Five is really big-sounding and you can do those big chords he writes. It was the timing of the thing. FZ: Yeah. There were really so many things that we wanted to ask him about, but in fact it ended up being the other way around. Frank Zappa hadn't toured since 1984, when his seven-man band played 109 shows, 36 in the U.S., 32 in Europe, and another 41 back in the States, all from July through December. Zappa - relaxing after the tour in the cluttered, comfortable video lounge at his home studio - has mixed feelings about his triumphant return to the six-stringed realm. Love of My Life 05. Florentine Pogen), The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Find Her Finer, Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH], Stevie's Spanking [MAJNH], Any Kind Of Pain, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [incl. I called his office and told them that I sang, played keyboards and guitar, and knew he stuff; if he was interested he could give me a call. Q: Could you give us some details about these problems? I faked my way through it pretty well, and then he said he wanted me to play, "Strictly Genteel" on the piano. They have to brew. So for that to be my first professional gig and for it to be such a whirlwind experience from literally 24 hours from being an unknown musician playing in bars in San Diego to being in Frank Zappa's band, it was . View the statistics of songs played live by Frank Zappa. We Asked Him! I changed the words to reflect his frustration. For those interested in such things, when Morgan sat in with Zappa in 1988, Chad left the drum chair in such a way that Morgan was able to continue the drum beat without interruption. II 03. Frank Zappa this can result in this site earning a commission. another bass player? Interesting, hadn't read this before. When Lovin Spoonful Members Reunited for a Great Cause in L.A. Roger Daltrey on Woodstock, Tommy: Career-Spanning Interview, The Jaggerz The Rapper: You Know What Hes After, Rickie Lee Jones Debut: Hipster Chic, Beyond Laurel Canyon, Leon Russell Signature Songs Gets Reissue: Listen, #1 Singles of 1970: A Bridge to a New Decade. you know you wait that long to play with Frank, I just wanted to continue. He is wildly Affiliate programs and His playing style and his methods were etched in my brain. It's just a different way of looking at things. "At first, I was enjoying playing the guitar again. E: It's not really anything that needs to be talked about. sick and he just said fuck it. I am honored. The songs that Frank Zappa performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the May 20, 1988 concert at Le Znith in Paris, le-de-France, France: The Black Page Packard Goose / Royal March From L'Histoire du Soldat / Bela Bartok's Piano Concerto no. Actually it was something that I didn't tell them to put on stage, but the alto sax player had it hanging off of his stand. That's what it was, that's right. That was the SCENE: You haven't toured since 1984. Du bist, was du bist. NR NEUWERTIG. We told Frank that we played 'T'Mershi Duween', which was not released at that time, just on bootleg, and then he got really interested and he just said they were going to play 'Big Swifty' where everything could happen, and that they were going to have some audience participation, and that he thought it was a good idea to send us up on stage during the jam. Scott was pretty annoyed from that point on, and little acts of terrorism began to be perpetrated against him by anonymous disgruntled peoplesomeone got his laminated pass and scratched his face off, and on a big cake that had been provided for us by some promoter, which featured the names of all the band members, someone destroyed Scott's little cake section. Naturally the other Zappa fans who were somehow connected and lucky enough to be watching the masters sound check turned on me and all pointed at me. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Scott Thunes, interviewed by Thomas Wictor. MG: Wow, that's wild. . According to an interview with Frank, a campaign was instigated by a couple of the horn players to rid the band of Scott Thunes on the grounds that he is a terrible bass player. Engineer Bob Stone House Mix Harry Andronis Lightning Designer and Director Mike Keeling Monitor Mix Marque Coy Synclavier I know that's what I said, tooMann did. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. What made you decide to tour at this point in time? Also Frank's very last rock show. So it was a big challenge for me to be the primary keyboard player on that tour. Yankee Doodle Boy), Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Trouble Every Day (q: Smoke On The Water), Penguin In Bondage (q: Jingle Bells), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (incl. If you think touring can be fun, think again! When he told me that, I said, "I'll gladly quit." Theme From the Bartok Piano Concerto #3 18. http://www.cidanka.nl/keneally/stbp0397.htm, http://www.tunabase.com/setlists/1988/19880325.html, http://www.keneally.com/reallykeneally.html, http://www.amazon.com/Zappa-Hard-Wa1395248423&sr=1-1&keywords=zappa+the+hard+way, http://www.amazon.com/Zappa-Hard-Way-Andrew-Greenaway/dp/1908724005/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395248423&sr=1-1&keywords=zappa the hard way, Forum Policies, Rules, and Terms of Service, Royal March (Featuring the Long Island Ballet). there were some problems with the bassplayer, people not getting along with the bassplayer. I tried it for one summer of rehearsals, and by the end of it . wanted to play with him because of the way he acted. Like all concerts on this 1988 tour, the Long Island one begins with Zappa telling his audience that they can register to vote right there at the show and imploring them to do so during intermission. 