Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa (with the Mothers of Invention) play a full band version of Orange Claw Hammer live at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey on April 19th, 1975. Picture is from the show!
Yessss...holy cheeesus...glad that such a rare recording of this song exists...god bless Don Van Vliet and of course Frank Zappa...may your timeless music live on forever 💪 🎸 🎶 🎼
This is a great example of what could happen when they worked together. OCH is one of Don's best. Frank made a nice shanty out of it on the radio edit and turned it into a slow blues for this show and both worked out nicely. Far as I can tell, they are both one-off performances.
Very nice to hear this again! Do you have any more from Passaic '75? I remember the second set had some v.good improvs (and that the first set probably had a terrific opening jam but the tape made it impossible to hear)