Saturday, May 25, 2024

A NEW ZAPPA CONCERT ON ZAPPATEERS

Over 50 years ago, Frank Zappa and The Mothers
performed at
Fyens Forum
Odense in Denmark.
The date was
1971 11 20

Very recently, an audience recording
of this concert turned up.
It has been made available on Zappateers !!

FZ - lead guitar, vocals,
Mark Volman – vocals, Howard Kaylan – vocals,
Jim Pons - bass, vocals,
Aynsley Dunbar - drums, vocals,
Ian Underwood - keyboards, wooodwinds,
Don Preston - keyboards, vocals

Setlist:
01 Intro-The truck broke down
02 I Want to Hold Your Hand
03 Tuning
04 Any Way The Wind Blows
05 Magdalena
06 Dog Breath Variations
07 Tuning
08 The Grand Wazoo
09 Sleep Dirt
10 Jam
11 Tuning
12 Mud Shark
13 What Kind of Girl
14 Bwana Dik
15 Latex Solar Beef
16 Willie The Pimp
17 Do You Like My New Car
18 Happy Together
19 Encore_Tuning
20 Who Are The Brain Police

Where’s our equipment?

The 1971 European tour had several challenges. The show in Odense in Denmark was one. The fire in Montreux and the grim Rainbow concert are both well documented. Prior to those shows The Mothers played Fyens Forum Odense. Shortly before the concert started it was announced that amplifiers and the main part of the instruments belonging to Zappa and The Mothers, had been stuck in a snowstorm in Malmø, Sweden. It was announced that Zappa and his musicians would come and perform anyway using the equipment owned by the local warm-up bands Frank Steen Band and Love Story. According to Barry Miles’ book «Zappa told the band to relax and have a good time, allowed the band to have a few drinks before the show.»
The Mothers put on a outstanding and dynamic show. The setlist deviates with some new and rarely played songs with this line-up, like early versions of The Grand Wazoo and Sleep Dirt. Both possibly world premiers. The show continued and Frank told the audience to pretend that they were at the Fillmore East and hit the first chord to the Mud Shark.


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