FZ Tribute events
Zappas Universe, 7, 8, 9, 10-Nov 1991, The Ritz, NYC
Featuring Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Mats Öberg, Morgan Ågren, Orchestra Of Our Time, Persuasions, Rockapella + others.
7-Nov 1991, The Ritz, NYC
Rehearsal
45 min, Aud, B-
With Steve Vai (*).
Would You Go All The Way?, Heavenly Bank Account, Chunga's Revenge*, Dirty Love*, Can't Afford No Shoes*, I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth*, Sofa*, Solitude*
Show
75 min, SBD, A
Brown Shoes Don't Make It, The Jazz Discharge Party Hats, Harry And Rhonda, Black Page #1, I Come From Nowhere, The Idiot Bastard Son, Oh No, Nite School, Dangerous Kitchen, Black Page #2, Echidna's Arf (Of You), Hungry Freaks Daddy, Uncle Meat, Wet T-Shirt Nite, On The Bus, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, When The Lie's So Big, Would You Go All The Way?, Heavenly Bank Account, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Can't Afford No Shoes, I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth, Sofa
8-Nov 1991, The Ritz, NYC
90 min, SBD, A
Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Any Kind Of Pain, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Brown Shoes Don't Make It, The Jazz Discharge Party Hats, Harry And Rhonda, Black Page #1, I Come From Nowhere, Rhymin' Man, Black Page #2, Wet T-Shirt Nite (w/ Dale Bozzio), On The Bus, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, When The Lie's So Big, Would You Go All The Way?, Heavenly Bank Account, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Waka Jawaka
9-Nov 1991, The Ritz, NYC
170 min, SBD, A/A-
With Dweezil (*) and Warren De Martini (**)
Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Any Kind Of Pain, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Brown Shoes Don't Make It, The Jazz Discharge Party Hats, Harry And Rhonda, Black Page #1, I Come From Nowhere (w/ "Alan the Sound Guy"), The Idiot Bastard Son, Oh No, Nite School, Piano Introduction To Little House I Used To Live In, The Dangerous Kitchen, T'Mershi Duween, Inca Roads, Echidna's Arf, Hungry Freaks Daddy, It Can't Happen Here, I'm The Slime**, Rhymin' Man, Black Page #2, Wet T-Shirt Nite, On The Bus, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, When The Lie's So Big, Would You Go All The Way?, Heavenly Bank Account, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Waka Jawaka, Dirty Love*/** Bamboozled By Love**, Chunga's Revenge*, Packard Goose excerpt, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
10-Nov 1991, The Ritz, NYC
175 min, SBD, A/A-
With Dweezil (*) and Denny Walley (**).
Dweezil intro, Erik Satie piece, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Any Kind Of Pain, Brown Shoes Don't Make It, The Jazz Discharge Party Hats, Sex, The Black Page No 1, I Come From Nowhere, The Idiot Bastard Son, Oh No, Nite School, Piano Introduction To Little House I Used To Live In, The Dangerous Kitchen, Moggio, Society Pages, I'm A Beautiful Guy, Beauty Knows No Pain, Uncle Meat, Yo Cats, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, When The Lie's So Big, Would You Go All The Way?, Heavenly Bank Account, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Wet T-Shirt Nite, Waka/Jawaka, I'm The Slime, Dirty Love, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Chunga's Revenge*, The Black Page No 2, Inca Roads
"Zappa's Universe II"
Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Mats Öberg, Morgan Ågren, Orchestra Of Our Time
27-Feb 1993, Avery Fisher Hall, NYC
90 min, Aud, B
Black Page #1, Black Page #2, Deserts [Varèse], Nite School, Ruth Is Sleeping, Love Story, The Perfect Stranger, Naval Aviation In Art?, The Girl In The Magnesium Dress, Outside Now Again, Jonestown, Dupree's Paradise
19/20-Mar 1992, Alkmaar, Holland
"Zappa Project": Muffin Men + others
56 min, SBD/Aud, A+/B+
The SBD starts with Black Page.
