At first, I was enjoying playing the guitar again. Best heard in the song "A few moments with Brother A. I guzzled down the Diet Coke, band, Frank and front row of amused Special guest (one of which was my girlfriend Jenny Jupiter) watched on, kind of impatiently. In 1988, Scott Thunes put me on the guest list for every show, for every sound check and so during the [March 15, 1988] Portland Maine sound check, me and about 5 other special friends were in the front row (just like at every sound checkthe whole concert hall was empty, like it is at most sound checks). I mean I straightened it out with everybody. 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. In 1988, I went on Zappa's "Broadway the Hardway" tour and never asked for a penny for massaging Frank and the rest of his giant band. Since that band was so great, but the problems were only Five is really big-sounding and you can do those big chords he writes. [] 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. Pink Floyd Sets Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set. Well that doesn't fit in with what Zappa says (the point of this post) that Ed Mann had in Franks words a 'Vendetta' against him. I tried it for one summer of rehearsals, and by the end of it . 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. Occasionally, I would also use a chart when it proved to be especially needed, particularily in "Alien Orifice". I Aint Got No Heart 04. Well, Frank can't sight read all that well either, and he's looking over my shoulder to see if I'm playing what's in front of me, but he can't really tell. Scott himself was not warned beforehandthe first time he heard anything of the burgeoning anti- Scott movement was during this meeting. Love it or hate it, though, youll have to agree that theres never been anyone quite like Frank Zappa. I don't have the chops of a Tommy Marsnot many people dobut I'm no slash; you don't get into Frank's band if you can't really play. (?). It was so loud, Frank heard it over the music and stopped the band, turned round to us and asked "which one of you did that?". EM: Yes. M: But the thing was that we didn't actually ask if we could play with him. Why did Zappa say the 1988 band "self-destructed?". Those guys just make those sounds anywaybut when I heard it, I summoned them to "speak into the mic please". . . ), Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Zoot Allures, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Texas Motel Medley, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown [incl. Simply put, if someone hadn't learned their part properly, Scott was a pain in the ass. I Ain't Got No Heart 4. At first when he asked us, I thought he was joking. Meanwhile, he continued to issue new recordings. you know you wait that long to play with Frank, I just wanted to continue. There would be no other way to react. I had never heard the Best Band . "I got the call from the production manager, and I was gone," Dondorf recalls. With Fabio Treves on harmonica (*). Your data will be safe!Your e-mail address will not be published. Inca Roads 06. Could you tell us from your point of view something about the disaster . 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. I read an interview with one of the other band members on the internet recently. A warm introduction is given by Frank in Spanish (learned "parrot fashion) and the tight, well-seasoned band of the "Broadway The Hard Way" album kicks in with a mixture of fresh material and old favorites. And that's what I'm doing with my music. Get the Frank Zappa Setlist of the concert at Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY, USA on March 11, 1988 from the 1988 US tour Tour and other Frank Zappa Setlists for free on setlist.fm! The Black Page (New Age Version) 03. I don't believe it, so get your ass up here and prove it. Also Frank's very last rock show. Whatever Happened to Stephen Talbot, Leave It to Beavers Gilbert? The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life is a double-disc live album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in 1991. FZ: Oh, just a whole bunch of stuff. Van Morrisons Moondance: Brand New Day, Doobie Brothers Expand Reunion Tour With Michael McDonald, Stephen Stills Live at Berkeley 1971 Album Due, With Guest David Crosby, Reboot: Nancy Sinatra Remembers Her Unlikely But Brilliant Collaborator, Lee Hazlewood, Neil Young Makes 1st Live Public Performance in Years, 10cc, Hermans Hermits Manager Writes Memoir, Im Into Something Good, Todd Rundgrens Something/Anything?: An Extravagant Opus, The Bands With Me: A Former Groupie Lays It All Down, Alice Coopers #1 Breakthrough: Billion Dollar Babies @50, Carly Simons Surprise Concert, Live at Grand Central: Review, Elvis on Tour, a New Box Set, Offers an In-Depth Look at a 1972 Concert Series, Marvin Gayes Greatest Hits Live in 76: Review, Radio Hits in February 1967: B-Sides Rule. It was Zappa's first tour in nearly three years, a major musical event, yet when asked why he was going on the road again, the outspoken musician explained, "It's an election year. . The Untouchables), I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Black Page, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Ride Of The