FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition (2021), as Lonesome Cowboy Burt (In Rehearsal 1969), recorded in 1969
• 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition (2021), as Lonesome Cowboy Burt (In Rehearsal 1970), recorded in 1970
• 200 Motels (1971), as Lonesome Cowboy Burt, recorded at Pinewood Studios, London, UK, January-February 1971, with overdubs from Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA, c. April 1971
  • same version on 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition (2021), as Lonesome Cowboy Burt
  • same version, different mix, on 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition (2021), as Scene 29: Lonesome Cowboy Burt
  • same version, different mix, on 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition (2021), as Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Mix Outtake)
  • same version, different mix, on 200 Motels (The Movie) (1971)
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992), as part of Lonesome Cowboy Nando, performed in Los Angeles, August 7, 1971
• The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (1991), as Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart version), performed in Pittsburgh, PA, February 25, 1988
• Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show (2021), as Lonesome Cowboy Burt, performed in Uniondale, NY, March 25, 1988
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992), as part of Lonesome Cowboy Nando, performed in Genoa, Italy, June 9, 1988

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• June-December 1970 (MOI)—known performances: 2
• August-October 1971 (MOI)—known performances: 1
• February-March 1988 (North America)—known performances: 14
• April-June 1988 (Europe)—known performances: 18

 

Comments

Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1988: Essentially performed as on TBBYNHIYL, and always appearing as part of the "Torture" medley. As both released versions from this tour show, this song is a frequent victim of Secret Word abuse.

 

Conceptual Continuity

• 200 Motels

More Unions:

• Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink ("I'm the union man")
• Flakes ("We're protected by unions")
• Stick Together ("This is a song about the union, friends")
• Yo Cats ("Thank the union, it's so great")

Opal the waitress:

• Teen-age Wind
• No Not Now
• You Are What You Is
• Truck Driver Divorce

Sit On My Face:

• My Head? ("Sit on his face, girl")
• Lonesome Cowboy Burt ("You can sit on my face")
• Crew Slut ("Take a little ride on the mixer's face")
• Ride My Face To Chicago