Heavy Duty Judy, Cosmik Debris, Drowning Witch, Tryin' To Grow A Chin, Packard Goose, ???, Black Page drum solo, Black Page #1, You Didn't Try To Call Me, Black Page #2, The Torture Never Stops, Zomby Woof, Whipping Post
2-May 1994, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
"En akustisk afton med musik av Frank Zappa"
13 min, SBD, A
Twenty Small Cigars, Number 6, Sheik Yerbouti Tango, Treacherous Cretins
30-Apr 1995, De Singel, Antwerpen, Belgium
"The Purple Cucumber": BRTN Filharmonisch Orkest + The Zucchini Rocking Teenage Combo
The compositions are heavily FZ-influenced, and/or contain Zappa music in some form.
min, FM, A
Shut Up And Dye Your Shoes (George De Decker), Scorci Der Mocciolo (Frederik D'Haene), Walking The Phone (Peter Vermeersch), Blue Screen Boy (Peter Vermeersch), The End Of A Second (Peter Vermeersch), A Modest Proposal (Claude Coppens), The Black Lark's Ballad (Peter Swinnen)
10-Jun 2000, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Hollands
"A Tribute To Frank Zappa": Metropole Orkest + Bruce Fowler.
103 min, Aud, B+
Regyptian Strut, Duke Of Prunes, Blessed Relief, RDNZL, Oh No, Orange County Lumber Truck, I Don't Know If I Can Go Through This Again (from Lumpy Gravy), Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (incl. audience participation, Hup Holland Hup), Big Swifty, Echidna's Arf (Of You), Don't You Ever Wash That Thing), Waka/Jawaka, improvisations, Duke Of Prunes
12-Jun 2000, De Balie, Amsterdam, Holland
"Spilling The Beans": Various Artists
72 min, Aud, A-/B+
The Ebony Band + Corrie van Binsbergen and Bruce Fowler
Revised Music For Guitar And Low Budget Orchestra, Bebop Tango w/improvisations, Number 7, America Drinks And Goes Home
Corrie van Binsbergen + pre-recorded tape
I Wasn't Talking (FZ tribute collage)
Tomoko Mukaiyama and Ralph van Raat
Pedro's Dowry, Bob In Dacron, Sad Jane
23-Jun 2000, Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Holland
"200 Motels, The Suites": Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Cappella Amsterdam + Claron McFadden, Lieuwe Visser, Jon Rubin, Tommy Dunbar, Mats Öberg, Morgan Ågren.
96 min, Aud, A-
Overture, Went On The Road, Centerville, Tuna Sandwich Suite, The Restaurant Scene, Touring Can Make You Crazy, What's The Name Of Your Group?, Can I Help You With This Dummy?, The Pleated Gazelle, I'm Stealing The Room, Shove It Right In, Penis Dimension, Strictly Genteel
24-Jun 2000, Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Holland
"200 Motels, The Suites": Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Cappella Amsterdam + Claron McFadden, Lieuwe Visser, Jon Rubin, Tommy Dunbar, Mats Öberg, Morgan Ågren.
96 min, Aud, A-
Overture, Went On The Road, Centerville, Tuna Sandwich Suite, The Restaurant Scene, Touring Can Make You Crazy, What's The Name Of Your Group?, Can I Help You With This Dummy?, The Pleated Gazelle, I'm Stealing The Room, Shove It Right In, Penis Dimension, Strictly Genteel
25-Feb 2001, Liverpool, England
"When Worlds Collide": The Muffin Men, Ensemble 10:10, The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA)
49 min, Aud, B+
Muffin Man:
Peaches En Regalia, Blessed Relief, Marqueson's Chicken
Ensemble 10:10:
Alien Orifice
MM + 10:10:
Little House I Used To Live In, Let's Make The Water Turn Black, Harry You're A Beast, Orange County Lumber Truck/Oh No/Torture Never Stops, Sleeping In A Jar, Holiday In Berlin, Igor's Boogie, Uncle Meat Variations, King Kong (incl. In-a-gadda-da-vida)
LIPA:
37 min, SBD, A+
Prologue, The Mammy Nuns, Harry And Rhonda, Galoot-Update, The Torchum Never Stops
Parts of the MM/10:10 set was also broadcast on Dutch radio:
14 min, FM, A+
King Kong (partial), Sleeping In A Jar, Holiday In Berlin
Zappanale #13 - 26/27/28-Jul 2002, Galopprennbahn, Bad Doberan, Germany
Jul. 26
Cosmik Debris
61 min, Aud, A
Heavy Duty Judy, Cosmik Debris, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Whipping Post, Zoot Allures, Inca Roads, Easy Meat, Stevie's Spanking, Stick It Out, Sexual Harassment In The Workplace/Muffin Man
Thana & Bob Harris
35 min, Aud, A/A-
With Don Preston, Mike Keneally, JCB (*) and Bunk Gardner (**). Exists as HQ video.
