maximalism?

here's a link to an excerpt from michel delville and andrew norris' tome frank zappa, captain beefheart, and the secret history of maximalism. and i thought ben watson was an over-thinker!

and because i couldn't resist, here's gary lucas playing beefheart's "flavor bud living" from that same french concert in 1980. i once learned to play a version of this off a henry kaiser alb, but i can see now it was wrong -- seems don liked to make his gtrists use those voicings high up on the neck to make their hands hurt more.