One minor detail about the Filmore West recording. I was at this show and it was Jeff Simmons on bass(and Asian vocal character on "Have Gun Will Travel") not Jim Pons. This was before the movie "200 Motels" when Jeff left the band.
rh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dawayne Bailey > To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:20 PM > Subject: [Zappa-List] Re: Wolfgang's Vault > > > > > Now streaming complete shows including Zappa > 11/06/70 Fillmore > West. > 15 tracks - 63 minutes of an unheard Mothers show > - Friday Nov. 6, > 1970 > > > http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/ConcertDetail.aspx?id=1361|4901 > > - - - - - - > > George Duke - keyboards > Aynsley Dunbar - drums > Howard Kaylan - vocals > Jim Pons - bass > Mark Volman - vocals > Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals > > Like a tidal wave of total weirdness, the Mothers > of Invention > splashed down on the Fillmore West for a series of > shows in November > of 1970 before washing back into the seedy ocean > of L.A., leaving > the landscape forever changed (or at least > confused and offended). > > Not to be outdone by the art school drop-outs and > buck-skin fringe > contingent then wandering the Sunset Strip, Frank > Zappa had been > steadily releasing incredibly strange records > since the mid-`60s. > > He abandoned the original Mothers at the close of > that decade, only > to reform a different line-up under the same name > in 1970, this time > including two members of the Turtles, Howard > Kaylan and Mark Volman > (sometimes known as Flo & Eddie due to contractual > problems), to > help with Frank's increasingly bizarre comedy > routines and, almost > incidentally, singing. > > The opening set by Boz Scaggs couldn't possibly > have prepared anyone > for what was going to occur that night at the > corner of Van Ness and > Market, though it did prove that Bill Graham had a > pretty good sense > of humor. > > Eager to try out material from the upcoming 200 > Motels film and > accompanying album, the Mothers don't move in any > one direction for > too long; sometimes it's as if they're moving in > all directions at > once. There are hints of jazz-fusion and > psychedelia, along with > Zappa's beloved doo-wop. > > They even make a brief stab at the Turtles' "Happy > Together" as part > of the groupie-baiting sleaze-fest "Daddy, Daddy, > Daddy." This is a > limber bunch, but they're at their best when > playing it straight > ("Call Any Vegetable" from Absolutely Free is a > prime example). > > Some songs are derailed by excessive hollering and > dialogue, the > delivery of which suggests the performers are > nearly as bored as the > audience they're baffling. Provoking the crowd, > however, is part of > the plan and listening to Frank scold them for > their indifference is > highly satisfying for anyone who's ever stood > under stage lights. > > An appreciation for this performance depends > entirely on one's > threshold for long and noodly instrumental > explorations accented by > dick jokes. But it can safely be said that no one > else was doing > anything quite like this at the time. During an > age of weird, Frank > Zappa had the distinction of being the > unparalleled weirdest. > > > > For further Z-related fun, please visit > http://www.thebignote.com or > http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