Flambay, Planetary Tango (Harris), Love Of My Life*, The Boy/Girl Song** (Vai), Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Project Object:
165 min, Aud, A/A-
With Ike Willis, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Mike Keneally, Ed Palermo, Bob Harris. Exists as HQ video.
Cruising For Burgers, Stick It Out, Sy Borg, Andy, Inca Roads, Cheepnis, What's New In Baltimore?, Absolutely Free, Black Page drumsolo, Black Page #1, Black Page #2, Keep It Greasey, Outside Now, Brown Moses, The Evil Prince, King Kong, Village Of The Sun, Echidna's Arf, Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Strictly Genteel, Black Napkins, I'm The Slime
Jul. 27:
Grandmothers at the FZ monument dedication:
4 min, Aud, A-
JCB, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Roy Estrada, Napoleon Murphy Brock and Bob Harris. Exists as HQ video.
Help I'm A Rock, Es Kann Nicht Passieren Hier (It Can't Happen Here)
Ossi Duri with Ike Willis
90 min, Aud, B+
Exists as HQ video.
The Mammy Anthem, Easy Meat, Let's Move To Cleveland, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Zoot Allures, Mr. Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Keep It Greasey, Outside Now, Sinister Footwear, Camarillo Brillo
The Ed Palermo Octet
100 min, Aud, A+/A
With Ike Willis and Mike Keneally on several songs. Also w/ Candy Zappa (*), Thana Harris (**), John Tabacco (***). Exists as HQ video.
Penis Dimension, Run Home Slow, RDNZL, Sy Borg, King Kong, Sleep Dirt, Regyptian Strut, Let's Make The Water Turn Black*, Evelyn A Modified Dog*, Directly From My Heart To You*, Dupree's Paradise, Inca Roads, Spider Of Destiny**, Magdalena***, The Orange County Lumber Truck, Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist, Let's Move To Cleveland/Billy The Mountain/Shove It Right In, We Are Not Alone, Holiday In Berlin
The Lewinskys
54 min, Aud, B+
With Scott Thunes, Mike Keneally, Ike Willis and JCB. Exists as HQ video.
Willie The Pimp, Magic Fingers, Where Has My Love Gone?, Jewish Princess, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Ring Of Fire, Nicotine Caffein Alcohol, Valley Girl
Jul. 28:
Die Beistelltische
45 min, Aud, A/A-
Exists as HQ video.
Dead Girls Of London, Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, Billy The Mountain, Would You Go All The Way?, Love Of My Life, Harder Than Your Husband, In France, Uncle Remus, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Doreen
Arnie Fruit Quartet
75 min, Aud, A
Jones Crusher, Let Me Take You To The Beach, Pound For A Brown, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, Tell Me You Love Me, We Are Not Alone, Mother People, I'm Not Satisfied, Pick Me I'm Clean, Waka Jawaka, Little Umbrellas, Mom & Dad, Status Back Baby, Stick It Out, Filthy Habits, Who Are The Brain Police?, I'm So Cute, Road Ladies, You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here
Nasal Retentive Orchestra
85 min, Aud, B+
Intro, Dirty Love, Regyptian Strut, Call Any Vegetable, Igor's Boogie, Status Back Baby/Oh No, instrumental, The Idiot Bastard Son, Absolutely Free, Filthy Habits (incl. The Chirac/Chicken Ritual), Let's Make The Water Turn Black, instrumental, Willie The Pimp, Peaches En Regalia, I'm The Slime, improvisations, Pygmy Twylyte, Chunga's Revenge, The World's Greatest Sinner
Nigey Lennon-John Tabacco-Candy Zappa
90 min, Aud, B+
Between the Zappa songs are several Lennon/Tabacco compositions. Ike Willis and Ed Palermo appear on a few songs. About half of the show exists as HQ video.
Let's Make The Water Turn Black, Jelly Roll Gum Drop/You Didn't Try To Call Me, Any Way The Wind Blows, Wonderful Wino, Cosmik Debris, Fifty/Fifty
Grandmothers:
126 min, Aud, A/A-
With Napoleon Murphy Brock, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Roy Estrada, JCB and Bob Harris. Parts (You're Probably to O In The Sky) exist as HQ video.
