Rock and roll pioneer Frank Zappa entered this universe 75 years ago today. A singular talent whose legacy is as vast as it is difficult to pin down, Zappa released more than 60 albums over the course of his 30 year career. His music–and his biting social criticisms–may not have been for everyone, but few will deny that his catalog features some of the most complex and original works in the rock canon.

Zappa didn’t have many strong connections to New Orleans, but one was his working relationship with Dr. John. The New Orleans icon played a little bit of piano on The Mothers of Invention’s classic 1966 album Freak Out! when he was a session mission in Los Angeles. Nine years later, he opened for Zappa and The Mothers of Invention during a poriton of their 1975 tour in what must have been an extremely interesting series of shows.

In any case, Zappa was familiar enough with Dr. John’s material to give it the parody treatment, which he did during The Mothers of Invention’s November 13, 1970 concert at New York City’s famed Fillmore East. The show featured a rendition of the Zappa/Jeff Simmon’s tune “Wonderful Wino” that found Zappa making fun of The Nite Tripper and his song “Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya.” The track–known as “Wino Man-with Dr. John Routine”–was immortalized on Freaks & Mother*#@%!, a popular bootleg live recording that got an official release on 1991’s Beat the Boots.

Give it a listen here (“Wino Man” starts at 1:25, with the Dr. John parody beginning at 6:00):