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)  | 
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  | 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  | 
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  | Recording We're Only In It For The Money at Mayfair Studios  | |
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  | TWO WEEKS OFF till 12 Sept. [JCB]  | |
European Tour #1  | ||||
Sept. 23  | √  | London  | Royal Albert  | |
Sept. 24  | √  | Amsterdam  | Concertgebouw  | |
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  | 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 ()  | 
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  | 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  | |