'Zappa The Hard Way' documents that tour. It was interesting because on the previous tours, being a multi-instrumentalist was really one of the reasons that Frank liked me in the band. Packard Goose Pt. The Nassau Coliseum show features the first time the complete Beatles medley has been issued: Norwegian Wood > Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds > Strawberry Fields Forever.. So there was a lot of material that we could have learnt. Everything else I said jibed with what you said regarding Mann. Frank is so receptive to technical change, it's ridiculous. It's currently maintained by Oscar Bianco. I have since been told that Morgan, while on a trip to LA, met Frank who in turn put Morgan up for a few days in one of the guest rooms, and that, as a gift, Frank gave Mats Oberg a piece of equipment formerly employed by Tommy Mars. I would have said, "I would just be screaming 24 hours a day!" When Yuppies Go To Hell [parts on MAJNH]), Packard Goose Medley, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, Sofa, Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Stinkfoot, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, The Orange County Lumber Truck, When Yuppies Go To Hell, I Am The Walrus, Zoot Allures [TBBYNHIYL], When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, City Of Tiny Lights [incl. Sheik Yerbouti Tango riff; q: Girl From Ipanema), The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, What's New In Baltimore?, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Happy Birthday To You, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, King Kong (q: I Love Lucy, Yankee Doodie, Entry Of The Gladiators, Girl From Ipanema), Stairway To Heaven (q: Yankee Doodle Boy), I Am The Walrus, Sofa, Cruising For Burgers, Crew Slut (q: T'Mershi Duween), Strictly Genteel (q: Batman), Stinkfoot, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? I 20. Frank's last show of the 1988 tour. Bob went up there, took this thing and he was trying to impress this girl security guard. By the '88 tour, Zappa would appoint band members to act as a rehearsal leader or "Klonemeister" to rehearse the rest of the band in his absence. Jesus Thinks Youre a Jerk 12. Wins: I mean I didn't have any problem with anybody. [] Me and about 4 other Zappa freaks got to sit in the empty hall during sound check and during their [March 15, 1988] Portland Maine sound check, I accidentally let out one of my MONSTER BURPS. They play a little eight-bar figure that makes the transition between the body of the song and the guitar solo, that's not all that's required of them. I don't believe it, so get your ass up here and prove it. FZ solo incl. Zappa 88: The Last U.S. Showis the next archival release from the Zappa Family Trust, documenting the show March 25 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale NY, a show that featured Dweezil Zappa, Eric Buxton, and Brother A. This is a very effective way of getting our younger generation to take part in the vote to elect our politicians. "Ok, he said, get her a DIET Coke, and make it snappy". It was planned that the 1988 tour should have been continued after Europe with more sho. After a huge, fast sigh of relief, I answered "I need another Diet Coke." For more information, please see our Anyways, I let out a HUGE burp. And Frank would switch the Synclavier to whatever program it was, but I could play it from the silicon mallets. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. He laughed and I got the job because he found someone who related to his music the way he did.". No musician alive or dead has ever been more versatile than Zappa, and this concert set proves it. .' Good luck guys and all the best! FZ: Oh, did you ever see that Cheech and Chong movie where they play these two Arab brothers? setlist.fm Add Setlist. When it was announced there would be a 1988 tour, there was much excitement. You can hear these burps on the live album/cds The Best band you've never heard in your life. I don't even think about it. Sometimes not, though. in connection to these futile acts of vandalism.). affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network, and Frank motioned to me and said "come here, come up here" and pointed to the stairs on the side of the stage. Upon checking this out, I've found it quite easy to discern where comes in, continuing with Chad's reggae beat before going off with Mats. Basically what they're being asked to do is not to play chords, or harmony parts behind guitar solos. Jam**), Sofa, The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [most on MAJNH], Advance Romance, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty [parts on MAJNH], Texas Motel Medley, Peaches En Regalia, Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH], Packard Goose Medley, Heavy Duty Judy [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Bolero [TBBYNHIYL], Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Stairway To Heaven, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit (q: Handsome Cabin Boy), Stinkfoot [parts on MAJNH], Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Sharleena, Dupree's Paradise, Marqueson's