FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Halloween 73 (2019), as part of Farther O'Blivion, recorded in Los Angeles, CA, October 21, 1973
• Halloween 73 (2019), quoted in "Almost Up To Date", performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, early show
• Halloween 73 (2019), as Dickie's Such An Asshole, performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, early show
• Halloween 73 (2019), as Dickie's Such An Asshole, performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, late show
  • same version on Halloween 73 Highlights (2019)
• Halloween 73 (2019), as part of Farther O'Blivion—Part 2, performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, late show
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Dickie's Such An Asshole, performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 9, 1973, early show
  • parts of the same performance on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Sampler (1988) as part of Dickie's Such An Asshole
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Dickie's Such An Asshole, performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 10, 1973, early show
  • parts of the same performance on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Sampler (1988) as part of Dickie's Such An Asshole
  • parts of the same performance on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 (1989) as Dickie's Such An Asshole
  • parts of the same performance on Roxy—The Movie (DVD, 2015) as Dickie's Such An Asshole
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Dickie's Such An Asshole, performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 10, 1973, late show
  • parts of the same performance on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 (1989) as Dickie's Such An Asshole
• Broadway The Hard Way (1988), as Dickie's Such An Asshole (The San Clemente Magnetic Deviation), performed in Washington, DC, February 9, 1988; Upper Darby, PA, February 12, 1988 (vinyl spoken intro); Cleveland, OH, March 5, 1988; Binghamton, NY, March 17, 1988; Lund, Sweden, April 26, 1988; Strasbourg, France, May 23, 1988
• Broadway The Hard Way (1988), quoted in When The Lie's So Big, performed in Washington, DC, February 9, 1988
• Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show (2021), as Dickie's Such An Asshole, performed in Uniondale, NY, March 25, 1988
• Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991), a lick played in Stinkfoot, performed in Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 4, 1988

 

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

• October-December 1973 (MOI)—known performances: 7; known quotations: 2
• September-October 1974 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 1
• August-September 1981 (rehearsals)—known performances: 1
• February-March 1988 (North America)—known performances: 15
• April-June 1988 (Europe)—known performances: 4

 

Comments

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

OCT-DEC 73: Essentially performed as on YCDTOSA Volume III, with the standard deviation coming in George's and Frank's solos. SAN CLEMENTE MAGNETIC DEVIATION—The early title of "Dickie's Such An Asshole", as announced by Frank in several early performances. This title refers to a strange effect that pilots felt when flying over San Clemente, the home of Tricky Dicky (and hence the relevance to Nixon).

JUN-DEC 74: The specter of Nixon haunts yet another tour. Essentially performed as on YCDTOSA Volume III, accounting for obvious differences in instrumentation, and with the standard deviation coming in Duke's solos.

1988: Not allowing bygones to be bygones, Frank resurrected this '73 scathing tribute to Watergate as part of his '88 Republican Medley. Essentially performed as on BTHW, with the standard deviation coming in Frank's solo. [Interesting note—Pat Buzby notices in one of his '88 reviews that the band had extreme difficulty with certain parts of this tune—not just in the single reviewed performance, but in each performance he could recall.]