Gorgo, TRF], Big Swifty* (incl. Meanwhile, he continued to issue new recordings. I made it clear, I wasn't "only in it for the money". Sheik Yerbouti Tango riff; q: Girl From Ipanema), The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, What's New In Baltimore?, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Happy Birthday To You, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, King Kong (q: I Love Lucy, Yankee Doodie, Entry Of The Gladiators, Girl From Ipanema), Stairway To Heaven (q: Yankee Doodle Boy), I Am The Walrus, Sofa, Cruising For Burgers, Crew Slut (q: T'Mershi Duween), Strictly Genteel (q: Batman), Stinkfoot, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? Sharleena 07. Who Needs the Peace Corps? TAUK & Kanika Moore with Another Great Song: Deal Breaker. I call it, "Broadway The Hard Way." This tour is one of the most memorable, musically and otherwise. The whole band was watching impatiently and Frank had me come right up to him and said "could you do that again into the sampler?". Watch the clip at the head of the post. On February 2, 1988, Zappa launched what would prove to be his final tour, playing 81 dates in North America and Europe through June 9. "I got the call from the production manager, and I was gone," Dondorf recalls. So Scott, to his defence, was in that position. []. E: It's not really anything that needs to be talked about. On a musical level I loved the whole idea of concepts on albums, but Frank did it better than anybodyhe seemed to refine it so well. Lyric mutations and such. I've only ever read the Real Frank Zappa Book (which is a ****in' riot!) Those samples kind of became the signature sounds of that tour. <br />
That's what it was, that's right. Anyways, I let out a HUGE burp. So we would use it during the improvisations or during 'Norwegian Wood'. So it was a big challenge for me to be the primary keyboard player on that tour. . By the '88 tour, Zappa would appoint band members to act as a rehearsal leader or "Klonemeister" to rehearse the rest of the band in his absence. When I drink Diet Coke, all hell breaks loose. The album was one of four to be recorded during the 1988 world tour, along with Broadway the Hard Way, Make a Jazz Noise Here, and posthumously in 2021, Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show. One Man, One Vote 14. . And that's what I'm doing with my music. It's just a different way of looking at things. have happened. TOP | MAIN | DISCOGRAPHY | SONGLIST | COVERS | NOTES & COMMENTS | CHRONOLOGY | VIDEOGRAPHY, 1988Chronology Sources, Notes & Comments, John Swenson, "Frank ZappaA Misunderstood Man,", Joe Morgenstern, "Frank Zappa's Getting Out The Vote (! . I thought for sure I was about to get my face ripped off and expelled from the Zappa sphere. parts of Lonesome Cowboy Nando, YCDTOSA6; incl. in the back seat. the only downside was, "What do you do next?" Tried researching as well as I could with very little luck. A warm introduction is given by Frank in Spanish (learned "parrot fashion) and the tight, well-seasoned band of the "Broadway The Hard Way" album kicks in with a mixture of fresh material and old favorites. ", "Yeah, but in a twisted way," he said "I'm not running for anything. &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /><br />
This parody weds music from three Lennon-McCartney songs to lyrics that make fun of televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who became embroiled in a prostitution scandal only weeks before Zappa delivered this concert. MI; Vienna; and Florence. Last week [FZ] attended a performance by the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra of his composition, "The Perfect Stranger," which was composed for the 1984 album, "Boulez Conducts Zappa." . Lonesome Cowboy Burt 02. But my reading is so slow that it always proved more efficient to learn things by ear Scott (Thunes, bassplayer and as "Clonemeister" in charge of teaching and rehearsing the band in '88 -aa) wrote me a chart for the piano accompaniment in the Bartok piecea fairly simple part but it took me hours to learn it. . You can hear these burps on the live album/cds The Best band you've never heard in your life. And I did not expect a response, as it was not necessary. That first U.S. run was primarily all over the Northeast, with eight shows in the Midwest. I know the 'nephew' burps from 1981 quite well as I was there for the recording; what I heard on the CD are not his. We Asked Him! Since that band was so great, but the problems were only At the end of the tour, Frank decided he wasn't going to play anymore, because the rest of the band had told him they wouldn't go out with me again. He was just starting to get We played the US and Europe and then it was over. I lobbied to get the Fowler brothers back in A 5 min FM fragment has the Daniel Schorr performance. [parts on BTHW], Texas Motel Medley, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Stolen Moments [parts on BTHW], Murder By Numbers* [BTHW], I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Stairway To Heaven, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Catholic Girls [parts on YCDTOSA6], Crew Slut [parts on YCDTOSA6], Strictly Genteel, Stinkfoot, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, What's