What is a mummy but a kind of cover?

A quick survey of covers of various Beefheart songs (and you can click on the header for Rhodri Marsden's "Christmas" version of the end section of "Veterans Day Poppy")...



The wonderful Coati Mundi covers Captain Beefheart in this cut from his 1983 album "The Former 12 Year Old Genius."



"Steal Softly Thru Snow"

Gary Lucas, John French, Denny Walley, and Mark Boston a/k/a The Magic Band play this ferocious Van Vliet instrumental composition from the Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band album "Trout Mask Replica" live on Swedish TV 4 on a breakfast show airing May 26th 2006.

Here they do "Circumstances," with John French singing:





The small big band Fast n Bulbous doing "When It Blows Its Stacks," NYC, 04/09/08



"Dear Old Southland"...had three notes in each measure...I told 'em teenagers had played it, 'cause I showed 'em...

Live at Zappanale 19 in Bad Doberan: Paul Green School of Rock Music feat. Denny Walley



Magazine doing their questionable version of "I Love You You Big Dummy" in Berlin,
1980.