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Captain Beefheart: The Beef Of The Matter

Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 14 April 1973

DON VAN VLIET and his orchestra are here for their third British tour. The current line-up of The Magic Band features Zoot Horn Rollo (first guitar); Rockette Morton (second guitar and bass); Alex Pyjama St. Clair (third guitar); Orejon, otherwise known as Roy Estrada (bass); Ed Marimba (drums); and Beefheart on vocals and harmonica.

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