Jeffrey Lael Simmons is an American rock musician, best known as a former member of Frank Zappa 's Mothers of Invention .
17-543: Jeff Simmons is the name of: Jeff Simmons (musician) (born 1949), former member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention Jeff Simmons (racing driver) (born 1976), American race car driver Jeff Simmons (American football) (born 1960), NFL player See also [ edit ] Geoff Simmons (born 1974), New Zealand economist and politician Geoffrey Simmons (born 1943), American medical doctor, author, and intelligent design advocate [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
34-451: Is also listed as co-writer (with Zappa and Napoleon Murphy Brock ) on "Dummy Up" from Zappa's 1974 album Roxy & Elsewhere . During a 1982 guest DJ spot on UK's BBC Radio 1 , Zappa played some of his favorite recordings including Simmons' song "I'm In The Music Business". Simmons continued to play music with various groups in the Seattle area during the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in
51-507: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jeff Simmons (musician) Simmons provided bass, guitar, vocals and harmonica for Mothers of Invention during 1970 and 1971. He left the Mothers in early 1971 just prior to the filming of 200 Motels (where he was replaced by Ringo Starr's chauffeur Martin Lickert). Simmons later returned to
68-610: The Al Malaikah Temple , a division of the Shriners . It was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 139) in 1975, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. Opened in 1926, the current Shrine Auditorium replaced an earlier 1906 Al Malaikah Temple which had been destroyed by a fire on January 11, 1920. The fire gutted the structure in just 30 minutes, and nearly killed six firefighters in
85-517: The 1988 movie Rock and Roll Mobster Girls which was produced on video tape in Seattle during the very early stages of the grunge music scene. His most recent work is Blue Universe (2004). It showcases his days and nights in Vancouver B.C., post Hollywood. Shrine Auditorium The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles , California. It is also the headquarters of
102-552: The Expo Center, and a new performance plaza and parking garage. The entire complex follows a Moroccan architectural motif. The new auditorium was designed in the Moorish Revival style by San Francisco-based theater architect G. Albert Lansburgh , with local architects John C. Austin and A. M. Edelman associated. When built, the auditorium could hold 1,200 people on stage and seat an audience of 6,442. An engineer who consulted on
119-463: The Mothers occasionally during the period of 1972 to 1974. Zappa and Mothers albums he appeared on include Chunga's Revenge (1970), Waka/Jawaka (1972) and Roxy & Elsewhere (1974). In later years Zappa released a number of archival recordings that feature Simmons including You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (1988), You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 (1992), and Playground Psychotics (1992). Simmons also appears in
136-484: The Zappa movie The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1989). Numerous Zappa bootleg recordings from the same era also feature Simmons. Simmons's music career began in Seattle. In 1967 he became a member of the local group Blues Interchange which soon changed its name to Easy Chair. The group self-financed their only recording, released by the regional Vanco label in 1968. The 12" one-sided, three-song album sold well in
153-564: The album Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up . The recording engineer and de facto producer was Chris Huston , formerly with the British band The Undertakers . Also featured were guitarist Craig Tarwater of The Daily Flash and drummer Ron Woods from The Dynamics. Lucille was recorded at Huston's Mystic Studios at Selma and Vine in Hollywood and finished at Whitney Studios in Burbank. Zappa contributed
170-550: The balcony holding between 36 and 47 seats each (total capacity of the loges: 274). Of the remaining seats, 2,964 are on the orchestra level and 2,982 on the balcony level. Adjacent to the Auditorium is the Shrine Exposition Hall. This is a multi-purpose event facility. It features 54,000 square feet (5,000 m ) of exhibit and meeting space—34,000 in the main level and 20,000 in an open mezzanine. The Exposition Hall has
187-475: The independent record shops along University Way NE (known locally as The Ave ) in Seattle's University District . Only about 1000 copies of locally produced Easy Chair record were pressed. It is now a highly valued collectible. Easy Chair was then booked as the opening act for an August 24, 1968, concert by The Mothers of Invention at the Seattle Center Arena (renamed in 1995 to Mercer Arena ). During
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#1732854824958204-458: The process. In the late 1960s, the Shrine was referred to as "The Pinnacle" by the audiences of rock concerts. In 2002, the auditorium underwent a $ 15 million renovation that upgraded the stage with state-of-the-art lighting and rigging systems, and included new roofing and air conditioning for both the Auditorium and Expo Center, modernized concession stands, additional restrooms, repainting of
221-408: The project said that the steel truss supporting the balcony was the largest ever constructed. The Shrine Auditorium seats approximately 6,300 people (reduced during the 2002 renovation from the original 6,700 capacity) and has a stage 194 ft (59 m) wide and 69 ft (21 m) deep. The Auditorium features two boxes above the orchestra level holding 40 people each and seven loges on
238-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Simmons&oldid=875793187 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
255-509: The shows included Alice Cooper , The GTOs and Wild Man Fischer . But Easy Chair never had the opportunity to make a record in Los Angeles. After disagreements and unexpected delays the group broke up before any recordings were made. Simmons stayed in Los Angeles and completed two solo albums for Straight in 1969. These were the soundtrack for the Roger Corman biker film Naked Angels and
272-471: The sound check Easy Chair was discovered by Zappa, who recognized that the group's style was compatible with his own. The group followed Zappa back to Los Angeles . In December 1968, Easy Chair was a supporting act for Zappa and The Mothers for 2 concerts at the Shrine Auditorium . The concerts were organized to showcase Zappa's two new record labels, Bizarre and Straight . Other artists appearing at
289-428: The title track and co-wrote another while also playing guitar. It was voted the best album on Straight by Mojo Magazine . Both albums were re-issued on CD and vinyl in 2007 by World In Sound Records. Simmons is one of only a handful of musicians to share songwriting credits with Zappa. The collaboration "Wonderful Wino" appears on Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up , and also on Zappa's 1976 album Zoot Allures . Simmons
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