Captain Clegg And The Night Creatures

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Captain Clegg And The Night Creatures

…as Jesse describes it, “I had already worked with Rob on the original Banjo & Sullivan record for the film, The Devils Rejects, so…We riffed on it and talked about possible influences. Rob would say, “how ‘bout Buck Owens meets Iggy?” I said, “I love the Sonics and Johnny Horton!” Rob then said, “make it girl crazy”. I said, “then we have to have go-go dancers,” And to be frank, we we’re just having a blast with the whole thing! I later wrote most of these songs in a haunted suite at the LaMothe Hotel on Esplanade St. in the French Quarter in New Orleans.” “Rob and I have built a whole alter-ego around this character and the result is the Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures record featuring songs from the film. The songs are a new, frightening, raw hybrid sound.”

Jesse Dayton and his ragtag company of hold steadies have done it again, only this time with a decidedly macabre and evil twist! It seems that after months of anticipation with video teases, webisodes, and small leaks we are finally treated to a psychobilly hellstorm, complete with all the b-movie horror references, Buck Owens versus the Cramps riffs, and blood-soaked lyricism our little minds can handle. This is definitely the psychobilly album I’ve been waiting for, one that doesn’t take itself too seriously but is recorded with enough professionalism by consummate professionals to keep me coming back for more. Jesse Dayton, AKA Captain Clegg, is a star of the scene and one of the few rockabilly players today with enough miles in his rear-view mirror to actually appreciate and understand what an audience wants out of some horror-infused rock and roll. Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures delivers – a must-have for horror fans, psychobilly stompers, and rockabilly rioters all.

Review by John Bradley – Amazon