Bavaria & Beyond: 1997

Bands: Farrell & Black Band -> X-Tra Combo -> Behind The Mirror -> Grandmothers Power Trio -> Muffin Men 

[Note: Background Colors = blue: rehearsing/recording; = pink: bad event; = lilac: good event]

Date

Country

City

Venue

Comments / Sources

1997

Jimmy Carl Black:

    

Jan 23

Germany?

 

Kultur Sudwest

VHS Tape so titled though most probably as Farrell & Black

Farrell & Black:

    

Jan 30

Germany

Traunstein

 

Source - JCB - Jon Larsen tape 19

?

 

Bayreuth

 

Source - Moni Black

?

 

Welzheim

 

Live Recording [on Inkanish]

97?

 

Hannover

 

With Rick Farrell

...

    

?

Germany

Limburg

 

With Rick Farrell, Uwe- source?

X-Tra Combo:

    

Feb 10

Austria

Salzburg

Rockhouse

CD cover notes

Feb 11

 

Salzburg

Arge Monntal

CD cover notes

“2 weeks later”

 

Salzburg

Apple Studios

Recording 9 tracks

Mar 1997

 

 

 

Interview: "8 tours with Grandmothers till now"

May 1997

   

Geronimo visits JCB - Ref Interview in Trust magazine

May 14

Germany

Traunstein

Sternenzelt

Source: Traunsteiner Wochenblatt of May 20 1997 - Report of "Hot Pants Road Club" show

Behind The Mirror:

Germany

   

June 21

 

Kassel

Dokumenta X

See K7 Master Tape 2 - The Best of Tape 1 + 2; Report inHessische Allgemeine of June 23;see photocopy headed Konzerte (p.72); also email from G.Stock 14 Oct 2013

June 22

 

Kassel

Dokumenta X

See K7 Master Tape 2 - The Best of Tape 1 + 2; Report in Hessische Allgemeine of June 23; see photocopy headed Konzerte (p.72)

  

Hanover

 

ref?

Farrell & Black:

    

July 04

Germany

Westerheim

  

July 12

Germany

 

Adler Kellar

 

July 18

Germany

Kuhlungbronn(?)

 Kühlungsborn, N. Germany? 

July 19

 

Suhl

 

Venue - Gambrinus?

Grandmothers Power Trio:

   

JCB, S. Oliva & E.Bladezipper: Poster - featuring Geronimo Black; 

Press Cutting [see: Sandro Oliva's Website]

Jul 20/21

 

 

 

Taped Interview: 3 days rehearsal followed by 5 gigs in 5 days [JCB]

Jul 22

 

 

 

 

Jul 23

 

 

 

 

Jul 24

Germany

Bad Boll

Freibad

K7 - Live Recording: Live at Friebad

Jul 25

 

Stuttgart

 

K7 - Live Recording: 2 tapes- 1st & 2nd Set; VHS tape

Jul 26

 

Stuttgart

 

K7 - Live Recording: 2 tapes- 1st & 2nd Set

Jul 27

 

Traunstein

Festung

Source: Cutting from a mag - ref ludwig.chiemgau.de

July 28?

    

Behind The Mirror:

   

with  JCB?

Aug 1

Ger

Bad Doberan

Zappanale #8

JCB was invited by BTM to play with them this date at Zappanale #8

Farrell & Black:

   

Source: of blue listings this year - JCB Provisional timetable, without details of bands playing, found together with photo of F&B Band and invoice

Aug 02

?

 

Hochzeit

 

Aug 29

Ger

Bad Boll

  

Aug 31

Ger

Saarbrücken

 

Fan Claude Kuhen sees JCB at this gig playing drums with a blues rock trio - Sun morning free outdoors - JCB bio [unitedmutations.com]

Sept 01

Austria

Salzburg

Rockhouse

Sources: Rockhouse flyer & newspaper cutting

Sept 5

Ger

Limburg

 

Source? ; Is this the Sept 8 gig with BTM?

Behind The Mirror:

    

Sept 8

Ger

Limburg

 

email from Georg 14 Oct 2013: gig was this date

Sept 8

Ger

Bad Boll

 

“Recording Cockroach Albert CD” -K7 Interview w. JCB on Captain Ahab Play FZ dated 8/9 Sept 1997 ... [G. Stock 16 Oct 2013: recordings for BTM were for Secrets of Crater 6 CD; Marcus Pfeffinger of the band Capt Ahab for a Free Stuttgart Radio show]

Sept 9

 

 

 

... But K7 Interview above refers to playing "last month" with Power Trio, which was July

Farrell & Black:

    

Sept 12

Ger

Grimma

  

Sept 13

 

Anrode

  

Sept 14

 

Ost-Brd

  

Sept 15

 

Halle

  

Sept 20

Ger

Obing

Kleinkunstbuhne

Source: Junge Seit newspaper clipping of Sept 18 '97

Sept 25

Ger

Goslar?

