Shows/1994-12-20
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Setlist: (incomplete and possibly out of order)
- Los Angeles (Frank Black)
- Headache (Frank Black)
- Czar (Frank Black)
- Jumping Beans (Frank Black)
- Spy
- Dig My Grave
- Why Does The Sun Shine?
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
- Particle Man
- Duke Of Earl
They Might Be Frank
Club 616 in Memphis, TN
December 20, 1994
Fan Recaps and Comments:
This show was performed under an impromptu band arrangement billed as "They Might Be Frank", composed of John Flansburgh, Brian Doherty, Tony Maimone and Frank Black, who was frequently opening for They Might Be Giants during their 1994 tour. Flansburgh would recall the circumstances behind the one-time performance in the Winter 1995 TMBG Info Club bulletin:
The TMBG tour was to end on the 18th. Linnell booked a flight to spend the holidays overseas, but then this radio festival got confirmed without our knowledge for the 20th. Frank bailed us out by coming back from rehearsal in Rhode Island for his next European tour to do a special set with Brian, Tony and me. We were billed as "They Might Be Frank", and performed a bunch of his current songs, "Los Angeles," "Headache" and "Czar" along with a new, very cool song he wrote called "Jumping Bean[s]" and some Giants regulars "Spy" (which Frank conducted the improvisation of), "Dig My Grave," "The Sun," "Istanbul" and a Bo Diddley-ized version of "Particle Man" with Frank singing and playing the clarinet line on the guitar. We also covered "Duke of Earl," which to my surprise (but not Frank's) had the audience chanting along almost right away.
Before this show, Flansburgh and Black had previously performed "Dirt Bike" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" together in 1993 at a KROQ event, and were billed as "The Ed Krattiger Blues Experience"[1].
