the tubes

The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band.

http://www.thetubes.com/

Don Van Vliet contributed to the Tubes' "Now" album. The Tubes also performed Van Vliet's 'Gimme That Harp Boy' in concert in 1976.

from The Tubes website:
"My Head Is My Only House" is not the first time the Tubes have covered a Captain Beefheart track. During their 1976 show at the Shrine in Los Angeles they played his "Gimme Dat Harp Boy" as a prelude to "Love Will Keep Us Together".

	the tubes: the tubes     (1975, lp, usa, a&m)
	the tubes: young and rich     (1976, lp, usa, a&m)
	the tubes: now     (1977, lp, usa, a & m) - feat.don van vliet on 'cathy's clone' ; incl. 'my head is my only house' (van vliet) / re-released on cd in 2004 and in 2018
	the tubes: what do you want from live     (1978, lp, usa, polygram)
	the tubes: remote control     (1979, lp, usa, a&m)
	the tubes: t.r.a.s.h. (tubes rarities and smash hits)     (1981, lp, usa, a&m)
	the tubes: the complete backward principle     (1981, lp, usa, capitol)
	the tubes: outside inside     (1983, lp, usa, capitol)
	the tubes: love bomb     (1985, lp, usa, beat goes on)
	the tubes: darted in my own armchair     (????, lp-bootleg, ??, worlds records takbl 1991) - incl. 'love will keep us together' (= 'gimme that harp boy' (van vliet))
	the tubes: live in los angeles 1976     (1991, cd-bootleg, italy, ??) - re-issue of "darted in my armchair" - los angeles 1976  // incl. 'love will keep us together' (= 'gimme that harp boy' (van vliet))
	the tubes: genius of america     (1996, cd, usa, critique)
	the tubes: goin' down     (1997, cd, uk, a&m records) - compilation album, incl. 'my head is my only house' (van vliet)
	the tubes: the tubes world tour 2001     (2001, cd, usa, cmc)
	the tubes: live & alive - live usa     (????, cd-bootleg, ??, ??) - re-issue of "darted in my armchair" - los angeles 1976  // incl. 'love will keep us together' (= 'gimme that harp boy' (van vliet))
	the tubes: now     (2004, cd, uk, acadia / evangeline records aca 8069) - feat.don van vliet on 'cathy's clone' ; incl. 'my head is my only house' (van vliet) / re-release of the 1977 album
	the tubes: wild in london     (2005, cd, usa, ??)
	the tubes: live in america     (2007, cd-bootleg, ??, ??) - re-issue of "darted in my own armchair" - los angeles 1976  // incl. 'love will keep us together' (= 'gimme that harp boy' (van vliet))
	the tubes: don't touch     (2014, cd, uk, sonic boom) - incl. 'gimme that harp boy'  (van vliet)
	the tubes: now     (2018, cd, eu, music on cd moccd13650) - feat.don van vliet on 'cathy's clone' ; incl. 'my head is my only house' (van vliet) / re-released on cd in 2004 and in 2018