KKF

 

Oct 10

Ger

Bad Segeberg

 

With 'Behind the Mirror'? Ref: Photo

Oct 11

 

Hamburg

  

Oct 24

Ger

Bernhausen

  

Oct 30

Ger

Eislingen

  

Oct 31

 

Ost?

  

Nov 01

 

Juteburg?

 

Juterbog?

    

Muffin Men:

   

Sources: 1. Fax - Tour Gig Listing Dates on which JCB plays with Muffins;

2. Memoirs 1995-9: that reads "...leave for mainland ...” (See Nov 25 below)

Nov 17

England

Stoke

Wheatsheaf

 

Nov 18

 

York

Fibbers

 

Nov 19

 

Ashton

Witchwood

 

Nov 20

 

West Croydon

Cool Room

 

Nov 21

 

Wimbledon

Worcester Park Club

 

Nov 22

 

Rayners Lane

Cine-Bar

 

Nov 23

 

Southampton

The Brook

 

Nov 24

 

Liverpool

Lomax

 

Nov 25

   

"...leave for mainland, drop jimmy in Belgium" [JCB Memoirs?]

Nov 26

Germany

Emmerich

Pinte

Source 1 (Fax) 1 JCB slotted in to play as of Oct 20 '97

Nov 27

 

Köln

Kantine

Source 1 (Fax) 1 JCB slotted in to play as of Oct 20 '97;

 JCB in Koln - Ref Interview in Trust magazine

Farrell & Black:

    

Nov 28

Belgien

  

JCB in Belgium with "my Blues Band" - Ref Interview in Trust magazine

Nov 29

Belgien

  

JCB in Belgium with "my Blues Band" - Ref Interview in Trust magazine

Muffin Men:

    

Nov 28

 

Krefeld

Kulturfabrik

 

Nov 29

 

Oberhausen

Star Club

 

Nov 30

 

Heidelberg

1997 Nov 30 Muffins & JCB in Heidelberg

KarlstorBahnhof:

Source 1 (Fax) 1 JCB slotted in to play as of Oct 20 '97; Interview in Trust - German publication reporting on "Zappa Memorial Day" [not the same as the interview printout in JCB's papers (#Interviews)]; also ‘Les Fils de l'Invention’ promo Flyer

Program [source T.V. Schmitt]

(Dec 1

   

day off?)

Dec 2

Germany

Berlin

Pfefferburg

Source 1 (Fax) 1 JCB slotted in to play as of Oct 20 '97; VHS Tape (will confirm)

Dec 3

 

Hilderheim

Kulturfabrik Löseke

Source 1 (Fax) 1 JCB slotted in to play as of Oct 20 '97

Dec 4

 

Bremen

Modernes

 

Dec 5

 

Hamburg

Honigfabrik

JCB is originally scheduled to have “3 days off to get married Dec 5/6” but couldn’t get married until Dec 22, so did he play Dec 4-7 gigs?

Dec 6

 

Schönebeck (Magdeburg)

Konzerthalle 2000

 

Dec 7

 

Jameln (Lüchow-Dannenberg)

Cafe Grenzbereich

 

Dec 8

 

Jena

Rosenkeller

Source 1 (Fax) 1 JCB slotted in to play as of Oct 20 '97

(Dec 9

   

day off?)

Dec 10

Germany

Weimar

Kasseturm

Dec 11-14 conflict with Farrell & Black below

Dec 11

 

Erfurt

Museumskeller

Live recording of morning after on Utube - Pimmel Blues - JCB present with band

Dec 12

 

Plauen

Malzhaus

 

Dec 13

 

Ebersbrunn

Gasthaus "Zum Löwen"

Source 1 (Fax) 1 JCB slotted in to play as of Oct 20 '97

Dec 14

 

Ilmenau

 

Source 1 (Fax) 1 JCB slotted in to play as of Oct 20 '97

(Dec 15

   

day off?)

Dec 16

Germany

Frankfurt

Nachtleben

Source 1 (Fax) 1 JCB slotted in to play as of Oct 20 '97

Dec 17

 

Marburg

KFZ

Or does JCB leaves Muffins after Frankfurt?

Dec 18

 

Münster

Tripycon

 

Dec 19

Holland

Almelo

Subrosa

 

Dec 20

Belgium

   

Dec 21

Belgium

   

Farrell & Black:

   

In dark blue from Kulturwerkstattprogramme

Dec 11

Ger

Fellheim

Sticks

Sticks programme

Dec 12

 

Hamm

Kulturwerkstatt

 

Dec 13

    

Dec 14

    

Dec 17

Ger

Oberegalfing (Obereglfink)

 

These 4 dates also in Kulturwerkstattprogramme (See above ref)

Dec 18

 

Sonthofen

  

Dec 19

 

Kaufbeuren

  

Dec 20

Ger

Nürtingen

Kuckucksei

K7 Live recording

Dec 22

 

 

 

Gets married to Monika!

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