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Van Dyke Parks

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8 nights · 1966

Van Dyke Parks played with Frank Zappa on 8 documented nights between 3 June 1966 and 13 August 1966, in the Mothers Of Invention, Jun–Aug 1966.

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About

Keyboardist who passed through the Mothers for a moment in 1966, before Freak Out! changed everything.

Beyond Zappa

American music's great eccentric arranger: Song Cycle, lyricist of the Beach Boys' Smile ("Heroes and Villains"), arranger for everyone from Randy Newman to Joanna Newsom's Ys.

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Runs with Zappa

On stage with

nights on stage together

Most played on Van Dyke Parks’ nights

  1. I'm Not Satisfied×2
  2. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder×1
  3. Handsome Cabin Boy×1
  4. Hungry Freaks, Daddy×1
  5. Motherly Love×1
  6. Toads Of The Short Forest×1
  7. Wedding Dress Song×1
  8. You Didn't Try To Call Me×1

Every documented night · 8

1966×8

  1. JUN 3, 1966Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, United States
  2. JUN 4, 1966Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, United States
  3. JUN 24, 1966Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, United States
  4. JUN 25, 1966Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, United States
  5. JUL 12, 1966Swingin' Time, Windsor, Canada
  6. JUL 16, 1966Club 1270, WXYZ-TV Channel 7, Southfield, United States
  7. JUL 23, 1966Danish Center, Los Angeles, United States
  8. AUG 13, 1966Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, United States