Mothers of Invention: 1967

New York & The Garrick Theatre -> 1st European Tour -> North East Tour -> West Coast Tour 

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

Date

JCB*

City

Venue

Comments / Sources

1967

Mothers of Invention:

    

Jan (1st week)

 

New York

 

Mayfair Studio: Overdub Recordings for Absolutely Free

Jan 7-21

Montreal

New Penelope

Recording for Canadian Film Board: Ride For Your Life

Back in LA

    

Jan (22)-Feb (3)

 

 

 

Rehearsing at Lindy Opera House

Feb 3-4

LA

Lindy Opera House

Newspaper ad

Feb 17-19

San Francisco

Fillmore West

with Blues Project, Canned Heat; poster

Mar 3-5

 

San Francisco

Fillmore West

with Otis Rush; poster

New York - The Garrick Theatre

    [read Essra Mohawk's recollection of her introduction to the Mothers' antics here]

Mar 23-April 3

New York

Garrick Theatre

with Tim Buckley, Ritchie Havens

    

Audition at University of Maryland [JCB]

Apr 6-19

New York

Garrick Theatre

Gary Burton Quartet, Tiny Tim

Apr 20-23

 

Boston

Commonwealth Armory

Jefferson Airplane, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters

Apr 24-May 1

New York

Garrick Theatre

 

May 2-19

 

New York

Cafe au go go

Downstairs?

May20

 

New York

Village Gate

 

May 21

 

New York

Cafe au go go

Downstairs?

May 24-June 27

New York

Garrick Theatre

June 26 - Absolutely Free released; two weeks before Monterey JHendrix jammed with MOI at Garrick, turning his guitar upside down [JCB]

June 28

 

New York

Village Theatre

Fugs, Allen Ginsburg, Left Bank, Tim Buckley, et al.

June 29-Sept 5

New York

Garrick Theatre

To last week of Aug [JCB Memoirs]

Aug 2-9

 

 

 

Recording We're Only In It For The Money at Mayfair Studios

 

 

 

 

TWO WEEKS OFF till 12 Sept. [JCB]

European Tour #1

    

Sept. 23

London

Royal Albert

 

Sept. 24

Amsterdam

Concertgebouw

 

 

 

 

 

TIME OUT (4/5 DAYS) while FZ in Italy with R.Vadim

Sept. 29

Gothenburg Sweden

Konserthalle, Liseberg

 

Sept. 30

Stockholm

Konserthuset

FZ only plays 1st set (food poisoning) [JCB]; K7 Recording

Oct. 1

Copenhagen

Falkoner Theatre

2 shows

Oct 2

Lund Sweden

University of Lund

[JCB] - Also, Meet P. Seller on plane back to NY on 3rd Oct

New York - Touring

    

Oct ()

 

 

 

Recording We're Only In It For The Money and Lumpy Gravy at Apostolic in NY

Oct (2nd week)

  

Bitter End - TV Show [JCB]

Oct. 28

 

Rochester

War Memorial Theatre

 

Nov 3

 

Baltimore

Eastern High School

 

Nov 24-25

Boston

Psychedelic Supermarket

 

Dec 1

 

Detroit

Ford Auditorium

 

Dec 2-3

 

Ann Arbor MI

Fifth Dimension

2 shows on 2nd

West Coast Tour

    

Dec 9

Pasadena

Civic Auditorium

with Tim Buckley

Dec 14

San Francisco

Fillmore West

with Tim Buckley; JCB recalls 3 nites at Fillmore but doesn't recall Winterland

Dec 15-16

 

San Francisco

Winterland

with Tim Buckley

Back in New York

    

Dec 20

 

New York

Mineola Theatre

2 shows; with Tim Buckley

Dec 22-23

New York

Town Hall

Ruth Underwood plays; poster

Dec 26-31

Philedelphia

The Trauma

 

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