* 2010 – Captain Beefheart, American musician ( b. 1941 )

* 1941 – Captain Beefheart, American musician and visual artist ( d. 2010 )

The Beatles developed along similar lines, creating various modernist musical effects on several albums, while musicians such as Frank Zappa, Syd Barrett and Captain Beefheart proved even more experimental.

Post-punk reflected a range of art rock influences from Captain Beefheart to David Bowie and Roxy Music to Krautrock and, once again, the Velvet Underground.

Besides The Byrds, these included Iron Butterfly, Love, Spirit, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, The United States of America, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, and the Electric Prunes ; perhaps the most commercially successful were The Doors.

When he first started writing songs for the Pixies, Francis says he was listening to nothing but Hüsker Dü, Captain Beefheart, and Iggy Pop ; Other influences associated with Francis include The Gun Club and The Cars.

Burnett was able to secure the rights to the songs by Kenny Rogers and the Gipsy Kings and also added tracks by Captain Beefheart, Moondog and the rights to a relatively obscure Bob Dylan song called " The Man in Me ".

# " Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles " – written and performed by Captain Beefheart

She introduced him to the music of Captain Beefheart.

Apart from Captain Beefheart and some of Dr. John's early output, there was little precedent in popular music.

In 1971 the group sent a reel-to-reel tape to Hal Halverstadt at Warner Brothers, since he had worked with Captain Beefheart ( one of the group's musical heroes ).

* January 15 – Captain Beefheart, American singer ( d. 2010 )

Art Tripp played the marimba on several of Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band's albums, most notably on Lick My Decals Off, Baby and The Spotlight Kid.

January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010 ) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet widely known by the stage name Captain Beefheart.

He began performing with his Captain Beefheart persona in 1964 and joined the original Magic Band line-up, initiated by Alexis Snouffer, in 1965.

Further songs, on Zappa's Mystery Disc ( 1996 ), " I Was a Teen-Age Malt Shop " and " The Birth of Captain Beefheart " also provide an insight to Zappa's ' teenage movie ' script titled Captain Beefheart vs. the Grunt People, the first appearances of the Beefheart name.

During his first trip to England in January 1968, Captain Beefheart was briefly represented in the UK by mod icon Peter Meaden, an early manager of The Who.

The next two records, The Spotlight Kid ( simply credited to " Captain Beefheart ") and Clear Spot ( credited to " Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band "), were both released in 1972.

* September 12, 1986: Captain EO starring Michael Jackson replaces Magic Journeys

Raggett of Allmusic called the album a " last entertaining blast of wigginess from one of the few truly independent artists in late 20th century pop music, with humor, skill, and style all still intact "; with the Magic Band " turning out more choppy rhythms, unexpected guitar lines, and outré arrangements, Captain Beefheart lets everything run wild as always, with successful results ".

Thus, it seemed quite logical to promote the group as " Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band ", around the concept that Captain Beefheart had ' magic powers ' and, upon drinking a ' Pepsi ', could summon up " His Magic Band " to appear and perform behind him.

Children's television is nearly as old as television itself, with early examples including shows such as Play School, Captain Tugg, The Magic Roundabout, Howdy Doody, Ivor the Engine, Clangers, Noggin the Nog, Bill and Ben, Sali Mali, TUGS, Captain Kangaroo and Mister Rogers ' Neighborhood.

Cooder first attracted attention in the 1960s, playing with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, after previously having worked with Taj Mahal and Ed Cassidy in the Rising Sons.

Mallard was the name of a band featuring ex-members of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band.

In early 1974, after the recording of the uncharacteristically mainstream Unconditionally Guaranteed album, the tensions between Captain Beefheart and bandmembers Bill Harkleroad ( Zoot Horn Rollo ), Mark Boston ( Rockette Morton ) and Art Tripp III ( Ed Marimba ) had finally reached a breaking point, and the three members left Beefheart's Magic Band.

Richard was noted in game audio for bringing " real " voice actors into a game for the first time ( Mega Lo Mania ), the earliest use of interactive music ( Chaos Engine ), working with established recording artists ( Betty Boo on Magic Pockets, Captain Sensible on Sensible Soccer, Brian May on Rise of the Robots and John Foxx on Gods and Speedball 2 ), and featuring vocals in title tunes, which was revolutionary for the time.

To coincide with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, a projection of Captain Blackbeard from the film ( voiced by original actor Ian McShane ) temporarily replaced the 2006 projection of Davy Jones in the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom version of the attraction beginning on May 20, 2011.

At Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom Park of Walt Disney World, the character of Captain Jack Sparrow is occasionally available for photos and autographs, and is further featured in the short show Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Tutorial based loosely upon the film series.

Another rumor speculates that N. Senada may have been Captain Beefheart because in the late 60s Beefheart and his " Magic Band " lived in a residence on Ensenada Drive in Woodland Hills, CA while recording Trout Mask Replica and Safe as Milk ; Beefheart influence can also be heard in early Residents works.

* Cucamonga-" Part 2 of a trilogy of photo books about Southern California inspired by the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band.

Also, the Zappa-produced album Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band contains a reference to the city at the end of the track " Hair Pie: Bake 1 ".

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band was also invited to appear but, according to the liner notes for the CD reissue of their album Safe As Milk, the band turned the offer down at the insistence of guitarist Ry Cooder, who felt the group was not ready.

Another notable film in this period was the short rock music performance film Three Directions In Australian Pop Music ( 1972 ), which featured in-concert colour footage of three of the most significant Melbourne rock acts of the period, Spectrum, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band and Wendy Saddington.

Since the Virgin is Captain General of Artillery ( which is indicated for the baton and the sash that has his feet ) from the September 24, 1916, en route from the Cathedral Shrine and is accompanied by cadets Artillery Academy and the Band ( which has to be brought from the Academy of Toledo since disappeared local ).

Sink was portrayed in the television miniseries Band of Brothers by Captain Dale Dye.

Bands such as Figgy Duff, Wonderful Grand Band and Spirit of the West were early pioneers in the Canadian tradition of Celtic-influenced rock, and were later followed by acts such as Crash Test Dummies, Great Big Sea, The Mahones, The Dukhs, Jimmy George, Rawlins Cross, Captain Tractor, Mudmen, and Michou.

In 2001, Schwimmer played Captain Herbert M. Sobel in Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks ' HBO World War II miniseries Band of Brothers.

Although Band of Brothers was met with largely positive reception, Schwimmer's performance was criticized and the BBC News concluded, " Part of the problem ... may have been the ridiculous fact that Friends favourite David Schwimmer plays the hard and cruel Captain Herbert Sobel.

He represented Weymouth in the House of Commons and also served as Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners and as Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire and Dorsetshire.

* Robert Hawley, ( 1729 – 1799 ), Captain North Stratford Train Band in the American Revolutionary War.

He represented Oxfordshire in the House of Commons and served as Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners from 1762 to 1772.