Why does no one accuse Captain Beefheart of ripping off old blues artists? He blatantly redid old songs and put his own titles on them, changed a couple lyrics and gave himself the credit. After he was finished with the blues, he just ripped off the guys in his own band, even kicking out the real genius behind Trout Mask Replica (John French) before the album was released and not even putting a drum credit for him on the album.
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