hsmx Posted October 3 Posted October 3 In case any FZ fans missed this recent release. One of my fav periods, unbelievable how the material & performances changed from show to show. Classic Frank. 5 1
user905133 Posted October 4 Posted October 4 (edited) 7 hours ago, craigb said: Wait... How did the white guy have the largest afro??! 🤣 https://www.united-mutations.com/s/jeff_simmons.htm Not all __________ people look alike. ADDENDUM: I looked, but I can't find any information about the "ethnicity" of his parents. FWIW, here's some information about Jeff Simmons. Edited October 4 by user905133 added a link to a Wikipedia entry on Jeff Simmons
DeeringAmps Posted October 5 Posted October 5 On 10/3/2025 at 4:42 PM, hsmx said: One of my fav periods A little more into the Phlorescent Leech and Eddie years, probably because I was at the Pauley Pavilion the night they recorded Just Another Band from LA. But the Cheaper than Cheep band was hot! t 2
hsmx Posted October 5 Author Posted October 5 (edited) 1 hour ago, DeeringAmps said: A little more into the Phlorescent Leech and Eddie years, probably because I was at the Pauley Pavilion the night they recorded Just Another Band from LA. But the Cheaper than Cheep band was hot! t Excellent, loved the vaudeville era too, had the Band From LA & Fillmore 8 tracks & wore them out. I saw Flo & Eddie with Frank at this show- Edited October 5 by hsmx 1
user905133 Posted October 5 Posted October 5 (edited) 27 minutes ago, hsmx said: Excellent, loved the vaudeville era too, had the Band From LA & Fillmore 8 tracks & wore them out. I saw Flo & Eddie with Frank at this show- Those are some classics from the Flo and Eddie era of The Mothers! I used to play them (among others) on my college radio show back in the day. Thanks for posting these memory-jogging tunes! Quote Musicians: Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals Ray White - guitar, vocals Eddie Jobson - keyboards Patrick O'Hearn - bass Terry Bozzio - drums Special guests: Flo & Eddie - vocals Ralphe Armstrong - bass (Detroit native) That night Flo & Eddie opened the show with the following musicians: Billy Steel - guitar Andy Kahn - keyboards Bruce Fowler - trombone Walt Fowler - trumpet Albert Wing - saxophone Eric Scott - bass Craig Cramp - drums Quote In 1974, 16-year-old Ralphe had just finished his musical studies in classical and jazz at Michigan’s Interlochen Arts Academy. He auditioned for and landed a spot with John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra, famously beating out a young Jaco Pastorius. “I got the job because I had a fretless bass,” remembers Ralphe. McLaughlin loved the sound, as did Jaco, who, as the story goes, went home and ripped the frets from his bass. In the next few years, Ralphe went on to tour and record with an endless list of illustrious names including Frank Zappa and the Mother’s of Invention, Herbie Hancock, Jean-Luc Ponty, Santana and Beatles producer George Martin. Edited October 5 by user905133 added a blurb about Ralphe Armstrong 1
user905133 Posted October 5 Posted October 5 From around that era, 1973 video courtesy of YT feeds: Features the musical zaniness of the Fowlers, George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock, et al. performed with the benefit of the legendary on-the-fly conductorial gesticulations of Zappa. From the era of both Ralph Humphreys and Chester Thompson, and of course Ruth Underwood. (Different kind of musical humor than Flo and Eddie, but zany nevertheless.) 1
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