Uncle Meat, You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here, Lonely Little Girl, Motherly Love, Duke Of Prunes, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, Oh No, Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, Flower Punk, The Idiot Bastard Son, Village Of The Sun, Echidna's Arf, O In The Sky, Hungry Freaks Daddy, Immaculate Deception, Holiday In Berlin, Big Leg Emma, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, The Eternal Question, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not Satisfied, Wowie Zowie, It Can't Happen Here, Love Of My Life
Zappanale #14: 25/26/27-Jul 2003, Galopprennbahn, Bad Doberan, Germany
Jul. 25:
Zappanoia
74 min, Aud, A/A-
Black Page '88 (intro), Willie The Pimp, I Have Been In You, Flakes (just a few bars), Dirty Love, Jewish Princess, Black Napkins, I'm The Slime, Bobby Brown, Cosmik Debris, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Apostrophe ('), More Trouble Every Day, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (incl. Bolero), Pojama People (intro), Uncle Remus, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Zoot Allures, Village Of The Sun, Peaches En Regalia
Octafish
40 min, Aud, A/A-
With Mike Keneally (*). These are the FZ songs that were played.
Zoot Allures, King Kong, Marqueson's Chicken, Black Napkins, What's New In Baltimore?, Let's Move To Cleveland/Dupree's Paradise/Big Swifty*, Barbie Girl/Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy*
Muffin Men featuring Napoleon Murphy Brock and Ike Willis
107 min, Aud, A-/B+
Exists as HQ video.
Eat That Question, Peaches En Regalia, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Marqueson's Chicken, Let's Move To Cleveland, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, Oh No, Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Easy Meat, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Bamboozled By Love, Outside Now, Florentine Pogen, Black Napkins
Prawns With Horns
10 min, Aud, B+
With Ike Willis. These are the FZ songs that were played.
Magic Fingers, Stick It Out
Jul. 26:
Muffin Men featuring Jimmy Carl Black
101 min, Aud, A-
Also with Eugene Chadbourne (*), Ben Watson (**) and Mike Keneally (***).
I Want You Kong, Little House I Used To Live In, Wonderful Wino, Big Swifty, Lonely Little Girl, T'Mershi Duween, Dupree's Paradise, Plastic Factory, Big Leg Emma, Great White Buffalo, Hey Joe/Flower Punk, Come Together/Drive My Car, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, Willie The Pimp, King Kong*/** (incl. In-a-gadda-Stravinsky, q: Birthday [Beatles]), Road Ladies***
Sex Without Nails Bros.
114 min, Aud, A/A-
Joes Garage Acts I-III in theatrical form.
Central Scrutinizer, Joe's Garage, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut, Wet T-Shirt Nite, On The Bus, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Scrutinizer Postlude, A Token Of My Extreme, Stick It Out, Sy Borg, Dong Work For Yuda, Keep It Greasey, Outside Now, He Used To Cut The Grass, Packard Goose, Watermelon In Easter Hay, A Little Green Rosette
Jul. 27:
Sex Without Nails Bros. featuring Napoleon Murphy Brock
71 min, Aud, B+
Napoleon is on the Roxy & Elsewhere suite only.
Dirty Love, Sofa #2, Dancin' Fool, RDNZL, Bobby Brown, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast, Father O'Blivion, I Have Been In You, Uncle Remus, Penguin In Bondage, Pygmy Twylyte, Village Of The Sun, Echidna's Arf, Cheepnis, Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, City Of Tiny Lights
Sheik Yerbouti
min, Aud, A-
With Mike Keneally (*).
Stinkfoot, Zomby Woof, Black Page (incl. My Sharona), Keep It Greasey, Packard Goose* (incl. Burn, I Should Have Known Better, She Loves You, Stay Just A Little Bit Longer), Florentine Pogen* (q: Sex Machine), Andy*, Inca Roads* (q: Sex Machine), Heavy Duty Judy, Stinkfoot, I'm The Slime, You Didn't Try To Call Me, Joe's Garage (incl. I'm Easy, ??), More Trouble Every Day, Hotel California guitar solo, Easy Meat, Bamboozled By Love* (incl. Whole Lotta Love, Stairway To Heaven)
Paul Green School Of Rock Music
91 min, Aud, A-
With Napoleon Murphy Brock (*).
Uncle Meat, Andy, Zomby Woof, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast, Father O'Blivion, Tell Me You Love Me, Peaches En Regalia, Montana, Pound For A Brown, Inca Roads*, Magic Fingers, Apostrophe ('), Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Keep It Greasey, King Kong, City Of Tiny Lights
Mike Keneally Band
min, Aud, A-
You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here, Cucamonga*, Sleeping In A Jar/?, Wind Up Working In A Gas Station*, Yo Mama*
"Zappanale Allstars":
15 min, Aud, A-
A final jam featuring musicians from various bands.
Black Napkins
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