Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals; George Duke - keyboards; Ian Underwood - keyboards; Aynsley Dunbar - drums; Howard Kaylan - vocals; Jeff Simmons - bass; Mark Volman - vocals Taken from the archives of Fillmore founder and promoter, Bill Graham, this is the first of a multiple-night stand Zappa and his early '70s version of the Mothers of Invention played at the Fillmore West in November of 1970. By now, Zappa was releasing most of his albums under his own name, but he kept the Mothers tag around for about another four years. This version of the band lasted from late 1969 through 1972, when Zappa, playing a show at London's Rainbow Theater, was thrown off the stage by a deranged fan, breaking both his legs and having to spend nearly a year in two hip casts. It was probably the best-loved version of the Mothers that contained a hybrid version of top flight jazz musicians (George Duke), high octane studio rockers (Aynsley Dunbar and Jeff Simmons); and the remnants of '60s pop band the Tur
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