Chicken, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, The Torture Never Stops, Keep It Greasey, Cruising For Burgers (q: Handsome Cabin Boy) [parts on MAJNH], Sofa (q: Billy The Mountain), Crew Slut, The Black Page, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Alien Orifice, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Outside Now, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Bamboozled By Love, Zoot Allures, Cosmik Debris, Stolen Moments (q: Big Swifty), Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Cruising For Burgers, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Strictly Genteel, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Sharleena, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, I Ain't Got No Heart, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Stairway To Heaven, The Torture Never Stops Medley, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Bolero, The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Cosmik Debris, Inca Roads [solo on TBBYNHIYL], Advance Romance, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (incl. I did all that sound design. Ed Mann, interviewed by Andrew Greenaway, Albert Wing, interviewed by Fred Banta, February 17, 1998. FZ, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! in the back seat. Witness Zappas Beatles medley, which makes its first official appearance on this album. In the mean time I've managed to play with a lot of wonderful musicians who I respect greatly, but from the standpoint of my heart, once I did the Zappa thing there was no where else to go apart from just to try to create something new for myself to do. Privacy Policy. Q: I remember reading somewhere that your equipment on the 1988 tour was connected to the Synclavier. A 5 min FM fragment has the Daniel Schorr performance. . Scratch & Sniff, TRF], A Pound For A Brown [parts on When Yuppies Go To Hell, MAJNH], Sharleena, Texas Motel Medley, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, City Of Tiny Lights, I Ain't Got No Heart, Let's Move To Cleveland, Bamboozled By Love, Big Swifty [parts on MAJNH], Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel, Stinkfoot, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Cruising For Burgers, Outside Now [parts on BTHW], The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [incl. 01. . It's like this: there is the band and there is the guy who runs the band and then Frank. Make A Sex Noise), Stairway To Heaven (q: Hall Of The Mountain King), Bolero, Rhymin' Man (world premiere), Sofa, Andy, Inca Roads, Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, Sinister Footwear, Packard Goose Medley, Big Swifty, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Find Her Finer, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads (q: Florentine Pogen), Sofa (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Bolero, (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Stairway To Heaven (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Partial audience video exists. Pound for a Brown 05. So Bobby just said (impersonating Robert Martin) 'There is French horn on the DX5 and there is an acoustic piano sound on the Roland digital piano, and good luck'. The Black Page (New Age Version) 3. Then, at the end of the tour, this war broke out between the bass player and the drummer. E: Collapsed?? Unfortunately, the tour proved to be a turbulent experience for FZ due to conflicts among the band members, and this ultimately cut short the existence of this lineup. Peaches En Regalia 07. The audience didn't really know, but it was another example of the kind of thing that made me want to put the guitar down in the first place. West** (incl. Next, they traveled to Europe, where from April 9 to June 9 they played 41 more dates. He wanted to know about Zappsteetoot, and he asked us if we could play 'The Be-Bop Tango', 'Mo n Herb's Vacation' and 'Night School'. At the end of the tour, Frank decided he wasn't going to play anymore, because the rest of the band had told him they wouldn't go out with me again. Lyric mutations and such. I read an interview with one of the other band members on the internet recently. There was a little friction in the band between certain members, I mean I was not without friction, but I resolved most of my stuff before I got on the road with who ever I had a problem with. I had never heard the Best Band . Theme From Bonanza], Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Stairway To Heaven, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Chunga's Revenge* [TRF], Bolero, Heavy Duty Judy, Cosmik Debris, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Stolen Moments, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Keep It Greasey, Sharleena, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Bolero, Heavy Duty Judy [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Ring Of Fire [TBBYNHIYL], Packard Goose Medley, Cosmik Debris [TBBYNHIYL], Who Needs The Peace Corps? Happy Birthday, Chad! He took it very seriously and he was very 'pfff' (he imitates the noise of a whip) and anybody else didn't want to hear it so simple. G Spot Tornado, Strictly Genteel), Disco Boy, Teenage Wind,Truck Driver Divorce, Advance Romance (q: Never On Sunday), Guitar Loops (q: A Pound For A Brown, Truck Driver Divorce), You Are What You Is (q: Never On Sunday), Mudd Club (q: Never On Sunday, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing), I'm The Slime (q: Never On