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Captain Beefheart: The Return of the Zig Zag Wanderer

Kris Needs, ZigZag, January 1978

HAAARRRM!!! Captain Beefheart's amazing throat lets out a ferociously powerful blues-roar, which in the "relaxed atmosphere" of the Montcalm hotel bar has a resounding effect on the surrounding clientele. Be-suited businessmen glance frowning out of their hushed conversations, fur-coated blue-rinsed biddies tut at their neighbours and elderly gents choke in their drinks. "Look at that little bit of freedom," chuckles the Captain.

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