New In Baltimore?, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Inca Roads, Zoot Allures, Texas Motel Medley, What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? But he just got spoiled rotten and nobody Dot Stein, "Zappa Plays Zappa (And How! and our It was interesting because on the previous tours, being a multi-instrumentalist was really one of the reasons that Frank liked me in the band. M: (laughter) Ja, of course. I Am the Walrus 09. The audience didn't really know, but it was another example of the kind of thing that made me want to put the guitar down in the first place. Make A Sex Noise), Stairway To Heaven (q: Hall Of The Mountain King), Bolero, Rhymin' Man (world premiere), Sofa, Andy, Inca Roads, Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, Sinister Footwear, Packard Goose Medley, Big Swifty, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Find Her Finer, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads (q: Florentine Pogen), Sofa (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Bolero, (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Stairway To Heaven (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Partial audience video exists. Well that doesn't fit in with what Zappa says (the point of this post) that Ed Mann had in Franks words a 'Vendetta' against him. (incl. Daniel [Schorr] sat in with the band during the first part of the show. FZ: Oh, did you ever see that Cheech and Chong movie where they play these two Arab brothers? . Finally, he stops me and asks, "Are you sight reading this?" I did all that sound design. We were lead to his dressing-room and we started talking. Entdecke FRANK ZAPPA. he said, in an annoyed, sarcastic tone. Then, at the end of the tour, this war broke out between the bass player and the drummer. . Frank's guitar rig was very old. What really happened in 1988? of people. It was the timing of the thing. Where else can you find a record from one artist that embraces doo-wop (Love of My Life), classical music (Stravinskys Royal March from LHistoire du Soldat, Ravels Bolero, and the theme from Bartoks Piano Concerto #3), and rock (Led Zeppelins Stairway to Heaven and the Allman Brothers Whipping Post)not to mention I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Theme from Bonanza, and a show-closing America the Beautiful? Affiliate programs and III; Trouble Every Day in the European performances always includes a Thirteen vamp; Who Needs The Peace Corps always includes I Left My Heart In San Francisco at the end; Why Don't You Like Me is a revised version, with different lyrics, of Tell Me You Love Me. For instance, 'RDNZL' that we never did. Q: Now a question that every fan would like to ask. With Fabio Treves on harmonica (*). The following day, after months of painstaking rehearsal, Zappa would begin a series of concerts comprising an overview of his collected workmore than 50 albums' worth of some of the most challenging arrangements ever written for rock instrumentation, spanning nearly a quarter of a century. Listen to Peaches en Regalia from Zappa 88. Do you remember that? Simply put, if someone hadn't learned their part properly, Scott was a pain in the ass. DS: OK, speaking about Towson, in that show something kind of peculiar happened havin' to do with Bob Rice giving somebody an enema. T'Mershi Duween, q: Sleep Dirt, Echidna's Arf ), Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Whipping Post** (q: Handsome Cabin Boy), I Am The Walrus (incl. 1988 04 26Olympen, Lund, Sweden120 min, Aud, A-From fastfattty, jazzfromhell MC, flambay, and The Evil Prince at http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t. When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, Zappa archivist Joe Traverswho co-produced the set with the artists son, Ahmetand drummer Chad Wackerman provide liner notes. I sheepishly added "Um, it's gotta be DIET Coke for it to work". By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. EM: Yes. So anyway, I don't know . It wasn't the band it was Scott Thunes. Here was one of the world's foremost guitarists, who people pay large amounts of money to go see, and he's playing through these little crappy boxes. Take Me Out To The Ball Game[YCDTOSA4]), Filthy Habits, Bolero, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Sofa, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty (q: Feelings, Four), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Cosmik Debris, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Bolero, Crew Slut, The Closer You Are, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Whipping Post, The Black Page, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Cosmik Debris, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, I Ain't Got No Heart, The Torture Never Stops Medley, The end of the show, from Texas Motel Medley on, is missing; possibly it was never taped:
