…hey, not just any Captain though – here are some rarer tracks from the bootlegs of the studio session that produced the Clear Spot and the Spotlight Kid. Kiss sounds like your standard Beefheart twist on the blues at first – but what I really love about this song is the old r&b breakdown guitar part. Love it. Then in Harry Irene, the Captain switches to a pretty jazz number that manages to escape without any odd twists – which is a miracle in and of itself. Surely this never had a chance at making one of his records, but it’s always nice to hear what musicians are playing when they think no one is listening.
…just a reminder to everyone to come see us next Wednesday, November 18th at the Scoot Inn at 11pm. We play with Legs Against Arms and Milk Thistle(two bands I’m anxious to hear) in an Above the Radar Productions event. Just to make it official, Justin even pulled together another boss poster to mark the occasion. See you all soon!
Our ears were burning today and it just so happened this is the reason why. The Author’s song “Put it On” provided the audio backdrop to Laurie Gallardo’s Texas Music Matters Austin Music Minute on the Austinist’s Local Music is Sexy show tomorrow at Club DeVille and the Mohawk. Bonus points for me going the distance with all the proper nouns.
In completely unrelated news, I have now been approached by two people who think that song would be the perfect condom commercial theme song. I guess there are worse things than people thinking “instant sex” while listening to Put it On. By the way, that last comment was a heavily edited version of something far more crass.
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