Hot Rats

Release Info

Released October 15 1969

Tracks

• Peaches En Regalia (03:39)
• Willie The Pimp (09:17)
• Son Of Mr. Green Genes (09:00)
• Little Umbrellas (03:04)
• The Gumbo Variations (16:57)
• It Must Be A Camel (05:17)

Players

Captain Beefheart (vocals), Sugar Cane Harris (violin), Jean-Luc Ponty (violin), John Guerin (drums), Paul Humphrey (drums), Ron Selico (drums), Max Bennett (bass), Shuggy Otis (bass), Ian Underwood (keyboards, clarinets, saxes) and Frank Zappa (guitar, ocave base, percussion)

Background

FZ in The Real Frank Zappa Book: "The residents at that time included my wife, Gail; my secretary, Pauline Butcher; our road manager, Dick Barber; Pamela Zarubica; Ian Underwood; Motorhead Sherwood; and a girl named Christine Frka - the woman on the cover of the Hot Rats album crawling out of the crypt. Christine Frka was our baby-sitter, along with Pamela Des Barres."

Versions

See also: "Hot Rats / Burnt Weeny Sandwich Sampler".