4295 Ensenada, Dr. , Woodland Hills, California 91364

Property Description

Legendary stories surround this magical-looking home with a wooded, private setting nestled in the hills South of the Blvd. This original Girard cabin built in 1925 still maintains its original charm and character.

This one of a kind property is studded with mature Olive, Oak, Jacaranda and China Berry trees and features 2 bedrooms, 1.75 bathrooms & 1150 sq ft.

The living room boasts gorgeous restored wood plank floors and has a sunny tree house-like vibe with wall of glass, brick fireplace and French door opening to a serene & whimsical balcony surrounded by trees. The spacious kitchen has glass cabinet doors and a dining area w/ a French door leading to yard. Updated bathroom upstairs off the master that has walls of windows and walk-in closet. Downstairs bedroom has separate entrance and private bathroom w/ shower.

This famous Woodland Hills house was home to Don Van Vilet, an American artist and former songwriter, singer and musician best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart and was a venue for the Magic Band's endless rehearsals of Trout Mask Replica. The group rehearsed Van Vliet's difficult compositions on Trout Mask Replica in this Woodland Hills home for eight months and were restricted from leaving the house forced to practiced for 14 or more hours a day. In addition, several albums were recorded at this location.

Captain Beefheart's musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called The Magic Band, active between 1965 and 1982, with whom he recorded 12 studio albums. His music blended rock, blues and psychedelia with free jazz, avant-garde and contemporary experimental composition.An iconoclastic mix of complex instrumentation, atonal melodies, and often humorously surreal lyrics, it was crafted through dictatorial control over his musicians and creative vision.Famous for his friendship and collaborations with Frank Zappa, The release 1969's Trout Mask Replica, ranked fifty-eighth in Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Van Vliet has been described as "one of modern music's true innovators" As a teen he spent most of his time locked up in his room listening to records with Frank Zappa, into the early hours in the morning.The Beatles: John Lennon and Paul McCartney were known as great admirers of Beefheart. Lennon displayed two of the album's promotional bumper stickers in the sunroom at his home. Later The Beatles planned to sign Beefheart to their experimental Zapple label but plans were scrapped.

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