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

Date

JCB*

City

Venue

Comments / Sources

1968

Mothers of Invention:

Jan-Feb

Recording Uncle Meat and Cruising With Rubin And The Jets at Apostolic Studios NY

Jan 28

√

Toronto

Uni. Of Toronto

in Convocation Hall

Feb 18

Fall River MA

Durfee Theatre

with Vanilla Fudge and Charles Lloyd Quintet, JCB as only drummer again after B. Mundi quits

Feb 24

√

Hamilton NY

Colgate Uni

JCB recalls this to be Art Tripp's 1st gig with MOI; recalled by A. Tripp as 1967

Feb 25

Syracuse

War Memorial Theatre

...

√

Ithica NY

Cornell Uni

Art Tripp recalls Ithica as 2nd gig [JFrench]; JCB is transcribed as Attica here by R. Gilliard [JCB Memoirs]

...

√

Princeton NJ

Princeton Uni

Mentioned only by Jimmy?

...

√

New Haven CT

? Yale Uni

Mentioned only by Jimmy?

Feb 29

√

New York

Hilton Hotel

March 4 - We're Only In It For The Money released

Mar 15-16

√

Miami

Thee Image

with Blues Image

Mar 17

√

Louisville, K

Kalaidoscope

with The Oxfords; 2 shows

Mar 22-24

√

Philedelphia

Electric Factory

2 shows on 24th; poster

April 19-20

√

New York

Fillmore East

James Cotton Blues Band; 2 shows each night: poster

Westbound Tour

April 26

√

Cincinatti OH

Taft Auditorium

with MC5 [JCB]; 2 shows, with Ravi Shankar

April 27

√

Chicago

Coliseum

with Cream headlining

April 28

√

Detroit MI

Grande Ballroom

2 shows

May 3

√

Denver Co

The Dog

2 shows; with MC5; K7 Recording - Says Family Dog

May 4

√

Phoenix Az

Star Theatre

Living in LA

May - ?

Rehearsing at the Lindy again, 8 hrs a day, 5/6 days a week [JCB]

May 10-11

√

LA

Shrine Exposition Hall

May 13 Lumpy Gravy released; E.Clapton sat in on this gig; poster

May 18

√

Hallandale, FL

Gulfstream Racetrack

Miami Pop Festival: Jimi Hendrix, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Chuck Berry, Blues Image, Arthur Brown, Blue Cheer, The Package, Pacific Gas + Electric

Read Arthur Brown's account here

May 25

Fresno CA

Selland Arena

May 29

√

Farmington UT

The Lagoon

with Youngbloods; Farmington is near Salt Lake City; poster

3 day Bus Tour

with Loretta Black [JCB Memoirs]

May 30?

√

Santa Barbara

"big outdoor theatre" [JCB Memoirs]

May 31

√

San Bernadino

Swing Auditorium

1st time in SB [JCB Memoirs]

June 1

√

San Diego CA

Community Concourse

June 4

Recording with Jefferson Airplane at RCA Studio (June 5 -G.Russo)

June 6

√

San Francisco

Fillmore West

with BB King, Booker T. & MGs; poster

June 7-8

√

San Francisco

Winterland

with BB King, Booker T. & MGs; poster

June 14

√

Tucson AR

?

[JCB - 2003 Manuscript mentions a "short" 5-6 day tour taking in Tucson, Phoenix, Vancouver and Seattle and The Lagoon in Salt Lake City

June 15

Anaheim CA

Convention Centre

June 22

Sacremento CA

Memorial Auditorium

June 25

LA

Taping for Steve Allen Show broadcast July 24; K7 Recording

June 28-30

√

LA

Cheetah

Played with Chicago and Spirit [JCB]

July 14

LA

Cheetah

GUAMBO #2

July 23

√

LA

Whisky a go go

with Alice Cooper

July 26-27

St. Louis Missouri

Aug 3

New York

Central Park

Schaefer Music Festival; with Buddy Guy; 2 shows

Aug 8

Providence RI

RI Auditorium

Vanilla Fudge

Mid-West Tour [JCB]

Aug 9-10

√

Milwaukee WI

The Scene

Aug 14-17

√

Chicago

Kinetic Playground

with Canned Heat, Them

North-West Tour

Aug 24

√

Seattle WA

Seattle Center Arena

Aug 25

√

Vancouver

Kerrisdale

Texas Tour

Aug 30

√

Dallas TX

Memorial Auditorium

with Country Joe + Fish

Aug 31

√

Houston

Catacombs

with Country Joe + Fish, Canned Heat, Moving Sidewalks, Matchbox, Neal Ford + The Fanatics

Back in LA

Sept 9

√

LA

TV show

Joey Bishop Show with Shelley Winters as guest host - ref. JCB recollection on Snuff CD recorded 15th Oct - J&J Show Tour 69 2007

Sept 15

√

Pasadena CA

Rose Bowl

with Joan Baez, Everly Bros. Big Brother, Byrds, County Joe, Buddy Guy, Buffy St Marie, Wilson Pickett, Jnr Wells

European Tour #2

Sept 28

√

Essen Germany

Grughalle

with Fugs, T. Buckley, Brian Auger & Trinity, Tangerine Dream; on K7 Tape [JCB Lib]

Sept 29

√

Franfurt

Kongresshalle

2 shows

Oct 1

√

Stockholm

Konserthuset

Oct 3

√

Copenhagen

Tivoli Gardens

2 shows

Oct 5

√

Hamburg

Musikhalle

2 shows

Oct 6

√

Bremen

Beat Club

Radio Bremen Beat Club - TV also?

Oct 9

√

Munich

Deutsche Museum

Oct 12

√

Vienna

Konserthaus

Oct 16

√

Berlin

Sportpalast

Oct 20

√

Amsterdam

Concertgebouw

2 shows

Oct (21)

√

Paris

Recorded a TV show which involved smashing up a car [JCB]

Oct 23

√

London

TV show

Oct 25

√

London

Royal Festival Hall

Oct 26

√

Paris

Olympia

Back in LA

Nov 8

√

Fullerton CA

Titan Gym Cal State Uni

with Alice Cooper; JCB recalls that W.M. Fisher played with MOI - he had a tape of show from D.Klunc, lost it and then saw it turn up as a bootleg

Nov 30

Berkely CA

Community Theatre

Dec 6-7

√

LA

Shrine Exhibition Hall

Dec 2 - Cruising with Ruben & The Jets released; A.Cooper, GTOs

TIME OFF! - JCB