bassist Roy Estrada and drummer Jimmy Carl Black. Zappa emerged as their creative leader and changed their name to the Mothers. When they signed Verve Records, their name was changed to the Mothers Of Invention. For much of their seminal 1960's albums, the group also ...
Long considered to be a Holy Grail period by Zappa aficionados,The Roxy Performancesare the super-duper definitive item (portions of the evenings have previously been available on the albumsRoxy And Elsewhere(1974) andRoxy By Proxy(2014), with special mention also forRoxy: The Movie(2015)). C...
December 8-10, 1973 Produced by FZ, GZ, Ahmet Zappa & Jeff Stein Edited & co-produced by John Albarian Digital Restoration by Ben Satory Post Production Coordinator Sid Patel Film and Sound Crew: Camouflage Productions Hand-held Camera: Barry Feinstein ...
Frank Zappa’s concerts at the Roxy Theatre in Holywood in December 1973 are legendary. Frank and the Mothers played three nights on December 8th, 9th & 10th and these shows formed the basis of the ‘Roxy & Elsewhere’ album that was released in 1974. However the performances were also fi...