Birthdays on the Tube: 10-16 January

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Birthdays on the Tube: 10-16 January

Captain Beefheart, Long John Baldry, Sade, Gene Krupa, Sade and Jerry Wexler

by Peter CulshawSunday, 10 January 2010

Captain, my captain

An ongoing series celebrating musicians' birthdays. This week Don Van Vliet, also known as Captain Beefheart, in a fascinating 1997 documentary made by John Peel, master drummer Gene Krupa, singer Long John Baldry on a TV special hosted by the Beatles, producer Jerry Wexler talking about working with Bob Dylan, smooth operator Sade whose first album of new material in ten years is due to be released next month and a brief farewell to producer Willie Mitchell.

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