THE FUGS FAMILY TREE - SHOWS LIST

This story is the work of Bruce Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by Ed Sanders, Jonathan Kalb and Kenny Weber, to whom I'm most grateful.


THE YODELING SOCIALISTS (ca. OCT 1964 - ca. NOV 1964) / THE FREAKS #1 (ca. NOV 1964 - DEC 1964)

1) James Edward 'Ed' Sanders vocals, guitar, organ, sex-organ, harmonica, maracas

2) Naftali 'Tuli' Kupferberg vocals, farto-phone, brillo box, finger cymbals, tambourine, various percussion instruments


THE FREAKS #2 (DEC 1964 - JAN 1965) / THE FUGS #1 (JAN 1965 - FEB 23, 1965)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Kenneth 'Ken' Weaver drums, bongos, congas, maracas, vocals


THE FUGS #2 (FEB 24, 1965)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Bill Szabo amphetamine flute, recorder

February 24, 1965: Peace Eye Bookstore, 383 East 10th Street, Lower East Side, New York City, NY with The Holy Modal Rounders "Grand Opening"

The Fugs' first gig (and only with the line-up #2). The show was taped.  

THE FUGS #3 (FEB 25, 1965 - MAR 7, 1965)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Steve Weber vocals, guitar

5) Peter Stampfel vocals, fiddle, banjo, guitar, harmonica

February 27, 1965: Gallery 111, 111 St. Mark's Place, New York City, NY

The Fugs' second gig.

THE FUGS #4 (MAR 8, 1965)

1) Ed Sanders
2) Tuli Kupferberg
3) Ken Weaver
4) Steve Weber
5) Peter Stampfel
6) Aulden Jay 'Al' Fowler amphetamine flute

March 8, 1965: East End Theatre, 85 East 4th Street, New Yor City, NY

The Fugs' third gig (and only with the line-up #4).

THE FUGS #5 (aka #3) (MAR 9, 1965 - JUN 2?, 1965)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Steve Weber

5) Peter Stampfel

March 29-30, 1965: East End Theatre, 85 East 4th Street, New York City, NY

April 5, 1965: East End Theatre, 85 East 4th Street, New York City, NY

Spring 1965: Izzy Young's Folklore Center, 6th Avenue at West Third Street, New York City, NY "Grand Opening Party"

Spring 1965: unknown venue, Baltimore, MD

June 12 and 19, 1965: The Bridge Theatre, 4 St. Mark's Place, New York City, NY (midnight shows)

Two different 'Village Voice' newspaper Ad exists for this shows, the first listed the line-up of the band as: Tuli Kupferberg, Ed Sanders, Ken Weaver, Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber, while the second listed the line-up as: Tuli Kupferberg, Ed Sanders, Ken Weaver and blues guitarist Bill Barth (!?).

THE FUGS #6 (JUN 2?, 1965 - OCT 7, 1965)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Steve Weber

5) John Anderson vocals, bass

6) Vincent 'Vinny' 'Vin' Leary vocals, guitar, harmonica

July 3 and 17 and 24 and 31, 1965: The Bridge Theatre, 4 St. Mark's Place, New York City, NY (midnight shows)

ca. July 1965: Andy Warhol's The Factory, 231 East 47th Street, Midtown Manhattan, NY with The Holy Modal Rounders

Members of The Fugs and The Holy Modal Rounders performed en masse for one of Andy Warhol's impromptu portrait reels while Billy Name photographed their in-house performance. It is unknown how long this film is or whether it still exists. A still taken at the time of the filming by Billy Name shows the band members as John Anderson (bass guitar), Steve Weber (rhythm guitar), Ken Weaver (conga drum), Vinny Leary (guitar), Tuli Kupferberg (tamborine) and Ed Sanders (maracas). Footnote: The Fugs also performed at The Factory many, many times during this year, but I don't know exact or approximative dates.