Sunday), Stinkfoot, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Outside Now, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Packard Goose Meedley [incl. It's one of the things I've been interested in since the 27th Amendment passed in 1971. Except for the unreleased material, of course, I learned everything off the records (and CD's, when applicable). Zappa archivist Joe Traverswho co-produced the set with the artists son, Ahmetand drummer Chad Wackerman provide liner notes. For fans, of course, there is also an additional emotional dimension to the tour. It was ridiculous with just one or two in the brass section. And so I just spent the last six weeks of the tour trying to wend my way through this garbage that was going on onstage. I thought it was a dream actually. There is the magic story of the death of the best band you never heard in your life. M: Well, we talked for a long time actually. But as I saw it, all he cared about was the band knowing their stuff, and he wasn't trying to make friends in the process, which I respected, and we became good friends during this phase. Saying 'It was 'not sufficient that he hated him, he turned everyone else against him' (para). When Irish Eyes Are Smiling) [incl. I made it clear, I wasn't "only in it for the money". Frank Zappa Tour 88Broadway The Hard Way, 1988, p. 3 Management WEG/Tom Hulett 11111 Santa Monica Blvd., 20th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90025 (213) 477-8900 Road Manager Dwayne Taylor Stage Manager Ray Upton Remote U.M.R.K. 3 Any Kind of Pain Dupree's Paradise Inca Roads Advance Romance In the meantime, I spent all my time learning everything Frank had done on guitar. That must be your BURP on the FZ recording. Q: Now a question that every fan would like to ask. 8. The Beatles Medley 06. Walt Fowler vocalizes all the "Ooowww" stuffand then I modulated it with a pitch wheel. In 1987, while Andronis was working on a Shadowfax LP down the street from where Zappa was rehearsing, he convinced his old road buddy to sneak him in to watch. [] The burps came from Frank's Synclavier, which was only used sporadically (rarely)[some of] those samples were done by Eric Bogosian and Frank's nephew [Jade Teta] from North Carolina who could mega-burp in a controlled way on command. He resented the "ganging-up" taking place without anyone confronting him personally before calling a big old band meeting and bringing Frank into it. I thought for sure I was about to get my face ripped off and expelled from the Zappa sphere. With Frank spinning many plates including his home video business and his dabbling in foreign trade the job fell on bassist Scott Thunes. The heart was a pedal board that had hundreds of little relays, quarter-inch jacks, and little circuit boards wrapped up in duct tape just piled in there, nothing labelled, nothing documented. A major rock tour isn't the only New York activity to involve the peripatetic 47-year-old composer and performer. Occasionally, I would also use a chart when it proved to be especially needed, particularily in "Alien Orifice".
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The Agony and the Ecstasy: we laughed, we criedit is all there in those samples. woke up on the wrong side of the cave. Sharleena 07. Who Needs the Peace Corps? I just came up with the perfect title for this tour. Those guys just make those sounds anywaybut when I heard it, I summoned them to "speak into the mic please". We were lead to his dressing-room and we started talking. I got to the audition and Frank told me to play, "Cheapness." . Dot". The 1988 band had been documented in official releases Broadway the Hard Way, The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life, and Make a Jazz Noise Here, but this constitutes the first complete show from the group. Frank would say "go get the Doctor" or "hi Doctor Dot" and so it stuck. Anyhow, the band used my burps on the rest of the tour, making fun of the TV Evangelist, but interrupting their "speeches" and bullshit with my obnoxious burps. During the rehearsals, Frank wasn't that involvedI mean he was but he was busy with a lot of other stuff. I still want to go on the road and play because I'm playing with him, you know what I mean? And that's what I'm doing with my music. 12" Bildscheibe. Jeff Burger's website, byjeffburger.com, contains more than four decades' worth of music reviews and commentary. the only downside was, "What do you do next?" Everyone except me said no. DS: So I'll have to see the movie to understand that. I said "I need another Diet Coke though". Since that band was so great, but the problems were only America the Beautiful, 2023 MusicFestNews | All Rights Reserved, Heatwave Music Festival 2023 Returns with GRiZ, Tisto, Kx5, Gryffin, LSDREAM, Loud Luxury and Malaa at the Helm, The Revivalists Plot Massive North American Summer Tour with The Head and The Heart, Band of Horses, Lineup Announced for the Earl Scruggs Music Festival. 