The Authors

…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.