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Captain Beefheart: "Yeah, I'm Happy. Happy as a clam."

Dave DiMartino, MOJO, December 1993

He is alive. A recluse. Painting in seclusion up near the Oregon border. There have been weird signals through the ether since he stopped making music 11 years ago, but they were faint, confused, unintelligible. But now Dave DiMartino has finally made contact with the man who used to be Captain Beefheart.

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