Summer 1965: Film-Makers' Cinematheque, New York City, NY with The Falling Spikes

The Fugs used to play at benefits with a group called The Falling Spikes, and together they'd be called 'The Transcendetal Simulematic Orchestra'. They'd play the background music for underground movies and light shows on dancing people. The Falling Spikes eventually became The Velvet Underground.

August 7 and 14 and 21 and 28, 1965: The Bridge Theatre, 4 St. Mark's Place, New York City, NY (midnight shows) 

August 22, 1965: Village Gate, New York City, NY "A Benefit"

September 4 and 11 and 18 and 25, 1965: The Bridge Theatre, 4 St. Mark's Place, New York City, NY (midnight shows)

September 24, 1965: Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY with Eric Andersen, Theodore Bikel, Oscar Brand, Guy Carawan, Chambers Bros., Len Chandler, Barbara Dane, Rev. Gary Davis Jack Elliott, Logan English, Freedom Singers, Gale Garnett, Ronnie Gilbert, Greenbriar Boys, Fanny Lou Hamer, New Yorld Singers, New York Ramblers, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Pennywhistlers, Earl Robinson, Pete Seeger and many others "Sing-In For Peace! - An All-Night Singing Protest Against The War In Viet-Nam" (afternoon show)
The Fugs (without Steve Weber that missed the gig for unknown reasons) were not billed (or billed as "many others") in the gig's ad.

September 24, 1965: East End Theatre, 85 East 4th Street, New York City, NY "A Benefit for The Fugs!! - Cross Country Vietnam Protest Concert Tour" (evening show)

September 26, 1965: Bowery Poets Coop, 2 East 2nd Street, New York City, NY "Fugathon! - benefit for the Fugs' Cross Country Vietnam Protest Caravan"

September 30, 1965: The Bridge Theatre, 4 St. Mark's Place, New York City, NY (midnight show)

October 1, 1965: The Bridge Theatre, 4 St. Mark's Place, New York City, NY (midnight show)

THE FUGS #7 (OCT 8, 1965 - NOV 1965)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Steve Weber

5) Vinny Leary

October 1?, 1965: Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew Street, Allentown, PA (cancelled)

October 1?, 1965: Frank Hoffman's house, Bloomington, IN "private party"

October 1?, 1965: James Dean's grave, Fairmount, Grant County, IN "outdoor show" (cancelled)

CBS-TV, Channel 8 Indianapolis, wanted to film The Fugs performance but the show was cancelled at last minute because the band was so late.   

October 20, 1965 (approximate date): The Matrix, 3138 Fillmore Street, Marina District, San Francisco, CA "audition"

The Fugs' then driver and future member, Lee Crabtree, sat-in on piano with the band during the (failed) audition.

October 21, 1965 (approximate date): Coffee And Confusion, 1339 Upper Grant Avenue, North Beach, San Francisco, CA

October 22, 1965: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA with Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Paul Krassner "The Fantastic Four VDC (Vietnam Day Committee) Campus Benefit"

October 29, 1965: The Orb Theater, 1470 Washington Street, San Francisco, CA

October 31, 1965: Raped & Strangled Art Gallery, 883 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA "Opening Night"

November 5, 1965: 2000 Life Sciences Building, University Campus, Campanile Way at Harmon Way, Berkeley, CA with Allen Ginsberg, Country Joe and The Fish "Folk-Rock-Mantra"

November 6, 1965: San Francisco Mime Troupe's loft (aka Calliope Warehouse), 924 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA with Jefferson Airplane, Sandy Bull, John Handy Quintet, The Committee, Lawrence Ferlinghetti "Benefit For SF Mime Troupe (Appeal Party I)" 

THE FUGS #8 (aka #6) (NOV 1965 - DEC 1965)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver
4) Steve Weber

5) Vinny Leary
6) John Anderson


THE FUGS #9 (DEC 1965 - SPRING 1966)
1) Ed Sanders
2) Tuli Kupferberg
3) Ken Weaver
4) Vinny Leary
5) John Anderson
6) Lee Crabtree piano, organ, flute, percussion

