Captain Beefheart ( aka Don Van Vliet)

Harmonica

Chester Thompson

Drums, Backing Vocals

ex-Weather Report

James "Bird Legs" Youman

Bass

Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Gitarre, Backing Vocals

Ruth Underwood

Marimba, Vibraphone

George Duke

Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboard, Synthesizer

Napoleon Murphy Brock

Vocals, Backing Vocals, Tenor saxophone, Flute

Frank Zappa

Vocals, Gitarre, Bass, Drums, Keyboard

Tom Fowler

Bass

Jimmy Carl Black

Vocals, Drums

Ian Underwood

Gitarre, Keyboard

ex-Frank Zappa

Billy Mundi

Drums

Bunk Gardner

Saxophone