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Comedian, actor and artist Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves chooses the life of Don van Vliet.
He was the Dadesque musician and painter Captain Beefheart who has continued to influence many musicians since the 1960s.
Jim joins Matthew Parris to discuss the bizarre and complex persona developed by the Californian eccentric who died from MS in 2010.
With Beefheart's biographer, Mike Barnes.
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2018.
By BBC Radio 44.2
465465 ratings
Comedian, actor and artist Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves chooses the life of Don van Vliet.
He was the Dadesque musician and painter Captain Beefheart who has continued to influence many musicians since the 1960s.
Jim joins Matthew Parris to discuss the bizarre and complex persona developed by the Californian eccentric who died from MS in 2010.
With Beefheart's biographer, Mike Barnes.
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2018.

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