One Red Rose That I Mean Peon Flavor Bud Living Maurizio Curadi plays Captain Beefheart

[@jfrenchmusic]

Nice aggressive style. It was nice to hear these being played such passion. thank you for the nice dedication.

[@dreamwell2020]

I'm not a guitar player (or even a musician), so I clearly don't know what I'm talking about here, but these pieces seem not to have been generated out of the instrument, so much as imposed upon it. Don't get me wrong - I love them all, and they never get old. The finest one, of course, is your version of "Flavor Bud Living." Hey - I have an idea for a warm-up act the next time you take a Magic Band out on the road.

[@aakkoin]

kick ass staccato

[@rareosts5752]

He's staying true to Beefheart's "Explosive Note Theory"

[@canobenitez]

can you elaborate on this?@@rareosts5752

[@dreamwell2020]

This is no homage exercise - this is music alive and breathing, a privilege to witness. Clearly, Don's music will never die.

[@jehavelock]

It’s amazing how “normal” it sounds out of context too 🫨

[@bqbhhhh]

BEST BEEFHEART COVER ON KZbin. PERIOD.

[@tonyedwards4067]

I'd like to make that cover(s), n' yes I do (agree)!

[@HansJaussmann]

Nice to hear someone pay homage to The Captain's fine guitarists for once, and that stuff is not easy to play correctly!

[@NunaYaBidnez]

To be able to learn to play that on your own is an amazing accomplishment! Congrats! Very nice!

[@stephenjames4937]

Utterly brilliant. Next time some idiot calls out "Play Freebirrrd!" at one of your gigs, you can shut him up with one of these.

[@NunaYaBidnez]

Brilliant! Don't know how anyone could figure out how to play this! Great job! Please post more Beefheart tunes live!

[@richb3326]

best beefheart cover on KZbin.

[@BreezyandtheBlazers-vd3xw]

Unbelievable, bravo 👏

[@gugspunpun]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!

[@robertfallows1054]

2nd time I’ve watched this. Uncanny how well you’ve captured these “songs”. Truly a labor of love. 11 years later and only 21000 views. Sure they are not well known but the technical ability is impressive

[@RobertGillham-l5f]

Great stuff, captures the spirit very well.

[@juankgonzalez6230]

3:26 You captured that part perfectly. Easily one of my favourite guitar phrases ever

[@thesound4997]

You’ve certainly got your head on straight. Incredible talent at great work

[@santa3468]

Absolutely beautiful this is one of the most influential musical things I ever herd love this

[@richb3326]

Once again immense

[@elklakeradio8776]

I can’t stop watching this. So beautiful.

[@gobuns2]

very nice cover, true to the original pieces. thank you

[@bigtone1348]

Such a pure guitar sound. I saw Denney Walley play this with the Magic Band when they toured the UK.

[@Lostmychops]

In a just world this would have a zillion views. Really accomplished playing. I’m a folkie, but this makes me want to buy an electric guitar. Oh, and that’s an excellent hat.

[@miseryloveco]

Flawless.

[@stigj942]

Very nice track selection. My personal selection of instrumental CB tracks! Well played! “I wrote ‘em, but he played them, really good!” ;)

[@richb3326]

Outstanding

[@anguscarnegie9698]

The cap is the man of the world & words but always remember the players who were never given credit for the music - viva Zoot Horn Rollo aka Bill Harkerload a real guitar genius from the USA. Check out his full version of Peon on Mallards self titled album.

[@grahamtaylor3093]

This makes me feel so calm in a crazy, crazy world.

[@pedrozampatti7172]

Awesome man. It's the first time I see a guitar player involved with this stuff. Great decision to shoot your video there, with those sunflowers around you, it matches with the music perfectly.

[@sbilts]

love the single strum behind the bridge at 1.20

[@1dudeleek]

This keeps me hanging on...

[@robertozorzi8572]

Deeply into the spirit...

[@jangommans5055]

Very good. The Captain wrote it, but you played it really good. Thnx!

[@thom6746]

Beefheart composed one red rose modularly (in small sections rather than the usual verse, verse, chorus pattern). The piece doesn't really progress musically, and the pieces could be put in a different order and it would still work. This makes it fascinating as it defies our expectations about music, and the novelty of it intrigues. It requires virtuoso skill to play this piece.

[@Guttersnipe1950]

Incredible. Amazing talent.

[@diegobis2048]

this is so beautiful, congrats man!

[@daveargall3454]

One hell of an achievement - well played!

[@lawrencewolfe-xavier5951]

Truly Excellent!

[@RobHutten]

Amazing commitment to master four incredibly difficult pieces. Well done.

[@stigj942]

Wow!!!!!

[@plasticdadaii8225]

Wonderful spot for such a wonderful song!!!!!

[@lawrencewolfe-xavier5951]

Captured the Captain's guitar sound so very, very well! As good as the original!

[@moonquakerecords7418]

Very cool

[@secto97]

I love the tone

[@Botoxcorvette]

this is a cover? man i thought it was the real deal for a minute! I am ahuge beefheart head too! great job!

[@CarlosRivera-wx3dv]

Who the fuck is playing? My god. Fucking amazing. Peon is the greatest song ever written. This is the greatest video ever.