With all of the time and money spent to prepare and promote the tour, not to mention the potential within the talented band and crew, now in 2021, its an even more historic loss considering FZ was to never tour again.. follow. Here's the interview I was thinking of -- w/ guitarist Mike Keneally. With Frank spinning many plates including his home video business and his dabbling in foreign trade the job fell on bassist Scott Thunes. That kind of pissed you off. I could do a lot of different things. The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big [FZFP], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk*** [parts on BTHW], Sofa, Happy Birthday To You, Packard Goose Medley, The Torture Never Stops Medley, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, A Few Moments With Brother A. The Nassau Coliseum show features the first time the complete Beatles medley has been issued: Norwegian Wood > Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds > Strawberry Fields Forever.. No musician alive or dead has ever been more versatile than Zappa, and this concert set proves it. Frank said to a stage hand "get her a Coke!". Theme From the Bartok Piano Concerto #3 18. ", "All the way up to L.A., I had my brother drive while I practiced songs like "Sinister Footwear 2" and "What's New in Baltimore?" Emboldened on discovering that no house mixer had yet been hired, Harry told Coy to throw his name into the hat. It was his birthday that night and we did some unusual things. I have a mobile truck that goes on the road with me. They said, No way. So, Frank canceled the rest of the tour and returned home to Los Angeles, never to tour again. . Frank would say "go get the Doctor" or "hi Doctor Dot" and so it stuck. affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network, and M: But the thing was that we didn't actually ask if we could play with him. But the performance also includes lots of humorsome of it rather juvenile but much of it funny and biting. Bruce did the "Ooouuueeeouuugggg", not to be confused with Walt's "Aaaahhhhhhhh" or "Bep-Bep-Bep". Music and lyrics [ edit] I Left My Heart in San Francisco 09. With Frank spinning many plates including his home video business and his dabbling in foreign trade the job fell on bassist Scott Thunes. M: Ja, of course. They hated each other's guts. Theme From Bonanza], Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Stairway To Heaven, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Chunga's Revenge* [TRF], Bolero, Heavy Duty Judy, Cosmik Debris, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Stolen Moments, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Keep It Greasey, Sharleena, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Bolero, Heavy Duty Judy [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Ring Of Fire [TBBYNHIYL], Packard Goose Medley, Cosmik Debris [TBBYNHIYL], Who Needs The Peace Corps? Jam [Bavarian Sunset, TRF]), Sofa (q: Lohengrin), The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, Outside Now, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Cosmik Debris, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Trouble Every Day, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: Carmen), The Torture Never Stops Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Bolero, Stairway To Heaven (q: Rhymin' Man, Hallelujah I'm A Bum), I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, No known unofficial recording of this show. Before I joined Frank I was really more of a keyboard player, but I decided to work on my guitar playing, especially on his techniques and timings. I still want to go on the road and play because I'm playing with him, you know what I mean? I can't believe this was anything other than inertia. " (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, for example, begins, Picture yourself with a whore from New Orleans, with big purple welts all over her bod/Somebody calls and you answer quite slowly, its the board from Assembly o God). another bass player? When Frank was off in the early part of the day doing interviews or whatever, it would be [bassist Scott] Thunes' job to rehearse the band. It was the first time, or the only tour that I did, where we carried a full horn section, with great players, as all the players always were, but it was also the first time that I was the primary keyboard player. The band was not amused, this was a sound check that was already around the 2 hour mark, for some reason they kept going over Bolero repeatedly, but then again Frank was a perfectionist. ), Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Zoot Allures, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Texas Motel Medley, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown [incl. Stinkfoot, Dickie's Such An Asshole, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Mr Green Genes [TBBYNHIYL], Florentine Pogen [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Andy, Inca Roads, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, T'Mershi Duween, Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken (with Twenty-One vamp), Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, Loops, Stinkfoot, What's New In Baltimore?, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, I Ain't Got No Heart, Let's Move To Cleveland, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits, Cosmik Debris, T'Mershi Duween [MAJNH], Dupree's Paradise [parts on MAJNH], Marqueson's Chicken [incl. to be used, you know? He said it would be fun to do the same thing again. For more information, please see our talented and intelligent. A