Quote Originally Posted by cleareyes
zappa produced beefheart's seminal album trout mask replica. they also have an album together called 'bongo fury'.
Don't forget Beefheart and Zappa's "HOT RATS".

Although I never saw him with the Mothers, I did see Zappa him shortly after they disbanded, in New York.

I saw Beefheart at Town Hall in NYC, early 70's. Bob Segar, unknown at the time, was the opening act for one of the shows (don't remember which). The concerts were a year apart. The album was "Clear Spot" for one of them.

At one of the performances, he got heckled and given the finger because some members of the audience were disappointed with his performance. He said, onstage, during a number, "You can do THIS" (giving the middle finger), "But can you do THIS?", and proceeded to blow a virtuoso blues harp solo.

The message of "Clear Spot" was anti-drug, BTW. I ā??freaked-outā?? at that show due to some heavy shit Iā??d had, but was OK in the morning. The worst part was going home on the subway. I was really spaced, and remember asking one couple in the train station, who also had been at the show, ā??Did you see what he did?"

That was something, lol!