[@joemiz]

This video clip is great its don artistically and musically absolutely perfect ! I lovet

[@GarethRidout]

Thanks for this!

[@martinharrison1504]

I've read all the comments here and there's nothing I can add. Just wow.

[@tonyedwards4067]

remarkable I say.

[@hubbythevegan5101]

Beautiful music, a great tribute

[@PaulPadoan]

Just wonderful.

[@aakkoin]

Bravo! BRAVO!!

[@VinceLocRS]

Thank you! You made my day!

[@strawwoodclaw]

Tremendous!

[@redasounni9906]

4 songs that would appear in my Beefheart top 10. Love Beefheart's short instrumental compositions.

[@klausrain111]

Insanely beautiful! And showing the fretwork is very exciting, too.

[@gnesteck3276]

Web core, web core...

[@mootbooxle]

Flawless! Wow!

[@beowulf97766]

Beautiful setting, playing, guitar...I want that shirt! Great posting.

[@jamesnichols9326]

All Real.....Man !

[@strawwoodclaw]

amazing - well done nice sun flowers & music to my ears

[@zoomankat]

You Have Passed The Audition----------------------Don

[@xWESTICLESx]

Holy shit!

[@scottconnors8419]

Standard tuning??? I love this Era of beef heart, love how guitar has a harpsichord haunting sound to it.....too much for some so lovely to others..I'm one of the others...

[@BoboGolem]

WOW!!! BRAVO!!!

[@jakezebloke]

amazing

[@goodpeopleoftheworldunite]

This is the good place.

[@sebastianx13]

So good

[@carlrpmmotoplus]

💕💕💯💯💯💯💯💗💗💗💗💗❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@---23---]

wonderful 😀

[@bencoker4418]

Greatness!

[@billyrichardson9075]

VERY kickass!

[@grahamtaylor3093]

Guitar for the heart rather than the ears.

[@RAINPIO]

organetto gregoriano hippie..great man!

[@---23---]

WOW

[@BubbaZen10]

This is so great! New favorite video. And certainly tough stuff to do. The setting may be one of the best ever on youtube. I feel like i'm in a Van Gogh painting. Not sure i could even attempt a Captain song. If i did, it'd probably be one of the bluesy "regular songs." Cheers man. :) (what are you playing thru? is that a pignose?)

[@rogerbourke5570]

Life is too short for avant garde music.

[@prangmasterflash5590]

I dig peon

[@timelanguid4813]

It takes some doing to learn these pieces. Well done for mastering them. I thought Bill Harkleroad wrote these?

[@sergiootaegui]

he did

[@MaurizioCuradi]

No, the great Bill Harkleroad worked on piano tapes played by Don Van Vliet, and transposed the often fragmentary piano lines on a guitar. The original music was improvised and recorded by Van Vliet, often in sections, and Harkleroad may be considered a great arranger, a masterful transposer and an experimental guitar performer. Clearly, Harkleroad has been a musician without whom this guitar music, in this form, would not have been possible. Harkleroad himself and John French too, in his deeply analytical book, tell about this strange process of writing impromptu music for guitars on a piano (without really knowing how to play it)....

[@gnesteck3276]

reminds me of Blind Joe Death on art w/an electric geetar

[@robertwatson32]

this is just my bag

[@janegrassmarket1414]

When I see you floatin' down the gutter I'll give you a bottle of wine Put me on the white hook Back in the fat rack, Shadrach e-shack 😭

[@GetToDaChopa]

You are amazing.

[@Shiny-Beast]

fucking A!

[@xAWAMx]

Letting his freak flag fly! I dig it.

[@aakkoin]

Exploding notes, as it should be

[@snakefinger]

Soooo fuckkkin AWESOME !

[@sbrillo3000]

GREAT!!!!!!

[@fastsavannah7684]

This is guitar scrabble, also tapered, also making love to your guitar...

[@LeVezz]

At least as good as Master Rollo's rendition!!

[@MaurizioCuradi]

No I only have learned them from Harkleroad....

[@markbrooks7157]

I found them to be a bit rough rhythmically. Could have flowed a bit better. But the tone and attitude were spot on. I transcribed all those pieces 30 years ago and they’ve been posted online. I wonder if this guitar player worked from those.

[@canobenitez]

who are you?

[@corywest6224]

Are all of these tunes in standard? Sounds great!

[@MaurizioCuradi]

Yes

[@rossellabargellini295]

...non è "la mia" musica..... ma grande maurizio!!!!!

[@serlock6731]

Excellent! Now do MORNING BELL!!

[@flipotronic1]

Primo ..

[@pit2ryan3]

Ma è un' accordatura standard? Ho apprezzato molto "Six Fishes", conosco Gianluca dell' aua records ... Complimenti e un "Mandi" dal Friuli ...

[@paulhayward6907]

Bought...dekals..my first weeks wages..70...

[@ronwood355]

Very hard to play this stuff

[@ronwood355]

Eric who ?

[@sometimelater]

proper use of a guitar, wow

[@RAINPIO]

un pò clavicembalato

[@antirepressants]

trying to figure this out is a mind fuck

[@antirepressants]

looking at myself in the mirror at this angle to try and see if my fingers match up lol

[@lennydupont9005]

Tuning?