Elliot Ingber Explained

Elliot Ingber (born August 24, 1941) is an American guitarist. In 1966, he joined Frank Zappa's band the Mothers of Invention and appeared on their debut album Freak Out!.[1] He was fired from the band by Zappa following an incident onstage (according to drummer Jimmy Carl Black) when he tripped on LSD and was unaware that his amplifier was not switched on. After that he co-founded Fraternity of Man, which released two albums. He then joined Captain Beefheart's Magic Band under the stage name Winged Eel Fingerling, given him by Beefheart. In the sleeve notes to The Spotlight Kid (1972), Beefheart likens Ingber to "a chrome black eyebrow / rolled out real long" and also "a paper brow magnifying glass / fried brown, edge scorched, yoked / like a squeak from a speaker / behind forehead of the time."[2] In 1995, Ingber reformed Fraternity of Man with Lawrence "Stash" Wagner, the original vocalist and co-author of "Don't Bogart that Joint", to record and release a third album released under the Malibu Records label.

Discography

!Year!Artist!Release title!Label
1996Various ArtistsCowabunga! The Surf BoxRhino
1958 or 1959 (unconfirmed)The Moondogs"Mooncat"World Pacific
1960The Gamblers"Moon Dawg"Jolum
1963Dee D. Hope"California Surfer"Jolum
1963Bobby James (a/k/a Bobby Jameson)"Let's Surf" b/w "Take This Lollipop"Jolum
1966The Mothers of InventionFreak Out!Verve
1968Fraternity of ManFraternity of ManABC Records
1969MichaelleSaturn Rings
1969Fraternity of ManGet it On!
1969Canned HeatHallelujah
1969The Mothers of InventionMothermaniaVerve
1972Shakey Jake HarrisThe Devil's HarmonicaPolydor
1972Captain BeefheartThe Spotlight KidReprise
1974Captain Beefheart and the Magic BandBluejeans & MoonbeamsMercury
1978Juicy GrooveFirst TastePayola Records
1978The GrandmothersGrandmothersLine records
1981Little Feat"Teenage Nervous Breakdown" on Hoy-Hoy!Warner Brothers
1982The GrandmothersLookin' Up Granny's DressRhino
1983The GrandmothersFan Club TalkPanda
1992Frank ZappaYou Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5Ryko
1993Lowell George & The FactoryLightning-rod ManEdsel Records
1993The GrandmothersA Mother of an AnthologyOne Way Records
1995Fraternity of ManXSan Francisco Sound
1996Frank ZappaThe Lost EpisodesRyko
1998Frank ZappaMystery DiscRyko
1999Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandGrow FinsRevenant Records
2000Little Feat"Juliet" on Hotcakes & Outtakes
2001Elliot IngberThe The The The
2006Frank ZappaThe MOFO Project/ObjectZappa Records

References

  1. Web site: Frank Zappa . https://web.archive.org/web/20071217175912/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/zappa_frank/artist.jhtml. dead. December 17, 2007. MTV. 7 April 2011.
  2. Captain Beefheart, The Spotlight Kid, ©1972 Warner Bros. Records Inc.