Europe: 1993

Bands: The Jack & Jim Show ->The Grandmothers 

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

Date

City

Venue

Comments /Sources

   

JCB and The Blues?

Ref - '93 AFN Vicenza radio show

   

Muffin Records (Reinhard Pruess) deal to release Dreams on Long Play;

1st contact with Roddie Gilliard of Muffin Men

Ya Hosna:

   

Mar 4: Italy

Biella

 

An evening with Ya Hozna - meets Sandro; On Utube (April 3?)

Jack & Jim Show:

  

1st Coffeeshop Tour 15 gigs in 15 towns - 15 days[JCB]

Holland:

Rotterdam

 

Around 14th April --> 15 Gigs

?

Arnhem

  

?

Utrecht

  

?

Tilburg

  

?

Nijmegen 

Sleeping Beauty

 

Belgium

Gent

Democrazy

 

Holland:

Enschede

 

"Dutch Zappa Day"

 

Haarlem

  

 

near

Amsterdam

  

 Switzerland

Solothurn

  

... Apr 24...

 

  

Germany:

Villingen--Schwenningen

 Villingen-Schwenningen, two towns merged in 1972

"We played Villingen the first night and Schwenningen the second night." [FMS]

 

Kirchheim

Kirchheim Teck

Source: killuglyradio - see Screenshot (.png)

...28...

Switzerland:

 

Zurich

Rote Fabrik?

3 venues

April 29

Zurich

 

J & J Show interview with M. Vanci Stirnemann

April 30

Bern

  

6 days  (1st wk of May)

Germany

Stuttgart

 

With Reinhard Preuss for "6 days of promotional stuff" in Stuttgart incl Live broadcast Interview - May 4 - Radio Ohr, Offenbach: [JCB]

7 days

Italy

Roma 

 

Recording with Sandro Oliva

Jack & Jim Show:

  

With radio shows in Manchester, Glasgow, London(live) and an Interview with JCB by BBC tv about FZ & Beefheart

England

Brighton

 

1st gig on south coast [JCB]

Jun 8-11

London

Bass Clef

3 nites [JCB]

Jun 12

Sheffield 

(Source: T’ Mershi Duween June 1993 Issue 31)

Jun 13

Leeds  

Jun 14

Scotland

Glasgow

 

Radio show (also gig?)

Jun 15

York

  

Jun 16

Manchester

Swinging Sporran  [Source: R. Gilliard]

Jun 17

Wales

Newport

TJ's

(Source: T’ Mershi Duween Aug? 1993 Issue 32)

Jun 18

Hebden Bridge

 

(Source: T’ Mershi Duween June 1993 Issue 31, but no date);

Stockwell, London on 18 June 1993 (A. Greenaway)

Jun 19

Reading

  

Jun 20

Belfast, N Ireland

 

flew London - Belfast - London [JCB]

Jun 21

London

 

"30 minute live radio show" playing brushes on phonebooks; bonus earnings when BBC TV popped in for a quick interview re Frank & Beefheart

Grandmothers:

   

June 22-23

 

 

Fly in from London: 2 days rehearsal

Italy

Jun 24

Arrezo

 

Fly to Rome: Arezzo Wave Festival - booked by S. Oliva; June 24 (see T’ Mershi Duween Issue 31 June 1993); Poster [R.Preuss]

Jun 25

Rome

Stadio Centrale

Open Air Jazz festival; (K7 live recording?: - The Grandmothers 6/26/)

Jun 26-29

 

 

4 days with Sandro Oliva in Rome - rehearsing

Grandmothers:

   

Summer Tour

  

 (10 Gigs)?

Switzerland

July 01

 

 

Press Conference

July 02

Bern

Reithalle

 

Germany:

  

Play 9 gigs with Muffin Men opening: 1st -Solingen [JCB]

Mon July 5

Solingen

Getaway

unitedmutations/grandmothers

Wed July 7

Bremen

Modernes

Jimmy 1st sings with the Muffins - Willie The Pimp [source: R. Gilliard]

Thu July 8

Arnsberg

The Cult

 

Fri July 9

Münster

Cascade

Muffin Men - 5th Anniv. Booklet: with GMs

July 13

Hamburg

Fabrik

unitedmutations/grandmothers ["not with Muffinz" - R. Gilliard]

July 15

Köln

Live Music Hall

unitedmutations/grandmothers

Fri July 16

Karlsruhe

Subway

 

Sat July 17

Stuttgart (Ostfildern-Ruit)

Zentrum Zinsholz

Zappatag #5 [JCB Memoirs]; Rudolph Deistler (Letter-3.12.01) says Filderstadt; R.Rruess, email 18 Oct 2013:  gives name as Ostfildern-Ruit

Fri July 23

Freiburg

Jazzhaus

 Reviews from 'Badische Zeitung' [source: T.V.Schmitt, Freiburg]

Sun July 25

Kirchheim/Teck

ZuckerFabric

"concert 'villa'" on the 26th, according to unitedmutations/grandmothers

"there were sessions and a few party gigs in Kircheim during the time we recorded 'Say Cheese". Jimmy recorded with us during the sessions. There is some YouTube footage on my page of us jamming with Don and Bunk at one of these party nights, it shows Jimmy clearly enjoying himself in the audience." [R. Gilliard]

... Aug 07

Kuhlungsborn, near Rostock

"former movie theater"

Zappanale #4 - Source: Zappanale handbook; filmed by NDR3;

date from unitedmutations/grandmothers

Holland

Aug 08

Groningen 

 

unitedmutations/grandmothers

UK

Aug 09

London

Subterania

Source: Letter from R.Deistler of 3.12.01; "ragged...at that London hell-hole...in August 1993..."(T' Mershi Duween #43)

... Aug 11

Hildesheim, Holland

Vier Linden

unitedmutations/grandmothers

7-8 days

 

 

Recording - no product

RStGermaine resigns [JCB]

Jack & Jim Show:

  

JCB set off Sept 1st.
[JCB Memoirs]

Denmark

Sep 03

Haderslev

Musik 25

 

...