7) Pete 'Bomb Eyes' Kearney vocals, lead guitar

December 14-16, 1965: Cafe Au Go Go, 152 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY with Richie Havens

December 17-26, 1965: Cafe Au Go Go, 152 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY with David Blue, Blues Project

December 24-25 and 31, 1965: The Bridge Theatre, 4 St. Mark's Place, New York City, NY (midnight shows)

January 1, 1966: The Bridge Theatre, 4 St. Mark's Place, New York City, NY (midnight show)

January 21, 1966 - May 1?, 1966: Astor Place Playhouse, Lafayette Street, New York City, NY with Albert Ayler, Jeanne Lee, Ran Blake, Sun Ra and The Solar Arkestra

early 1966: 'The Les Crane Show', TV Show, Los Angeles, CA

March 31, 1966: Village Gate, New York City, NY with Velvet Underground and Nico "April Fool Dance & Models Ball"

THE FUGS #10 (SPRING 1966 - JUL 1966)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Vinny Leary

5) John Anderson

6) Pete Kearney

June 12, 1966: Town Hall, New York City, NY

THE FUGS #11 (JUL 1966 - SEPT 1966)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Vinny Leary

5) John Anderson

6) Jonathan 'Jon' Kalb lead guitar

July 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-30, 1966: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

August 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-27, 1966: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

September 2-3 and 9-10, 1966: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

THE FUGS #12 (SEPT 1966 - DEC 1966)
1) Ed Sanders
2) Tuli Kupferberg
3) Ken Weaver
4) Lee Crabtree
5) Vinny Leary (I do not know if he was still in the band at this point)
6) Stefan Grossman lead guitar

September 16-17, 23-24, 30, 1966: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

October 1, 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, 1966: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

November 4-5, 11-12, 18-19, 25-26, 1966: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

December 2-3, 9-10, 1966: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

December 4, 1966: 'The David Susskind Show', TV Show, New York City, NY "Liquor, Sex, Dope: The World Of The Fugs - Part I" 

December 4, 1966: Action House, Island Park, NY with Velvet Underground, Nico, Mothers Of Invention, Timothy Leary, Andy Warhol, The Seventh Sons, The Godz, The Ronettes, The Shangri-Las, The Left Banke, Lenny Welch, Terry Knight and The Pack, The Vagrants, Brian Hyland "Freak-Out '66"

The Fugs was advertised but maybe they don't played.

THE FUGS #13 (DEC 1966 - APRIL or MAY 1967)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Lee Crabtree

5) Allan 'Jake' Jacobs vocals, lead guitar, sitar, bells, vibes

December 16-17, 23-24, 30-31, 1966: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

early 1967: 'The Les Crane Show', TV Show, Los Angeles, CA

January 13-14, 20-21 , 27-28, 1967: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

February 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 1967: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

March 3-4, 10-11 , 15-18,  22-25, 29-31, 1967: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

March 9, 1967: Irwin B. Clark Memorial Gymnasium, S.U.N.Y. (State University of New York), 345 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

April 1, 1967: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

April 6, 1967: Community Arts Auditorium, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

April 9, 1967: 'The David Susskind Show', TV Show, New York City, NY "Liquor, Sex, Dope: The World Of The Fugs - Part II"

April 14, 1967: Panhandle Park, Golden Gate Park, Oak Street at Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA with Country Joe and The Fish "free afternoon show"

April 22, 1967: Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA

April 24, 1967: Panhandle Park, Golden Gate Park, Oak Street at Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA with Country Joe and The Fish "free afternoon show"

THE FUGS #14 (APRIL or MAY 1967 - SUMMER 1967)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Jake Jacobs

5) Geoff Outlaw bass

May 12, 1967: Stock Pavilion, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI with Allen Ginsberg

