesh is the eighth album by the American rock group the Mothers of Invention, and the tenth overall by Frank Zappa, released in 1970. Following the Mothers' late 1969 split, Zappa assembled two albums – Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh – from unreleased studio and live recordings by the band, as well as some outtakes/leftovers from his 1969 solo album Hot Rats. While Burnt Weeny Sandwich focuses mostly on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions, Weasels Ripped My Flesh focuses mostly on live recordings and loose/improvisational pieces.
Napoleon Murphy Brockartist
Philosophy of the WorldartistPhilosophy of the World is the only studio album by the American band the Shaggs, released in 1969. It has been described as both among the worst records of all time and a work of "accidental genius".
The Lost EpisodesartistThe Lost Episodes is a 1996 posthumous album by Frank Zappa which compiles previously unreleased material. Much of the material covered dates from early in his career, and as early as 1958, into the mid-1970s. Zappa had been working on these tracks in the years before his death in 1993.
Fearartist
Robert Pete Williamsartist