1988 04 26Olympen, Lund, Sweden120 min, Aud, A-From fastfattty, jazzfromhell MC, flambay, and The Evil Prince at http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t. We don't do that. Your data will be safe!Your e-mail address will not be published. In physical form the last time we spoke was June of 1988 in Italy. [parts on BTHW], The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, Why Don't You Like Me? Listen to Peaches en Regalia from Zappa 88. And those moments, if I wasn't able to get a hold of myself, I could get a little out of control (laughs). Also other data will not be shared with third person. . We have the option to vote for members of our government, we have fought for hundreds of years for this right, while other countries do not have any rights at all, we should be grateful and use this opportunity to express our popular opinion. Zappa talks about it. I've only ever read the Real Frank Zappa Book (which is a ****in' riot!) It was first released as a 9-track vinyl album through Zappa's label Barking Pumpkin Records in October 1988, and subsequently as a 17-track CD through Rykodisc in 1989. I said, "um, it has to be Diet Coke, more bubbles". 3 Any Kind of Pain Dupree's Paradise Inca Roads Advance Romance 1 + 5 von 1984 Nena Tote Hosen in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! M: Morgan and I got in touch with the road manager. West* [TBBYNHIYL], q: Dragnet, FZ conducts the audience / Ike demonstrates his artifacts / Approximate danced, The Closer You Are (a cappella), Montana, Why Don't You Like Me?, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, Zoot Allures, Peaches En Regalia, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Black Page (q: Yankee Doodle Boy), Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big (incl. Ed Mann was the one who really had the problem with Scott at first, and during the course of the tour the other guys in the band started to see things his way. The following day, after months of painstaking rehearsal, Zappa would begin a series of concerts comprising an overview of his collected workmore than 50 albums' worth of some of the most challenging arrangements ever written for rock instrumentation, spanning nearly a quarter of a century. It includes latter-period compositions as well as very early ones like I Aint Got No Heart, which first appeared onFreak Out!, the artists 1966 debut LP. parts of Lonesome Cowboy Nando, YCDTOSA6; incl. to be used, you know? And the show began with us playing the vamp from "It Ain't Necessarily So", which was in G minor and went "Dunnn, duh-dun Dunt Dunnn, Dunnn duh-dun Dunt Dunnn". TOP | MAIN | DISCOGRAPHY | SONGLIST | COVERS | NOTES & COMMENTS | CHRONOLOGY | VIDEOGRAPHY, 1988Chronology Sources, Notes & Comments, John Swenson, "Frank ZappaA Misunderstood Man,", Joe Morgenstern, "Frank Zappa's Getting Out The Vote (! But he just got spoiled rotten and nobody . Happy Birthday To You, q: Girl From Ipanema), We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? Here was one of the world's foremost guitarists, who people pay large amounts of money to go see, and he's playing through these little crappy boxes. But my primary function as a keyboard player was that I have a feel, especially for the old RnB stuff that Frank loves so much. I mean obviously there were moments where I was hyperventilating with glee, but if you'd asked me a couple of years before that happened, "How would you react if you went from complete obscurity to playing in Frank Zappa's band?" Sharleena 7. Who Needs the Peace Corps? because I wanted to play like . I was just DOT before, as Dot is short for Dorothy. This tour is one of the most memorable, musically and otherwise. 15. "I always liked Zappa since I was a kid. Also other data will not be shared with third person. Your e-mail address will not be published. Dot Stein, "Zappa Plays Zappa (And How! What really happened in 1988? Sure enough I belted out 4 amazing burps, and a couple tiny useless ones and he took them into the sampler (key board looking thing?) He could not stand being in the same room with us. I was always there for him when it came to music or anything else, that had been a code-phrase that was communicated since I began working with FrankI wrote him several letters to re-iterate that after 88, so he knew. Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by RobGordon35, Mar 19, 2014. AnyWHO, I let one rip and Frank (who had his back to the empty venue while he was conducting his band) turned around, leered at us, and said "which one of you did that?". So we would use it during the improvisations or during 'Norwegian Wood'. "He says, 'Anyone who has a coat like that must know something,' and he hired me," laughs Harry Andronis, house mixer for Frank Zappa since the 1988 Broadway the Hard Way tour. There was a spiritual gap in the band. so obnoxious that nobody wanted to be around him. So like in the middle of the '88 tour, I mean, I understood everybody's side, you know, and I just let Frank know that whatever happens, I'm still ready. Scott was put in a difficult position because he was given the job of running the band; it's really difficult. He checked out of this life earlya victim of cancer at age 52but before he did, he released some five dozen albums. (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, for example, begins, Picture yourself with a whore from New Orleans, with big purple welts all over her bod/Somebody calls and you answer quite slowly, its the board from Assembly o God). DS: Right. MG: Mats, how did you manage to play with Zappa's band? For instance, 'RDNZL' that we never did. MG: Did you ever have dreams of playing with him? That's right! It was an incredible band and we had the right combination But once I was thrust into that position and there was so much work that had to be done, that had to take precedence. . They were touring with an acoustic Hot Tuna at this time and this is what the ticket stub mentions. of people. 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