The Captain Beefheart Weekend in photos: here you'll get a sense of the brilliantly rich programme which included panel discussions, visual art display, poetry and music. The audience included a mix of local fans and the curious through to die-hard Beefheart followers who'd travelled from distance. We had set out to discuss if Beefheart was a Total Artist, spanning effortlessly across art forms, and as these photos show we concluded by agreeing that he absolutely was ...
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| Bryan Biggs, Graham Crowley and Steve Hardstaff discuss Don Van Vliet's visual art (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Rebecca Ayres, Mike Badger, Steve Cole, Dave Keight and Emily Lansley discuss Beefheart's connection with Liverpool (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Sarah Crewe, Patricia Farrell, Peter Finch and Chris McCabe discuss the poetry of Captain Beefheart (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Full house for the symposium events! (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Mike Barnes, John Hyatt and Gary Lucas discuss Beefheart's ongoing legacy (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Original poster for Beefheart's 1972 exhibition at the Bluecoat - the reason we were all here! (photo: John Johnson) |
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| New artworks from Blue Room artists on display (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Captain Beefheart's signature in the Bluecoat visitor book, 1972 (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Chris McCabe introducing 13 new poetry commissions, each in response to a Beefheart album (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Tom Jenks (Safe as Milk, 1967) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Robert Sheppard (Strictly Personal, 1968) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Vahni Capildeo (Trout Mask Replica, 1969) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Jeff Young (Lick my Decals off Baby, 1970) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Matthew Smith (Mirror Man, 1971) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Sarah Crewe (The Spotlight Kid, 1972) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Chris McCabe (Clear Spot, 1972) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Patience Agbabi (Unconditionally Guaranteed, 1974) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Libby Houston (Bluejeans and Moonbeams, 1974) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Patricia Farrell (and Rita) (Shiny Beast,1978) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Alan Holmes, performing with Zoe Skoulding (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Zoe Skoulding (Doc at the Radar Station, 1980) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Peter Finch (Ice Cream for Crow, 1982) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Helen Tookey (Bat Chain Puller, released 2012) (photo: John Johnson) |
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| And into the evening... Psycho Comedy (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Bryan Biggs introducing Gary Lucas (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Beefheart oversees a packed District (photo: John Johnson) |
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| a.p.P.A.t.T. (photo: John Johnson) |
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| Click Clack: the zine created for the weekend (photo: John Johnson) |
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