Original version(s)

• Originally released by Joe Houston Orchestra (Money 203, 1954) (with authorship credited to John Gray)

 

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary Edition (2026), quoted in Debra Kadabra, performed in Austin, TX, May 20, 1975
  • same version, with overdubs recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, summer 1975, on Bongo Fury (1975) as Debra Kadabra
    • same version on Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary Edition (2026) as Debra Kadabra
    • shorter, faded-out version included in Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band compilation The Dust Blows Forward (1999)
• Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary Edition (2026), quoted in Debra Kadabra, performed in Austin, TX, May 21, 1975
• Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary Edition (2026), quoted in Advance Romance, performed in Austin, TX, May 21, 1975
  • same version, different mix, on Bongo Fury (1975) as Advance Romance
    • same version on Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary Edition (2026) as Advance Romance

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• November 1968-May 1969 (MOI)—known performances: 3
• September-December 1981 (North America)—known performances: 2 (only rehearsals)

 

Comments

Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1968: One of the simple, cheesy, yet sincerely played R 'n' B numbers that seasoned the set lists from this era. A short song, consisting of Frank repeatedly singing "All Night Long" while the band chugs along.