major rock tour isn't the only New York activity to involve the peripatetic 47-year-old composer and performer. Later he sent us into the soundcheck and said 'just sit and wait and I'll come back later and tell you what's going to happen'. I haven't touched the guitar since we came off the road. It seemed like the right thing to do, and I did want to get involved in the voter registration. Bob went up there, took this thing and he was trying to impress this girl security guard. FZ solo incl. Frank Zappa 1 16. Another aspect of that tour was Ike and I would always be trying to guess where Frank was going to go with the lyrics tonight and a lot of times, we all hit it together and guessed the same thing at the same time. II / Lonesome Cowboy Burt (or Jim) / The Torture Never Stops pt. the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. Lohengrin, Carmen, 1812 Overture) [parts on MAJNH], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage (q: Lohengrin), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel [solo on BTHW], Who Needs The Peace Corps? In 1987, while Andronis was working on a Shadowfax LP down the street from where Zappa was rehearsing, he convinced his old road buddy to sneak him in to watch. MG: Wow, that's wild. Get the Frank Zappa Setlist of the concert at Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY, USA on March 11, 1988 from the 1988 US tour Tour and other Frank Zappa Setlists for free on setlist.fm! 'Zappa The Hard Way' documents that tour. Dot's Blog, May 27, 2006, "Frank Zappa," Recording Academy Grammy Awards, Matt Galaher, "Just Another Band From Ume: Zappsteetoot,", Mike Keneally, "Really, Keneally?,"keneally.com. Unfortunately, the tour proved to be a turbulent experience for FZ due to conflicts among the band members, and this ultimately cut short the existence of this lineup. It's currently maintained by Oscar Bianco. 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When it was announced there would be a 1988 tour, there was much excitement. )," Dr. '(loud laughter). It wasn't like the 1977 band or '78 or '79 band or even the 1982 band. . It's one of the things I've been interested in since the 27th Amendment passed in 1971. They play a little eight-bar figure that makes the transition between the body of the song and the guitar solo, that's not all that's required of them. A big chunk of blame has to go with Zappa, though, because when things came to a head and the rest of the band started crapping on Scott, Zappa took a vote and only he and Mike Kenneally wanted to continue on, while Ed Mann (I believe) led the opposing faction within the band. The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life is a double-disc live album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in 1991. Theme From Bonanza, 01. . .' He checked out of this life earlya victim of cancer at age 52but before he did, he released some five dozen albums. It's like this: there is the band and there is the guy who runs the band and then Frank. Frank affectionately crowned me "Dr. Panty Rap / The Black Page [parts on MAJNH], Dickie's Such An Asshole , When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women [parts on BTHW], Any Kind Of Pain [parts on BTHW], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, What's New In Baltimore?, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: Girl From Ipanema), Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Bamboozled By Love, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Uncle Remus, Catholic Girls [parts on YCDTOSA6], Crew Slut [parts on YCDTOSA6], Bobby Brown, Stairway To Heaven, Sofa, With Dweezil Zappa on guitar (*), introduction by Diva Zappa (**), Stinkfoot (incl. Other groups that go out with horn sections, their basic function is to play the little punches and pads and boop-boop-boops in between what the electric instruments are doing. The rest of the time they're playing really complicated parts that are challenging to them, so that keeps 'em on their toes. No you didn't read my post, not Zappa but Ed Mann had a vendetta. Search Clear search text. The only times that I would really just vibe on it and just completely get off on it beyond my wildest dreams was when we were on stage and Frank was taking a long solo that didn't require me to back him up and I would just be sitting there watching him play. It was the worst possible combination of events for him. I went down and jammed with the band, but it never quite came about. DS: There are some good little musical inclusions that resulted from that too. M: Morgan and I got in touch with the road manager. Your data will be safe!Your e-mail address will not be published. Frank is so receptive to technical change, it's ridiculous. The Agony and the Ecstasy: we laughed, we criedit is all there in those samples. TIL that Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante went to audition for Frank Zappa's 1988 touring band but left the rehearsal room before actually playing, saying later that " I wanted to be a rock star, do drugs and get girls, and that I wouldn't be able to do that if I was in Zappa's band." r/todayilearned 22 days ago u/therefore4 sick and he just said fuck it. King Kong vamp, Danny Boy*, It Ain't Necessarily So* / Summertime*, Royal March from Aida, Lohengrin, Carmen, 1812 Overture / There Goes My Baby, Peaches En Regalia, Dickie's Such An Asshole (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH], Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Porn War Jam, What's New In Baltimore?, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Trouble Every Day (q: Big Swifty), Penguin In Bondage (q: Bacon Fat), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Stairway To Heaven, Strictly Genteel. Jesus Thinks Youre a Jerk 12. Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by RobGordon35, Mar 19, 2014. parts of When Yuppies Go To Hell, MAJNH], Stairway To Heaven, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (q: March Of The Cuckoos), The Untouchables, America The Beautiful, FZ guitar workout and loops (incl: Octandre, Big Swifty, Inca Roads, Carmen, A Pound For A Brown), various instruments soundcheck (q: Black Napkins, What's New In Baltimore, Packard Goose, Inca Roads, Any Kind Of Pain, Eat That Question), Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Sofa, Stevie's Spanking, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Filthy Habits, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk Monologue (w/ Eric Buxton), (q: Money), The Black Page (q: Filthy Habits), Royal March from L'Histoire Du Soldat (incl. Related: When Zappa sat in with Pink Floyd. That's what I felt . Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival Schedules: WHA??? Also other data will not be shared with third person. [] The burps came from Frank's Synclavier, which was only used sporadically (rarely)[some of] those samples were done by Eric Bogosian and Frank's nephew [Jade Teta] from North Carolina who could mega-burp in a controlled way on command. When Lovin Spoonful Members Reunited for a Great Cause in L.A. Roger Daltrey on Woodstock, Tommy: Career-Spanning Interview, The Jaggerz The Rapper: You Know What Hes After, Rickie Lee Jones Debut: Hipster Chic, Beyond Laurel Canyon, Leon Russell Signature Songs Gets Reissue: Listen, #1 Singles of 1970: A Bridge to a New Decade. 1988 European Tour (44) 1988 US tour (37) Halloween Run 1977 (6) Songs; Albums; Avg Setlist; Covers; With; Concert Map; Songs played by . I can just imagine me telling Frank 'Come on, man, let me sit in, I know how to play 'Muffin Man'. So that was a lot of fun for me and very challenging. Peaches En Regalia 07. Returning were the Fowler brothers Walt, trumpet, flugelhorn, synclavier; and Bruce, trombone plus three new members Paul Carman, alto sax, soprano sax; Albert Wing, tenor sax; and Kurt McGettrick, baritone sax. MG: Did you ever have dreams of playing with him? Could you give us an idea what that means? (q: Mexican Hat Dance), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Outside Now, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Packard Goose Medley, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Bolero, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Sofa (q: Tarantella Calabrese), The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown*, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Bolero, Whipping Post, The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice [parts on MAJNH], Cosmik Debris, Stolen Moments, Outside Now, Cruising For Burgers, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Bamboozled By Love, Sharleena, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Loops, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Crew Slut, The Black Page [parts on MAJNH], I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Let's Move To Cleveland [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Find Her Finer, Marqueson's Chicken, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Dupree's Paradise [parts on MAJNH], City Of Tiny Lights [MAJNH], You Are What You Is, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Sofa, Sharleena, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, Bolero, Crew Slut, The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen [solo on TBBYNHIYL], Andy, Inca Roads, Advance Romance [solo on MAJNH], Bobby Brown, What's New In Baltimore?, Easy Meat, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Sharleena, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven [parts on TBBYNHIYL], You Are What You Is, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Bolero, FZ guitar check (including Zoot Allures, Arrivederci Roma, Filthy Habits), FZ tries out tonight's loops, Sofa, Dupree's Paradise, Purple Haze, You Are What You Is, Don't Touch My Hair, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, Chana In De Bushwop, Arrivederci Roma, Royal March from Aida / Arrivederci Roma, Bolero, Sinister Footwear, The Black Page (q: Arrivederci Roma), Packard Goose Medley, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage (q: Arrivederci Roma), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Zoot Allures, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: Arrivederci Roma), Bamboozled By Love, Stairway To Heaven, Eat That Question [MAJNH], Black Napkins, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, Bolero, Royal March from Aida, Arrivederci Roma, Crew Slut (q: Arrivederci Roma). 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