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Captain Beefheart Sings For Women

David Rensin, Rolling Stone, 4 January 1973

NORTH HOLLYWOOD – Striding into the small but copiously equipped Warner Brothers recording studio like a bull dressed for a Chinatown parade, Captain Beefheart extends his middle finger, and with eyes now narrow, demonic slits, offers it to anyone watching his grand entrance.

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