I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978

I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do is a live album from Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. In support of the US release of his album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), Beefheart and the band undertook a promotional club tour. On Saturday 18 November 1978 they performed at My Father's Place in Roslyn, New York. My Father's Place was located under a motorway bridge, held about 200 people and the patrons sat at long tables and could dine whilst listening if they wished. The show was recorded and mixed directly to two-track tape. The tape was used for a radio broadcast on WLIR-FM on 11 December 1978. Rhino Records made the album available for download, after a limited release on CD. Released by Rhino on 4/22/23 on 2 vinyl LP's, limited to 5000, for Record Store Day.

The show featured ten of the twelve songs from Captain Beefheart's then-current release, Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), three songs from Safe as Milk (1967), four songs from Trout Mask Replica (1969), and two songs from Clear Spot'' (1972).

Personnel
with
 * The Musicians
 * Don Van Vliet (C.B.) – vocals, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, harmonica, whistling
 * Jeff Moris Tepper – guitar, slide guitar
 * Richard Redus – guitar, slide guitar, slide bass, accordion
 * Bruce Fowler – trombone and air bass
 * Eric Drew Feldman – bass guitar, synthesizer, keyboards
 * Robert Williams – drums, percussion
 * Mary Jane Eisenberg – shake bouquet
 * Technical
 * Jeff Kracke – recording engineer
 * Michael Billeter – recording technician
 * Peter Hedeman – recording technician
 * Michael Tapes – event executive producer
 * Bob Fisher – mastering