Sportjacket-and-beaver-hair Dave hosts Mr. Van Vliet two times in or around 1982. Watch for the incredulous look Beefheart gives the crowd at their vigorous applause. Suit-and-loafers Dave probably wouldn’t take the risk today. It’s a damn shame when you can’t come up with a better career model than Johnny Carson.

Oh hey, I almost forgot. Some may not be aware that I worked on the 1999 Beefheart retrospective box set Grow Fins on Revenant. I did some audio work on the enhanced CD. Absolutely worth every penny of the $65 bones.