No, PJ. This was a newly formed band about a year after Frank broke up the original Mothers of Invention. The lineup in the picture, L to R are:
OK - I guess you were with Captain Beefheart by then? Amazing how many years have passed and you still look like yourself!
Heh, heh. Now if I only FELT like myself...OK - I guess you were with Captain Beefheart by then? Amazing how many years have passed and you still look like yourself!
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Actually I was doing a good bit of studio work in 1970 before I left L.A. with CB. It was a bad career move. But I guess something can be said for being a broke artist.. I'm not sure what, but something.
Was the second to the left Flo ? I wasn't sure for the longest time if it was a guy or girl, strange person whichever flavor
Yes, Mark Volman was "Flo", short for "The Phlorescent Leech", a ripoff of Beefheart's "The Mascara Snake". No, Mark was all man. "Eddie" of "Flo and Eddie" was Howard Kaylan. They were previously known as The Turtles. When Zappa had them in is band, they couldn't be known as The Turtles or even by their real names due to contractual restrictions.
Doesn't ring a bell, Bill. Do you know any more about him?
He last played for the Moby Grape but he was a studio musician for years afterwards. He passed away a few years ago. He retired in Santa Cruz.
No, I never met Wachtel.
Well thanks, Bill. And you sure live in a beautiful part of the country. I haven't been to Wash. since my early days in chiropractic, when I went to mentor under the great Tacoma chiropractor, Dr. Vern Weber, for a few weeks in 1983.
That’s what I want to do too but live here during summer and the south during winters. Come up and look for properties.Well thanks, Bill. And you sure live in a beautiful part of the country. I haven't been to Wash. since my early days in chiropractic, when I went to mentor under the great Tacoma chiropractor, Dr. Vern Weber, for a few weeks in 1983.
My fantasy would be to live somewhere in the North during the brutal summers here in Mississippi. I have relations in Columbus. Also considering Dakotas or Montana. Something tells me it'll never happen though....
I was going to suggest New Orleans for your winters, but on second thought, all those snarly-toothed hustlers over there would keep you broke..
Houston area might work. Tall Jeff could watch out for you. OTOH you'd have to stay away from those BBQ restaurants......
I lived in New Orleans for a short while. I lived and worked in the French Quarter. Your right about those hustlers, ha ha, they broke me quick, twice! I like New Orleans except for those brown, crawly, flying things that permeate everything. What did they call them in the movies?, cockaroaches. I'm thinking Arizona, a little south of Flagstaff. Or Santa Cruz 100% of the time. My pot stocks will have to triple for that to happen.! Living near Jerry (baby huey) would work too.I was going to suggest New Orleans for your winters, but on second thought, all those snarly-toothed hustlers over there would keep you broke..
