Jun 6, 1971 (53 years ago) Fillmore East New York, New York, United States
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Please see comment below. John & Yoko were not on the bill (which was for 2 shows/ per night for Friday & Saturday). They came on stage for Zappa & The Mothers encore on the night of the 5th (though in the wee hours of the 6th).
Well, we got there on Saturday, the 5th for the 10 o'clock show, but didn't even get inside till after the 8 PM show crowd finally exited, so seated about 11:30. We were up front, 5th row, I think. We were there for Zappa, and to say goodbye to the Fillmore, as we did not get tickets for the Allmans. We knew to get the late show 2nd night. Sorry that I do not have much memory of the Hampton Grease Band or Head Over Heels. Zappa and the Mothers did not start playing till some time after 1 AM, as I recall, but what a set! The whole of the Mothers Live at Fillmore material, plus "Billy the Mountain" and much more. This was the night that, as noted, John & Yoko came out with the band for the encore. Frank first did his normal audience insult (everyone who goes to the Fillmore East can learn the words to this song, there is only one word: "Scumbag"), then lets John know the chords for it and off they went. Flo & Eddie start dancing around, then Kaylan puts a large burlap sack over Volman, who continues to dance around in it, so they can act out the song. Meanwhile Yoko is stage front left, doing the atonal yodeling thing into a mic. Kaylan and Volman get the burlap sack and indicate to her that they will put her in it, and she goes along with it.. and they leave her in it quite a while. The audience seems a bit more enthused about the sing-along at this point. There is quite a bit more music in the encore, but all good things must end, though it was about 5 AM by the time that they do. Got our money's worth that night.
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