Valkyries, Purple Haze / Loops, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy [solo on TBBYNHIYL], Inca Roads, Advance Romance (q: Tarantella Calabrese), Bobby Brown, Stairway To Heaven (q: Twilight Zone, Carmen), Bolero, Zoot Allures, Packard Goose Medley, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Crew Slut, The Black Page, Inca Roads, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Bamboozled By Love, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Sharleena, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Any Kind Of Pain, Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Pick Me I'm Clean, Cosmik Debris, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (q: Inca Roads, Big Swifty), What's New In Baltimore?, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Bamboozled By Love, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Whipping Post, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Zoot Allures, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Filthy Habits, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven (q: Big Swifty), Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, What's New In Baltimore?, Who Needs The Peace Corps? No musician alive or dead has ever been more versatile than Zappa, and this concert set proves it. I almost joined the band in I think 1980, but it didn't quite happen. 3 Any Kind of Pain Dupree's Paradise Inca Roads Advance Romance The latest entry is a two-CD set that preserves most of a March 25, 1988, gig from Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. . . FZ: Oh, did you ever see that Cheech and Chong movie where they play these two Arab brothers? In the meantime, I spent all my time learning everything Frank had done on guitar. &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /><br />
Frank said to a stage hand "get her a Coke!". That's not a very gratifying life for a horn player to just play a few notes and spend the rest of the night banging on Latin percussion instruments. MG: So it was like 'If you wanna do it, you can do it'? He just felt that . Frank's only enjoyment was playing guitar solos, and those fell apart; he ended up not doing any. After several displays of a complete lack of maturity on the part of the accusing musicians (culminating in someone scraping Scotts name off of a cake that was presented to the band by a promoter in Germany), Frank asked the offending players if they couldnt try to get along until the end of the summer leg of the tour. I was just DOT before, as Dot is short for Dorothy. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. 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. I considered him my greatest influence. Lyric mutations and such. Daniel sat in on the "Huddle" before the show; the Huddle occurs before every concert, that's when the whole band gets in a room with Frank and he goes over the setlist and discusses the segues from one song into the next, and any special-type information that needs to be mentioned regarding the festivities to come. The real buzz, however, was about the five-man horn section, making this the largest band in Zappa history (excepting the brief Wazoo orchestra in 1972). When Lovin Spoonful Members Reunited for a Great Cause in L.A. 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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. Jam [Bavarian Sunset, TRF]), Sofa (q: Lohengrin), The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, Outside Now, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Cosmik Debris, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Trouble Every Day, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: Carmen), The Torture Never Stops Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Bolero, Stairway To Heaven (q: Rhymin' Man, Hallelujah I'm A Bum), I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, No known unofficial recording of this show. City of Tiny Lites 04. I would have said, "I would just be screaming 24 hours a day!" Louisiana Hooker Reprise) [parts on BTHW], Peaches En Regalia, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: T'Mershi Duween), Yo Cats, Packard Goose Medley, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Black Page (q: Bolero, Crimson & Clover), Dickie's Such An Asshole [parts on BTHW], When The Lie's So Big [parts on BTHW], Planet Of The Baritone Women [parts on BTHW], Any Kind Of Pain (q: Punky's Whips) [parts on BTHW], Texas Motel Medley, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Let's Move To Cleveland, Packard Goose Medley, King Kong (q: My Favorite Things) [parts on MAJNH], I Am The Walrus, Andy, Inca Roads, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Sharleena, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, The Illinois Enema Bandit (q: Chunga's Revenge), The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, The Untouchables, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Texas Motel Medley, Sharleena, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Untouchables, Strictly Genteel, Cruising For Burgers, The Untouchables, Dumb All Over, Heavenly Bank Account, Untouchables, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Dumb All Over, Heavenly Bank Account, America The