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Captain Beefheart
Roots of the Captain
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (34) - Disc #1
1. Intro
2. New Minglewood Blues
3. The Lion
4. Diddie Wa Diddie - Blind Blake [1]
5. Mope-Itty Mope - Boss-Tones
6. New Black Snake Blues, Pt. 1 - Spivey, Victoria
7. New Black Snake Blues, Pt. 2 - Spivey, Victoria
8. Best Batch Yet - Captain Beefheart
9. His Majesty the Policeman [Live]
10. Rubber Dolly Rag
11. Tomi Tomi
12. Cream Puff Comment
13. Old Folks' Boogie - Green, Slim
14. You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond - Johnson, Blind Will
15. Wild Cat Blues - Waller, Fats
16. Rockin' Chair Blues - Petway, Robert
17. Weaver's Life - Dixon, D.
18. Jungle Suite
19. Egg Comment
20. Keep on the Firing Line
21. Who's Yehoodi? - Dennis, Matt [1]
22. Howlin' Wolf Comment
23. Hungry Wolf
24. Somebody's Leaving
25. The Fang - Drake, Jimmy
26. The Skeleton in the Closet [Live] - Burke, Johnny [Lyri
27. Poem
28. Koko [Live] - Parker, Charlie [Sa
29. Go Away From My Door
30. Little Scratch - VanVliet, Don
31. Johnny B. Goode - Berry, Chuck
32. New Highway 51 - McClennan, Tommy
33. Stravinsky Comment
34. Flaming Autograph

CD Details

All Artists: Captain Beefheart
Title: Roots of the Captain
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Ozit Records UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 1/9/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Classic Country, Traditional Blues, Electric Blues, Acoustic Blues, Traditional Folk, Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Modern Postbebop, New Orleans Jazz, Swing Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bebop, Dixieland, Vocal Pop, Classic R&B
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

Synopsis

Album Description

Gimme Dat Harp Boy, an album of blues artists that influenced Captain Beefheart and rare material from the Captain himself. 60 minutes plus of roots/blues material and the rest of the album (approx. 15 minutes) devoted to rare and unreleased material. Includes tracks from Victoria Spivey and Lonnie Johnson, Lord Buckley, Howlin Wolf, Tommy McLennan, Minnie Wallace and the Memphis Jug Band, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Noah Lewis' Jug Band, The Bosstones and more. Big Snake Records. 2002.

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CD Reviews

'Gimme Dat Harp Boy: Roots Of The Captain' (Ozit) Various Ar

Mike Reed | USA | 09/30/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Total of 34 tracks of obscure blues artists (many before my time) that was in some sort of an inspiration to the music of Captain Beefheart. Some of these tunes are a bit out there - as others are quite entertaining I thought. Performers like Duke Mitchell, Victoria Spivey with Lonnie Johnson, Lord Buckley, Blind Willie Johnson, Cab Calloway (didn't he appear in the 'Blues Brothers' movie?), Al White among others make for one heck of an interesting experience here. Don't believe I've ever sat through a CD like this one. Listen to this site's provided sound bites and then go from there."