FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Lumpy Gravy (1968), as Duodenum in Part 1, recorded at Studio Z, Cucamonga, CA, c. 1964
  • same version, 1984 mix with overdubs, on The Lumpy Money Project/Object (2009), as part of Lumpy Gravy—Part One
  • same version, original speed, on The Lumpy Money Project/Object (2009), as Theme From Lumpy Gravy
• 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition (2021), as Bwana Dik, recorded at Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA, August 1970
• The Mothers 1970 (2020), as Bwana Dik, performed in San Rafael, CA, September 26, 1970
• BTB II: Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (1992), with lyrics as Bwana Dik, performed in New York, NY, November 1970
• BTB II: Disconnected Synapses (1992), with lyrics as part of Penis Dimension, performed in Paris, France, December 15, 1970
• 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition (2021), as Scene 86, recorded at Pinewood Studios, London, UK, January-February 1971
• The Mothers 1971 (2022), as Bwana Dik, performed in New York, NY, June 5, 1971, late show
  • same version on Fillmore East—June 1971 (1971), as Bwana Dik, with overdubs from Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA, c. June 1971
    • same version on Fillmore East—June 1971—50th Anniversary Expanded Edition (2022)
• The Mothers 1971 (2022), as Bwana Dik, performed in New York, NY, June 6, 1971, late show
• Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991), as Theme From Lumpy Gravy, performed in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1988

 

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

• June-December 1970 (MOI)—known performances: 9; known quotations: 12 ("Bwana Dik")
• May-July 1971 (MOI)—known performances: 4 ("Bwana Dik")
• August-October 1971 (MOI)—known performances: 3 ("Bwana Dik")
• November-December 1971 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 1 ("Bwana Dik")
• February-March 1988 (North America)—known performances: 14 ("The Lumpy Gravy Theme")
• April-June 1988 (Europe)—known performances: 14 ("The Lumpy Gravy Theme")

 

Comments

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

1970: BWANA DIK—Essentially performed as on "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta" from Beat the Boots Volume II. This song serves as the third song of the seven song "Opera".

1971: BWANA DIK—Essentially performed as on "Fillmore East—June 1971".

1988: LUMPY GRAVY THEME—Essentially performed as on MAJNH, and always as part of the Big Medley. The line "May you never hear vluerbedekking again" (referring back to a '71 performance of the Sofa Suite) is originally intended to be "May you never hear surf music again", which is a reference to Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun". This line changed frequently at the whim of Frank, with my favorite mutation being "May you never hear Dinah-Moe Humm again" (thank you, Frank).

 

Conceptual Continuity

• 200 Motels (Bwana Dik)
• Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People
• Thing-Fish ("Muthafucker be rejectin' some CO-LOG- NUH directly into de DUO-DEENUM of de unsuspecting victim!")