After playing guitar, lap steel and vocals with the legendary Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, appearing on the ground-breaking album Trout Mask Replica (under the pseudonym Antennae Jimmy Semens), as well as playing on Strictly Personal and Mirror Man, Cotton withdrew from the commercial music business for nearly 50 years.

Using the island state of Hawaii as a home base, he emerges from his seclusion in 2022 with his first ever solo album, The Fantasy of Reality. Whimsical, playful and tongue-in-cheek - Cotton delivers a psychedelic journey that will delight Beefheart devotees while bringing plenty of new ideas to the table across the sprawling 22 track, 66- minute runtime. 'Trout Mask Replica' cover designer Cal Schenkel collaborates once again as he returns to contribute to the internal artwork of the album to continue the Captain Beefheart canon into the 2020's.