"Tropical Hot Dog Night", from "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)''............an avant-garde classic by Captain Beefheart and IMO his most accessible record, although I haven't heard them all (who could?.........some of his stuff is unlistenable).
But I LOVE this record! Just ordered it for the third time. Had the vinyl way back when, also downloaded it years ago and burned it but lost my burned copy and it was on an old discarded computer. Bruce Fowler (Mothers of Invention) on trombone.
[Edited on 5/14/2015 by robslob]
My only exposure to Capt Beefheart is via Frank Zappa's Bongo Fury:
" Like Two Flamingos in A Fruit Fight "
Dig the Captain , love Bongo Fury
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Frank Zappa - Bongo Fury
Official Release #21
Originally Released: October 1975
Produced by: FZ
Music Supplied By:
FZ: lead guitar, vocals
Captain Beefheart: harp, vocals, shopping bags
George Duke: keyboards, vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock: sax, vocals
Bruce Fowler: trombone, fantastic dancing
Tom Fowler: bass, also dancing
Denny Walley: slide guitar, vocals
Terry Bozzio: drums,
Chester Thompson: drums (on 200 Years Old and Cucamonga)
Robert "Frog" Camarena: uncredited vocals on Debra Kadabra
Track Listings
1. Debra Kadabra
2. Carolina Hard-core Ecstasy
3. Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top
4. Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
5. 200 Years Old
6. Cucamonga
7. Advance Romance
8. Man With The Woman Head
9. Muffin Man
The album is a notable entry in Zappa's discography, because it was the last to feature a majority of his early 1970s band, which appeared on Over-Nite Sensation (1973), Apostrophe (') (1974), Roxy & Elsewhere (1974), and One Size Fits All (1975).
Napoleon Murphy Brock's vocals are featured both on the sprawling "Advance Romance" as well as on the three-part harmonies of "Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy". Captain Beefheart, in his only tour with Zappa's band, delivers vocals and harmonica on several tracks, including his two short prose readings "Sam with the Showing Scalp Flat Top" and "Man with the Woman Head". Bongo Fury also marks the first appearance of Terry Bozzio, who would become Zappa's featured drummer between 1975 and 1978.
"I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby!"...