May 14, 1967: Strosacker Hall, Case Western Reserve's campus, Cleveland, OH with Allen Ginsberg "benefit"

May 18, 1967: Village Theatre, 105 2nd Avenue, New York City, NY

May 31, 1967: Crystal Ballroom, 1332 West Burnside at N.W. 14th Avenue, Portland, OR with Family Tree

June 1-4 and 7-11 and 14-18 and 21-25 and 28-30, 1967: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

July 1-2 and 5-9 and 12-16, 1967: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

THE FUGS #15 (SUMMER 1967)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Jake Jacobs

5) Geoff Outlaw

6) Danny 'Kootch' Kortchmar guitar, electric violin, vocals, organ

July 17-24, 1967: Back Bay Theater, Boston, MA

August 2-6 and 9-13 and 16-20 and 23-27 and 30-31, 1967: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

August 22, 1967: Tompkins Square Park, Avenue A & 7th Street, New York City, NY "free evening concert"

THE FUGS #16 (SUMMER 1967 - NOV 1967)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Geoff Outlaw

5) Danny Kootch

September 1-3 and 6-10 and 13-17, 1967: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

October 15, 1967: Village Theatre, 2nd Avenue & 6th Street, New York City, NY with Phil Ochs, Eric Andersen, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Paul Krassner, Archie Shepp Quartet, Jeremy and The Satyrs, Barbara Dane, Matt Jones, Burton Greene, Richie Havens, Charlie Mingus, Tim Rose, Moondog & Strings, Joe Frazier, Paul Knopf, Bill Frederick, Elaine White, Bob Fass (M.C.)  

October 21, 1967: flat bed truck, parking lot, Washington D.C. "Exorcising the Pentagon"

THE FUGS #18 (NOV 1967 - ca. NOV 1968)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver
4) Danny Kootch

5) Charles 'Charlie' Larkey bass

6) Kenneth 'Ken' Pine vocals, organ, guitar 

November 24-25, 1967: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with Gang (24), Ashmollyan Quintet (24), MC-5 (25)

November 26, 1967: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with Billy C. & The Sunshine "John Sincair Defense Fund"

December ?, 1967: Crystal Ballroom, 1332 West Burnside at N.W. 14th Avenue, Portland, OR

December 21-24 and 28-31, 1967: Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

January ?, 1968: Psychedelic Supermarket, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

February 2-3, 1968: Family Dog, 1601 W Evans Street, Denver, CO with Leopold Fuchs (The Fugs cancelled) 

February 3, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Electric Flag, Mad River, 13th Floor Elevators 

February 11, 1968: Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, CA with Eric Burdon and The Animals, Eire Apparent 

February 19, 1968: Cinderella Ballroom, Appleton, WI 

February 27, 1968: outside the front gates, S.U.N.Y. (State University of New York), 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, Long Island, NY with Country Joe and The Fish, Pageant Players, Soft White Underbelly

March 6, 1968: Anderson Theater, 66 2nd Avenue, New York City, NY with Country Joe and The Fish, Rhinoceros "Spock's Flocks - War Resistors Benefit"

March 29-31, 1968: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with Sly & The Family Stone (29-31), MC-5 (29, 31), The Psychedelic Stooges (30)

April 5, 1968: unknown venue, Cincinnati, OH "Arts Festival"

April 6 or 11, 1968: Family Dog, 1601 W Evans Street, Denver, CO

April 12-14, 1968: Avalon Ballroom, 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA with Ace of Cups, Allmen Joy

 

April 26-28, 1968: Kaleidoscope, 6230 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA

May 3, 1968: Crystal Ballroom, 1332 West Burnside at N.W. 14th Avenue, Portland, OR with Kaleidoscope, Lights by Dr P.H. Martin's Magic Medicine Show

May 4, 1968: The Lemon Tree, Eugene, OR with Kaleidoscope, Hammond Typewriter (advertised but canceled)

 

May 7, 1968: Falkoner Center, Copenhagen, Denmark with Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After, The Nice "Ekstra Bladet Poll Koncert"

