I had been posting lately quite a bit of the wondrous Chuck Prophet thanks to the Sealyman and Robyn Hitchcock thanks to The Twilightzone but did anyone spot this?
From the Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
& Captain Beefeart Appreciation Society Facebook pages!
"Last Friday, an all-star ensemble celebrated the music of Captain Beefheart by performing the "Safe as Milk" LP in its entirety, along with a second set of deep cuts and classic tracks. ✨️🌟✨️ What a night! Photos: instagram.com/@aleril_antarai (9/29/2025)
Very Special Guests: Robyn Hitchcock, Shannon Shaw, Chuck Prophet, Nick Waterhouse, Cyril Jordan, Blag Dahlia, Kelley Stoltz, Lydia Walker.
The evening’s “Magic Band”: Joe Gore, Allyson Baker, Pete Straus, Warren Huegel, Marc Capelle, Jamin Barton, Meryl Theo Press.
DJ sets by David Katznelson
Visuals by Ether Wave
Folkyeah Presents
A portion of the proceeds + winning bids from the silent auction are being donated to Creativity Explored. Over 40 years of supporting artists with disabilities in San Francisco. ❤️"
Allyson Baker from the San Francisco rock band Dirty Ghosts has very kindly written something for this page about last Friday's event at the Chapel in San Francisco, celebrating Captain Beefheart's debut album Safe As Milk. Allyson was the musical director of the show and also one of the musicians playing on stage on the night. To watch the full show click on the link at the bottom of this post. Here is Allyson's report on the show:
The project kind of got started, when I played guitar on two Beefheart songs live with Robyn Hitchcock and my husband, who drums for Robyn, early in 2025 in San Francisco. We had a lot of fun playing those tunes (Electricity and Zig Zag Wanderer) and talked about the possibility of doing more. Coincidentally at the end of the night Britt Govea, the head of Folkyeah! Presents, the promoter of the show told me of an idea that had been floating around his head of having all of Safe as Milk performed live with Robyn and other guest singers. Britt asked if I would musical direct to which I eagerly replied YES!
The next day Britt and I got to planning - I was given free reign to choose a band and make a setlist - Safe As Milk and second set of later material. I called all of the Beefheart diehard musicians and people who I imagined would be perfect for the show and assembled a great core band: Joe Gore on 2nd guitar, Warren Huegel on drums, Pete Straus on bass, Jamin Barton on theremin/harp/sax, Marc Capelle on trumpet and Meryl Theo Press and Lydia Walker on backup vocals. The band and I worked hard to get as close to sounding like the real thing as we could get.
We got an amazing cast of singers on board alongside Robyn: Shannon Shaw, Chuck Prophet, Kelley Stoltz, Blag Dahlia, Lydia Walker, Nick Waterhouse and Cyril Jordan of the Flamin Groovies who jumped on stage with his guitar for Diddy Wah Diddy.
It was an incredible night and I’m so thankful to everyone who came and those who were involved. There was so much love for Captain Beefheart in the room that night it was palpable. Wanted to share this with the other Beefheart fans out there who had heard about the show but proximity may have been an issue! You can find me on instagram @dirtyghosts and as more video/pix/audio surface I will post as it comes.
- Allyson Baker
Thanks again to Allyson for writing that piece exclusively for this page. Here is the video for the full event:
Here is a link to the audio of the full event:
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