Not strictly poetry but probably of interest to list members is Mike Barnes
new book Captain Beefheart (Quartet Books, ISBN 0 7043 8073 0) priced at 14
Blair pounds. Not quite as naff as most music books usually are, I found it
a useful if not particularly original survey of the life and work. Balances
heavy reliance on press cuttings with original interviews with ex Magic Band
members. Useful to read in tandem with the booklet that accompanies the Grow
Fins boxed set. [Btw, my old mate Geoff Hattersley is a big Beefheart fan
and has one of his paintings on the cover of last Bloodaxe book 'On The
Buses with Dostoyevsky'. Geoff tells me that Bloodaxe wanted a photo of Reg
Varney instead.]
cheers
David
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