Beautiful, Stinkfoot, Peaches En Regalia, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Texas Motel Medley, Sharleena, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Cruising For Burgers, Uncle Remus, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Any Kind Of Pain, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Texas Motel Medley, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven [TFZAAABB], Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Untouchables, America The Beautiful, Chunga's Revenge (q: Penguin In Bondage, Bolero, Carmen), Packard Goose Medley, Andy, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Big Swifty (q: Bolero), Penguin In Bondage (q: Bolero), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (q: Bolero), When The Lie's So Big [parts on BTHW], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Heavy Duty Judy, Find Her Finer, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven (q: Punky's Whips), America The Beautiful, Chana In De Bushwop, Nig Biz, Bolero, The Untouchables (q: Dragnet, Theme from Sea Hunt), Cosmik Debris (q: Bolero), Why Don't You Like Me?, Can't Afford No Shoes, Chana In De Bushwop, The Black Page, Dickie's Such An Asshole, Any Kind Of Pain, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Advance Romance [parts on MAJNH], Bobby Brown, Stolen Moments, When The Lie's So Big (q: What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? In April came a double album of guitar solos in the manner of the Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar series, simply called Guitar, and the first in a series of double . 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. . There were a lot of laughs on stage, in the hotels, on the planes; we laughed a lot all the time. Jazz From Hell (Track). THIS CAMPAIGN, organized by Zappa with the help of local members of the League of Women Voters and other citizen action groups, resulted in about 11,000 sign-ups, most of them first-time voters between the ages of 18 and 25. Frank Zappa Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, NY - Mar 21, 1988 Mar 21 1988 Frank Zappa Towson Center Arena, Towson, MD - Mar 23, 1988 Mar 23 1988 Mar 25, 1988 Frank Zappa Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - Mar 25, 1988 Mar 25 1988 Following concerts Frank Zappa Printemps de Bourges 1988 - Apr 9, 1988 Apr 09 1988 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. Another 40 or so have followed posthumously and theres no end in sight. Blue Danube variations) [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Bamboozled By Love [TFZABB], Bolero, Eat That Question, Black Napkins [MAJNH], Trouble Every Day [TFZAABB], Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel [parts on BTHW, incl. but it makes a difficult position for the guy who has to run the band. Frank is so receptive to technical change, it's ridiculous. 3, MAJNH], Any Kind Of Pain, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, I Am The Walrus, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, The Illinois Enema Bandit, FZ guitar workout (incl. It was the timing of the thing. I get this call back from Frank himself who basically said, "I heard you know how to play everything I've ever done. [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? It's the only other place to go after that. The whole band watching, waiting, I thought he wanted to rip my face off verbally but no, when I got up there, he said "Can you do that again into the sampler?". All the equipment was borrowed from Frank. There is the magic story of the death of the best band you never heard in your life. Do you remember that? On my 10th birthday I got his Fillmore East album, which is when the PMBC would probably say that I was "corrupted." I can play all the technical and demanding parts; that was no problem. Texas Motel Medley, Strictly Genteel, Bolero, Stairway To Heaven, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Black Napkins, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Bolero, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Let's Move To Cleveland [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Dupree's Paradise, Oh No / Theme from Lumpy Gravy, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Inca Roads, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Cruising For Burgers, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Loops, Bamboozled By Love, The Black Page [solo on MAJNH], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Cosmik Debris, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits [parts on YCDTOSA4], Chana In De Bushwop (q: La Marseillaise), Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Easy Meat, King Kong (q: It Ain't Necessarily So, Summertime), Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Loops, Sofa (q: April In Paris), The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Dupree's Paradise, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty (q: April In Paris), I Ain't Got No Heart, Sharleena, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Bamboozled By Love, Loops, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel, No known unofficial recording of this show. 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