captain beefheart - don van vliet fine arts - 'rockette morton / mark boston' (portraits and poem)

captain beefheart electricity

don van vliet SINGING INK
poetry and fine arts

ROCKETTE MORTON
mark boston, (bass) guitarist

painting - poem - four drawings

painting & poem
from 1972 back cover THE SPOTLIGHT KID album 1972
poem reprinted england book THE LIVES AND TIMES OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART first three editions 1977/80

captain beefheart / don van vliet - painting - 'rockette morton' (mark boston) 1971 - back cover 'the spotlight kid' lp 1972

the head catatonic from the roller rink

rank 'n' rambunctious are employed

in this pleasant pussy

his crabby whiskers above his

feet-in glass house sleepers

drinks yellow milk from

cocker-spaniel still life number paintings

just another nose in this fine

leather coat cat howling on

green gravel tar paper

the whole world is his walk

don van vliet 1971

drawing 1
from usa promotional booklet BROWN STAR mid 1972
reprinted liner notes THE SPOTLIGHT KID / CLEAR SPOT two-on-one ceedee 1990

captain beefheart / don van vliet - drawing - 'rockette morton' (mark boston) late 1971 - promo booklet 'brown star' 1972

don van vliet (late) 1971

drawing 2
from england magazine NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS 010472

note: placed along the interview a trip into the mind of the spotlight kid

drawing 3
from england magazine ZIGZAG #29 010573

note: placed along the interview jottings for the beefheart archives, which also has a story around this late march 1972 item with a misspelled dedication

drawing 4
from england magazine FRENDZ #26 280472

note: placed along the interview rough trade from venus hits it big

portraits of other MAGIC BAND MEMBERS:
ROY ESTRADA oréjon / audi hon
BRUCE FOWLER fossil
BILL HARKLEROAD zoot horn rollo
ELLIOT INGBER winged eel fingerling
ART TRIPP ed marimba

click clack to the power station, the news or the other SINGING INK

captain beefheart electricity
as felt by teejo