CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND ALUMNI JEFF COTTON TO RELEASE HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM THE FANTASY OF REALITY

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND THE MAGIC BAND ALUMNI JEFF COTTON TO RELEASE HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM THE FANTASY OF REALITY

 AUGUST 12TH 2022 ON MADFISH

Jeff Cotton of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band fame released his first ever solo album – The Fantasy of Reality.

After playing guitar, lap steel and vocals with the legendary Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, appearing on the groundbreaking album Trout Mask Replica (under the pseudonym Antennae Jimmy Semens), as well as playing on Strictly Personal & Mirror Man, Cotton withdrew from the commercial music business for nearly 50 years. Using the island state of Hawaii as a home base, he emerges from his seclusion in 2022 with his first ever solo album; The Fantasy of Reality.

Whimsical, playful and tongue-in-cheek – Cotton delivers a psychedelic journey that will delight Beefheart devotees while bringing plenty of new ideas to the table across the sprawling 22 track, 66 minute runtime. Trout Mask Replica cover designer Cal Schenkel collaborates once again as he returns to contribute to the internal artwork of the album to continue the Captain Beefheart canon into the 2020s.

Across the decades, the Magic Band’s power and influence has only grown in might, and the cult following of 1969’s Trout Mask Replica still excites fans to this day, in part due to the mystery and enigma of members such as Antennae Jimmy Semens (aka Jeff Cotton). In 1967, Cotton was scoped by Don Van Vliet – Captain Beefheart himself, replacing Ry Cooder on guitar. He then went one to help craft some of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band’s most vibrant recordings and later contributed to the cult band MU.

Now blending together musical strands such as jazz, delta blues, Hawaiian and the avant-garde to create a melting pot of ideas, Cotton will astonish fans with his comeback.

The magic will continue on The Fantasy of Reality, which will be released on CD & Digital via Madfish with PRE ORDERS  AVAILABLE HERE (https://jeffcotton.lnk.to/fantasyofreality )

Tracklisting:

  1. Does It Work For You
  2. It Never Ceases To Blow My Mind
  3. Ivy
  4. Green Bamboo
  5. He Made The Eagle
  6. Elvirus
  7. This Gentle Earth
  8. All Things New
  9. Crusin` Hamakua
  10. Together We Sail
  11. The Space Between Us All
  12. On The Thread
  13. Aloha
  14. The Liberation Song
  15. The Breeze Of Oblivion
  16. Heavy
  17. The Season Of The Awakening
  18. Mother Earth Needs Healing
  19. Together
  20. Hear The Word
  21. It Would Take An Angel
  22. Clean In Nature`s Stream

https://www.madfishmusic.com/artists/jeff-cotton/