Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone -- Dave O'Toole (tracks: 5, 9)
Bass -- Dave Lucas (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9, 12, 14), Mark Schneider (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 10, 11)
Composed By -- Zoot Horn Rollo
Drums -- Gregg Bendian
Guitar -- Zoot Horn Rollo
Guitar [Synth-guitar] -- Zoot Horn Rollo
Harmonica -- Tony Proveaux (tracks: 4)
Mastered By -- David Mitson
Mixed By -- Bill Barnett
Vibraphone -- Gregg Bendian (tracks: 3, 7, 10)
Violin -- Brian Price (tracks: 6, 12)
Notes:
Bendian sessions recorded at Tedesco Studios, Paramus, NJ. Price and Proveaux sessions recorded at ProArts Studios, Eugene, OR.
All other recordings at Zoot's house.
Mixed at Gung Ho Studios, Eugene, OR.
Mastered at Sony Music Studios, Santa Monica, CA. All music composed by Zoot Horn Rollo. (Note: the artist's real name, Bill Harkleroad, does not appear anywhere on the disc or the documentation of the disc.)
Bill Harkleroad, known professionally as Zoot Horn Rollo (born December 12, 1948), is an American guitarist. He is best known for his work with Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band. In 2003 he was ranked #62 in a Rolling Stone Magazine list of \"the 100 greatest guitarists of all time\".
Biography:
Born in Hawthorne, California, Harkleroad was trained as an accordionist as a child but switched to guitar in his teens. In nearby Lancaster, California, he became involved in local bands. He joined up with future member of the Magic Band, Mark Boston, in a band named B.C. & The Cavemen. Later the two played in the group Blues in a Bottle along with future Magic Band guitarist Jeff Cotton. He joined the Magic Band in 1968 after the departure of Alex St. Clair. After recording Trout Mask Replica and several further albums, he left in 1974, with several other band members, to form Mallard. His book Lunar Notes describes some of the tensions that contributed to the split between Captain Beefheart and the other band members.
After the disbanding of Mallard, he had a limited involvement with the music community as a performer. He continued his involvement in another capacity, however, as a record store manager and guitar instructor in Eugene, Oregon.
On November 27, 2001, he released We Saw a Bozo Under the Sea. In 2008 John French (a.k.a. Drumbo) released an album City of Refuge in which Harkleroad was featured playing guitar on all twelve tracks. In 2013, Harkleroad contributed lead guitar to a psychobilly track on the Eugene-based band Cherry Poppin' Daddies' album White Teeth, Black Thoughts.
Discography:
• 1969 Trout Mask Replica
• 1970 Lick My Decals Off, Baby
• 1972 The Spotlight Kid
• 1972 Clear Spot
• 1974 Unconditionally Guaranteed
• 1975 Mallard
• 1976 In a Different Climate
• 2001 We Saw a Bozo Under the Sea
Bibliography:
Harkleroad, Bill (1998). Lunar Notes: Zoot Horn Rollo's Captain Beefheart Experience. Interlink Publishing. ISBN 0-946719-21-7.