May 9, 1968: Konserthallen, Liseberg, Gothenburg, Sweden with Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After, The Nice

May 10, 1968: Folkets Hus, Kongreshallen, Stockholm, Sweden with Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After, The Nice

May 13, 1968: unknown venue, Lund, Sweden with Fleetwood Mac, Ten Years After

May 31 - June 1, 1968: Fillmore East, 2nd Avenue, New York City, NY with Moby Grape, Gary Burton Quartet

July 25-27, 1968: Psychedelic Supermarket, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

August 16-17, 1968: The Bank, Torrance, CA with Mt. Rushmore

unknown date, 1968: 'A Whole Scene Going', BBC TV Show, London, UK

The Fugs lip-synched: "Crystal Liaison".

THE FUGS #19 (ca. NOV 1968 - FEB 22, 1969)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Ken Weaver

4) Ken Pine

5) Bill Wolf vocals, bass

6) Bob Mason drums

December 30, 1968: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with Popcorn Blizzard

February 7, 1969: Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, PA with Velvet Underground, Grateful Dead

February 20, 1969: Rice University, Houston, TX

February 21-22, 1969: Vulcan Gas Company, Austin, TX

The Fugs' last gigs.

THE FUGS #20 (JUN 9, 1984 - 1984)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Vinny Leary

4) Steve Taylor vocals, guitar

5) Coby Batty vocals, drums

6) Mark Kramer bass, keyboards

June 9, 1984: Bottom Line, New York City, NY

The Fugs' first reunion gig.

unknown date, 1984: unknown venue, Berlin, Germany

unknown date, 1984: unknown venue, Copenhagen, Denmark

unknown date, 1984: unknown venue, Oslo, Sweden

unknown date, 1984: unknown venue, Zurich, Switzerland

unknown date, 1984: unknown venue, Helsinki, Sweden

THE FUGS #21 (1984 - 1985)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Vinny Leary

4) Steve Taylor

5) Coby Batty

 

THE FUGS #22 (1985 - JUL 12, 2010)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Tuli Kupferberg

3) Steve Taylor

4) Coby Batty

5) Scott Petito guitar, bass, keyboards, synthetizer

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6) Amy Fradon backing vocals (she sang with them only on Aug 13-14, 1994)

7) Leslie Ritter backing vocals (she sang with them only on Aug 13-14, 1994)

unknown date, 1986: Bottom Line, New York City, NY

unknown date, 1986: Socialist Scholars Conference, New York City. NY

 

unknown date, 1987: Bottom Line, New Yor City, NY

 

unknown date, 1988: Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock, NY

 

early 1989: unknown venue, Philadelphia, PA with  Allen Ginsberg "AWP Convention"

 

May/June 1989: New York Palladium, New York City, NY "Abbie Hoffman Memorial"

 

August 1989: Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock Valley, NY

August 13-14, 1994: Byrdcliffe Barn, Saugerties, Woodstock Valley, NY "The Real Woodstock Festival 1994"

unknown date, 1994: unknown venue, unknown city, Italy

unknown date, 1994: unknown venue, unknown city, Sweden

unknown date, 1994: unknown venue, unknown city, Copenhagen, Denmark

April 7, 1997: Magazzini Generali, Milan, Italy "Suoni & Visioni Rock Festival"

Summer 1997: unknown venue, unknown city, Italy

 

Autumn 1997: Wolf Trap, Washington D.C.

 

May 1998: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, NY with Patti Smith, Philip Glass, Natalie Merchant and many others "Allen Ginsberg Memorial"

 

August 14, 1999: Byrdcliffe Barn, Saugerties, Woodstock Valley, NY "The Real Woodstock Festival 1999"
The show was filmed.

 

THE FUGS #23 (JUL 13, 2010 - PRESENT)

1) Ed Sanders

2) Steve Taylor

3) Coby Batty

4) Scott Petito