captain beefheart - don van vliet fine arts - 'zoot horn rollo / bill harkleroad' (portraits and poem)

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don van vliet SINGING INK
poetry and fine arts

ZOOT HORN ROLLO
bill harkleroad, guitarist

painting - poem - drawing

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 - 'zoot horn rollo' (bill harkleroad) 1971 - back cover 'the spotlight kid' lp 1972

a triangle fed on a wool table

and the velvet home of seven

closets chewed zees

mended 'n' moved junk 'n' caught

fur combs over hair caravans,

carnivals klans 'n' cracked a clay

crimped horn on calico cloister

don van vliet 1971

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

note the writing error 'roollo' !

captain beefheart / don van vliet - drawing - 'zoot horn rollo' (bill harkleroad) 1972 - promo booklet 'brown star' 1972

don van vliet 1972

portraits of other MAGIC BAND MEMBERS:
MARK BOSTON rockette morton
ROY ESTRADA oréjon / audi hon
BRUCE FOWLER fossil
ELLIOT INGBER winged eel fingerling
ART TRIPP ed marimba

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