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Don Van Vliet

DON VAN VLIET

About

Don Van Vliet is a contributor with 10 credits across their career. Their work is closely associated with Frank Zappa.

Songwriting

Written by Don Van Vliet

22 tracks · 18 artists

Frank Zappa

3 tracks

Alley Cat
Tiger Roach

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

2 tracks

Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do
Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do

Captain Beefheart

2 tracks

Owed T' Alex

Doctor Nerve

1 track

When It Blows Its Stacks

Pascal Comelade1
The Tubes1
Sam Gas Can1
The Cruel Sea1
Blossom Toes1
Smoke Fairies1
The Grandmothers1
The Magic Band1
The Edgar Broughton Band1
Hector Zazou1
Susheela Raman1
Claw Hammer1
Chris Spedding1
Cursed Arrows1

Vocals

Vocals — Don Van Vliet

4 tracks · 1 artist

Frank Zappa

4 tracks

The Grand Wazoo
I'm A Band Leader
Lost In A Whirlpool
Tiger Roach

Lead Vocals

Lead Vocals — Don Van Vliet

1 track · 1 artist

Frank Zappa

1 track

Alley Cat

Artists

Associated Artists

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

5 tracks

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

2 tracks

Captain Beefheart

Captain Beefheart

2 tracks

Discography

Albums

Gone Doing (Or "The Zack Album")

Sam Gas Can

2020

Wild Winter

Smoke Fairies

2014

Sonic Union

Cursed Arrows

2013

Chris Spedding

Chris Spedding

1 track

Cursed Arrows

Cursed Arrows

1 track

Doctor Nerve

Doctor Nerve

1 track

Pascal Comelade

Pascal Comelade

1 track

The Tubes

The Tubes

1 track

Sam Gas Can

1 track

The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea

1 track

Blossom Toes

1 track

Smoke Fairies

Smoke Fairies

1 track

The Grandmothers

The Grandmothers

1 track

The Magic Band

The Magic Band

1 track

Hector Zazou

Hector Zazou

1 track

The Edgar Broughton Band

The Edgar Broughton Band

1 track

Susheela Raman

Susheela Raman

1 track

Claw Hammer

Claw Hammer

1 track

Lawless: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

2012

Bat Chain Puller

Captain Beefheart

2012

Love Bomb - Live 1967-69

Blossom Toes

2009

Deep In The Heart Of Nowhere!

Claw Hammer

2009

33 1/3

Susheela Raman

2007

Click Clack

Chris Spedding

2005

Keep Them Freaks A Rollin'. Live At Abbey Road, December 1969

The Edgar Broughton Band

2004

Back To The Front

The Magic Band

2003

12 (Las Vegas Is Cursed)

Hector Zazou

2000

Every Screaming Ear

Doctor Nerve

1997

The Lost Episodes

Frank Zappa

1996

Danses Et Chants De Syldavie

Pascal Comelade

1994

Who Could Imagine ?

The Grandmothers

1994

This Is Not The Way Home

The Cruel Sea

1991

Goin’ Down

Goin’ Down

The Tubes