FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Bongo Fury (1975) as Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top, performed in Austin, Texas, May 1975
  • shorter, faded-out version included in the Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band compilation The Dust Blows Forward (1999)

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

• April-May, 1975 (MOI with Captain Beefheart)—known performances: 3; known quotations: 2

Comments

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

1975: The lyrics are essentially performed as on "Bongo Fury", though with the nature of the Captain, we get whole sections of words missing from several performances. The musical accompaniment ranges from the barebone noodling as heard on "Bongo Fury", to more full-blown support as heard in the George-led funk jams, to quiet reflective meditations sounding remarkedly similar to Tom Waits' "Ol' 55" (a tune the Mothers performed on the Fall '74 tour, which makes me believe that that is what is actually being played here.)

 

Conceptual Continuity

• Louie Louie

More bongos:

• Flower Punk
• Dog Breath
• Uncle Meat
• Lemme Take You To The Beach
• SEX