Tours/1974
Contents
February through March
Bandmembers
FZ, George Duke (keyboards, vocals), Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals, sax, flute), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Ralph Humphrey (drums), Chester Thompson (drums, gorilla), Ruth Underwood (percussion), Tom Fowler (bass), Jeff Simmons (guitar, vocals, harmonica?)
Additional Info
Dates
February 15th to March 23rd
Stats
18 shows and 23 (different) songs were played in 17 cities across 2 countries (US and Canada) - see also KUR FZ Gig List - 1974.
April through May
Bandmembers
FZ, Jeff Simmons (guitar, vocals, harmonica), Tom Fowler (bass), Chester Thompson (drums), Napoleon Murphy Brock (sax, flute, vocals), George Duke (vocals, keyboards, funk), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Walt Fowler (horns), Don Preston (keyboards, moog, weirdness)
Additional Info
Dates
April 19th to May 14th
Stats
21 shows and 25 (different) songs were played in 20 cities across 1 countriy (US) - see also KUR FZ Gig List - 1974.
June through December
Bandmembers
FZ, Chester Thompson (drums, gorilla), Ruth Underwood (percussion), Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals, sax, flute, exotic dancing, tush tush tush), George Duke (vocals, keyboards), Tom Fowler (bass, broke his hand during this leg of the tour), Michael Urso (played bass during one show [11/23]), James "Birds Legs" Youman (played bass on the five concluding dates of the tour)
Additional Info
Special Guests
Dates
June 28th to December 1st (plus one show on December 31st)
Stats
83 shows and 56 (different) songs were played in 68 cities across 14 countries - see also KUR FZ Gig List - 1974.
Notes About This Tour
I was at the East Lansing concert where Michael Erso played bass. Tom Fowler was directing him from the front. Jenison Fieldhouse was the old Michigan State University basketball stadium with terrible acoustics. The echoes were so bad that you couldn't tell whether he was doing a bad job or not. When Frank would try to talk to the audience, you could hardly understand him.
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