What did Don have to say about Trout Mask Replica?
Did Don plan out "Trout Mask" as a unified whole or as a concept album?
Has anyone ever discovered a covert subtext running through the various songs?
Much has been written about the environment in which it was recorded and the months of rehearsing.
Did Beefheart ever elucidate his overall specific artistic and musical intentions in regard to the album?
Or is it just an unconnected clump of songs?
Don always described his fine art painting activities as a way to "turn himself inside out"
Is this how he viewed his music and (by extension) "Trout Mask Replica"?
I dont know, pushing boundaries was the thing at the time, and he could do it, and he did.
If I'm not alone . . . How long have I been asleep?