Interview by Tom Dyer of Green Monkey Records on Kaos Radio. Bill discusses his time with the Magic Band, Mallard and what happened afterwards including his solo recordings, his guitars and his health.Read More →
Elliot the wonderful hipster!!…. He became a respite from “ THE HOUSE” for me and because it was just us working on the tunes we would go off into blues land. Those were the best moments for me because he was in his element. One time we were rooming together in Manhattan and we had the window open, he asked me “what key is New York in?” I told him definitely F# … with a long pause I added “minor” … he was thrilled! I had so many funny times with him. We hadn’t connected for many years and a few years back we hadRead More →
Gregg Brendian celebrates his 100th Progcast with a special interview with both Bill Harkleroad and Art Tripp. As well as a fascinating discussion of life in the Magic Band and Mallard there’s also some interesting excursions into the world of avant garde music in general. A great listen.Read More →
In 2023 Sam Peddor interviewed Bill Harkleroad on his My Back Pages website – www.mybackpages.org . A short but excellent interview. Find it via Sam’s website or listen here on SpotifyRead More →
This 30 minute interview by phone with Bill Harkleroad was recorded by Waldemar Hepstein on 28 November 1999 for the Norwegian student radio station For-Sort Kanal in Oslo. Read More →
In 2020 Greg Bendian, who runs the ProgCast channel on YouTube interviewed Bill Harkleroad, aka Zoot Horn Rollo. They discuss details of his work on Trout Mask Replica, and Lick My Decals Off, Baby, as well as their collaboration on Bill’s excellent solo album, We Saw A Bozo Under the Sea. Greg played drums and vibes on Bill’s album.Read More →
Here’s a brand new interview with Bill Harkleroad (aka Zoot Horn Rollo). It was done by phone for the Greek website, Hit Channel, by Thodoris Dimitroulas who manages to ask some different questions. No great revelations but still some interesting answers from Bill. Interview: Zoot Horn Rollo (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, solo)Read More →
An insider’s story. Published by SAF Publishing Ltd ISBN 0 946719 21 7 Price £11.95 1998 151 pages 16 photographs Synopsis from the back cover: Bill Harkleroad joined Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band at a time when they were changing from a straight ahead blues band into something completely different. Through the vision of Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) they created a new form of music which many at the time considered atonal and difficult, but which over the years has continued to exert a powerful influence. Beefheart re-christened Harkleroad as Zoot Horn Rollo, and they embarked on recording one of the classic rock albums ofRead More →