Odense

Rhythm Room

& maybe another gig [JCB]

...

Copenhagen

Cafe Rust

& Danish Radio [JCB]

... (10 Gigs) ?

 

  

... Sweden

Gothenburg

  

... Norway

Oslo

Cosmo?

 

... Sweden

Karlstad

  

Sep 11

Gavle

Club Latting

 

... Sweden

Stockholm

  

Jack & Jim Show:

  

(JCB set off Oct 1st.)

Holland

Oct 01 

 

"Outside Brussels"

"Flemish part" [JCB] 
Based in Utrecht only?

Oct 02

Venlo

 

with band Doorag - 1st of 3 occasions [JCB]

England

Oct 03 

London

Bass Clef

 

Oct 04

London

Swamp

Swamp should read Swan,

ref 'The Arf Dossier', Vol 59, p8;

ref. A.Greenaway brief of 28/09/13

Oct 05

London

Bass Clef

2nd Gig [JCB]

France

Oct 06 

Caen

Univ. Of Caen

Collage of newspaper cuttings

Belgium

Oct 07

Brussels

University Club

Collage of newspaper cuttings;

Oct 08

Liege

Yellow Submarine

Collage of newspaper cuttings; "French part of Belgium" [JCB]

Switzerland

Oct 09

Geneva

  

Austria

Oct 10 

Wels

  

Oct 11

Salzburg

Kulturgelande Nonntal

(Gunther Seiser); K7 Recording

Oct 12

Vienna

 

Pick up Husta in Zurich on way to Bern

Switzerland

Oct 13

Bern

  

France

Oct 14 

Grenoble

  

Oct 15-16

Paris

Instant Chavires a Montreuil

2 nights forming a quintet with Achote; Collage of newspaper cuttings

Switzerland

Oct 17 

Lucerne

Boa-Bar

Collage of newspaper cuttings

Germany

Oct 20 

Bocham

 

after 2 days off in Bad Boll

France

Oct 21 

Poitiers

Confort Moderne

Collage of newspaper cuttings

Oct 22

St Etienne

Marquee Cafe

Collage of newspaper cuttings

Oct ?

Montpelier

 

Right after the show take nite train to Paris, Stuttgart next day (Bad Boll) [JCB]

 

 

 

Week off!

Rehearsals

 

 

2 weeks studio rehearsals

[Roland St Germain leaves GMs in Oct (his words)]

Grandmothers:

  

(25 Gigs) - Reinhardt Pruess managing?

Winter Tour - 

   Nov 18 to Dec 23 [JCB]

Sweden
Nov 18-19 

Umea

 

2 days - Press conference 1st day, gig 2nd; 

Nov 20

Stockholm

  

Denmark
Nov 21 

Copenhagen

  

...

  

(Following list from Tour Schedule Nov 23-Dec 23) (See also Tour schedule from R. Preuss which differs slightly)

Austria
Nov 23 

Vienna

Rockhouse

 

Germany
Nov 24 

Munich

Panzerhalle

 

Nov 25

Fulda

Kreuz Saal

 

Nov 26

Weimar

Weimarhalle

 

Nov 27

Dresden

Scheune

 

Nov 28

Cottbus

Glade (Glad) House

 

 

 

 

4 Days off

Dec 2 Holland

Amsterdam

 

Radio show

Germany
Dec 3 

Lindau

Club Vaudeville

 

Dec 5

Mainz

Kulturzentrum

KUZ [R.Preuss Tour List]

Holland
Dec 6

Amsterdam

Parkers Club

Zappa dies - Interviews!

Germany
Dec 7 

Berlin

Knaack Klub

 

Dec 8

Hameln

Sumpfblume

 Burkhard Schempp

["THANX for ...
making me completely drunk,
two days after F.Z. death,
at Grandmothers gig in Hameln." - Hunchback Duke, 2008]

(Day off)

 

 

Television Interviews re FZ

Germany

Dec 10 

Dortmund

Live Station

VHS Tape;
unitedmutations/grandmothers

Dec 11

Lubeck

Riders Cafe

 

Dec 12

Hamburg

Market Hall

 

Dec 13

Bamberg

Fischerhof

on 9th, 13th day off

[R.Preuss Tour List]

Dec 14

Wuppertal

Bier Börse

K7 Recording

Dec 15 - Day Off

Kirchheim

Villa

Sources:

Letter of 3.12.2001
Rudolph Deistler

Email of 18.10 2013
R.Pruess 

Dec 16 Austria

Salzburg

Kulturgemeinde Nonntal

Photo: (Ref sandroliva.com)

Switzerland

Dec 17 

Zug

Jugendzentrum

K7

Live recording

(Dec 18

  

Travel Day)

Belgium

Dec 19 

Gent

Democrazy

K7

Live recording

Germany

Dec 20 

Marburg

KFZ

 

Dec 21

Aschaffenburg

Colos Saal

Klimperkasten

[R.Preuss Tour List]

England

Dec 22 

London

Bloomsbury Theatre

 

(Dec 23

  

 

Travel Day)

 

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