Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
Tom fowler (bass)
Ruth underwood (percussion)
Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Don preston (synthesizer)
Bruce fowler (trombone)
Walt fowler (trumpet)
Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
Ralph humphrey (drums)
Chester thompson (drums)
Debbie (background vocals)
Lynn (background vocals)
Robert camarena (background vocals)
Some of you may know that the tango, which is not a very popular dance anymore, was at one time reputed to be a dance of unbridled passion back in the old days when it wasn't so easy to get you
Ks off, when it was hard to make contact with a member of the opposite camp and you had to resort to things like dancing close together and going hey
Those were the days well those days are probably gone forever, i don't know, unless nixon is going to bring them back a little bit later but we have this very special highly evolved permutated
O it's actually a perverted tango by the time yes, it's so perverted! this is the be-bop tango, a special entertainment event that includes choreography a little bit later, so watch out fol

You can turn on the big lights, we may need 'em you know, the ones in the audience heh heh okay, 're you ready? not too fast now 'cause i wanna get the right notes on the tape 'n' this, this
O be the one this has to be the one with all the right notes on it okay, 're you ready? this is a hard one to play one two three four
The cowbell as a symbol of unbridled passion, ladies and gentlemen
Now, as you might have noticed, bruce fowler has just completed some sort of trombone solo, based on the-ah, idea of an evolved tango-event bruce has also prepared for you a demonstration of a
That he hopes will sweep the ocean right after the mud shark did bruce is now warming up the important muscles of the body, in preparationin preparation for the real live be-bop tango which
E gonna demonstrate napoleon will assist him napoleon just put your horn down, just relax, put your head back, here comes the drill okay, heh heh heh, you know what i'm talkin' about? okay
This is sort of like jazz in it's own peculiar way jazz is not dead, it just smells funny! okay, let's go! yeah man, jazz man, you know what i mean? this is be-bop, even though you think it doe
Sound like that be-bop! now, as you might have noticed, some of you with a musical education can tell that the notes that george just sang when he went: "this is be-bop, even though you th
T doesn't sound like that", is actually a sort of a twisted form of the theme of the tango itself which will get even more depraved as the number goes on george will now attempt to dismem
At melody, play it and sing it at the same time while tu-dup hey, that's the way! while we sort of dance to it okay, try it george tu-dup, tu-dee oh yeah! as i was saying now, what we'
E to do at this point is get some volunteers from the audience to i know you will, oh god you will we need someheh heh heh now, as a matter of fact you did, didn't you no, we wann
E some people who've never tried it bef
Ore, who've never even thought of trying it before a boy, a girl, preferably who like each other, who would like to come up here and attempt to dance to what george sings do we have anybody wh
you're one
Okay, what's your name?
Carl
Your name is carl? please carl step on to the stage pleased to meet you carl alright okay? let's see-ah, is there anybody in the, in the back? whereoh-oh, hey! what's your name?
Rick
Rick, and?
Jane
Rick and jane and carl! alright, here's how it works: there's a beat going on like this; that's a pedestrian beat you don't dance to that beat, you dance to what george sings, okay? the little
Okay? the little quick ones, okay? ready? george, make them dance!
Dup no no rick, you're too reserved ready? give it to 'em george! tu-dup, tu-dup pu-dee-da no no, come on now, loosen up listen, encourage them! when it ah! okay! alright, one more time
Ce!
Tu-dup, du-dee-da let's study this phenomenon tu-duppy-dup-pu-dee-da now look, rick and jane and carl, you're, you're wonderful but you're just too reserved i still can i know you wil
Ybe in a minute okay, i'll t-tell you what: go back to your seats and we'll bring up the next batch okay? carl, rick and jane! alright, you wanna try?
Anything you say frank!
Oh my god! alright, you're name is lana, right? lana dance!
Du-dup-dee-dup now that's more like it du-dup-dee-dup lana, you're so good we have to bring up some other people to assist you brenda, imported from edward's air force base, where she
Es and gentlemen, brenda brenda is a professional harlot and she just got finished stripping for a bunch of guys at edward's air force base, and she made it down here in time for the show tw
Rs of taking it off for the boys in the car, really good okay heh brenda, brenda has a lovely assistant named carl, or robert james davis if you prefer herb cohen, ladies and gentlemen! okay
Ce!
Du-du-dip you're still too adagio, i keep telling you! du-dup-du-dee-da turn on the bubble machine! dup-dee-da, dup-dee-da god, is that a cheap bubble-machine! bow, du-du-du-du-du-da
Es and gentlemen: don's ex-wife! ladies and gentlemen, you're probably sitting in your chairs, saying to yourselves: i could do that and of course you can! and now is your big chance! all you h
O do, the first step is easy, all you gotta do is stand up go ahead, just stand up there you go, you are standing up yes, some of you are not standing up but you won't have as much fun as the
Who are standing up okay, turn on the big lights so everybody can see what's going on yes, very many of you are standing up okay, link your mind with the mind of george duke! and when
Du-dup that's it! when he plays those funny fast little notes, twitch around and have a good time with the be-bop tango, let's try it! anything you wanna do is alright you gotta do anything
Anna do, it's alright yes you got to know you came to the right place, tonight (give me some of that wine now) as you might have guessed, ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of our concert
Ike to thank you ver wanna thank you very much for coming hope you had a good time bruce fowler on trombone, napoleon murphy brock on tenor sax and lead vocals, ruth underwood on percussion
Ph humphrey on drums, chester thompson on drums, tom fowler on bass and george duke on the keyboards thank you very much alright, alright