On Erie, disk 1, when Frank is introducing the band (and George), George Duke plays a quote from Billy Cobham's "Stratus". Also on disk 1 "Dupree's Paradise" George quotes "Stratus" again.
We must be very close to New Jersey here. "T-shirts!" "Youse guys stink!"
FZ is alluding to two different shows here. "T-shirts!" comes from 72/10/31 (late) Passaic (in New Jersey), when FZ mocked a t-shirt vendor and revised the lyrics to "Montana". "Youse guys stink!" comes from 69/03/01 Westbury (on Long Island, New York). See "Oh No" in the YCDTOSA 1 booklet.
Someone pointed out to me that the very end of "Camarillo Brillo" on Disc 2 of the Erie box set doesn't match the bootleg, presumably because the master reel ran out.
I have positively identified it as the end of the same song from 5/12/74 South Bend.
The timing is from 4:52-5:22 on the box and 4:38-5:08 on the corresponding tracker bootleg.
2-Track Stereo Mix by Frank Zappa
with Kerry McNabb
Paramount Studios, 1975
| South Bend, IN, May 12, 1974 | Zappa/Erie (2022) |
|---|---|
| 9. Montana | 3.01. Montana |
| 0:00-0:02 | |
| 0:02-1:54 | 0:00-1:51 |
| 1:54-2:15 | |
| 2:15-3:53 | 1:51-3:28 |
| 3:53-4:04 | |
| 4:04-6:37 | 3:28-6:00 |
| 6:37-6:48 | |
| 6:48-6:59 | 6:00-6:11 |
2-Track Stereo Mix by Frank Zappa
with Kerry McNabb
Paramount Studios, 1975
| South Bend, IN, May 12, 1974 | Zappa/Erie (2022) |
|---|---|
| 10. Dupree's Paradise Part 1 | 3.02. Get Down |
| 0:00-6:41 | 0:00-6:38 |
| 6:41-7:14 |
Look at that broad play!
[...] That broad is funky.
Was Jeff Simmons cavorting with a blow-up sex doll?
Frank Zappa celebrated the 10th anniversary of his Mothers of invention by stopping off in Chicago for a very special show. After all it was Mothers' Day, so why not bring out the plastic inflatable lady and really get it on?
Simmons . . . Wait a minute, don't tell me that's your hurt tonight!
I suppose [this] has to do with the "if Simmons was here.." line in "Tryin' To Grow A Chin."
Don't get any ideas. This belongs to Don.
On 5/11/75 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago during "Velvet Sunrise," FZ mentions an incident with Don Preston and an inflatable doll a year earlier at the Auditorium Theater. [...] FZ says Preston bought the doll at an unnamed joke store in Chicago.
Additional informant: Javier Marcote.
Does Bianca quote The Summer Knows (theme from Summer Of '42) in her Black Napkins solo in Erie? (I'm thinking of the four notes after Patrick says "Nice". "your sportcoat too" has a similar contour and rhythm and may have given her the idea.)
It does sound likely to me that Bianca quoted "The Summer Knows" in Erie.
His name is Tex. Just yell "Tex" and he'll come out. Tex!
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