1988 European Tour (44) 1988 US tour (37) Halloween Run 1977 (6) Songs; Albums; Avg Setlist; Covers; With; Concert Map; Songs played by . He could not stand being in the same room with us. 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! Those guys just make those sounds anywaybut when I heard it, I summoned them to "speak into the mic please". A big chunk of blame has to go with Zappa, though, because when things came to a head and the rest of the band started crapping on Scott, Zappa took a vote and only he and Mike Kenneally wanted to continue on, while Ed Mann (I believe) led the opposing faction within the band. Also other data will not be shared with third person. Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival Schedules: WHA??? It will also be available as a four-LP 180-gram vinyl box, on black vinyl or as a limited-edition purple vinyl variant exclusively through the official Frank Zappa online store or uDiscover. 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. DS: There are some good little musical inclusions that resulted from that too. 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. Search Clear search text. Affiliate programs and Guest appearances by Mats berg on Keyboards (*), Morgan gren on drums (*), and Dweezil Zappa on guitar (**). And during the encore when the guards were lined up in front of the stage facing the audience, he sneaked down behind the barricade and jammed this nozzle up her ass. Frank would change some lyrics around and we would follow. 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 had that job in 1978. 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". . So we would use it during the improvisations or during 'Norwegian Wood'. He just felt that . IB: The samples you played on the 88 tourthe dog barks and bubblesdid you create them? I thought for sure I was about to get my face ripped off and expelled from the Zappa sphere. Sofa #1 13. II 19. TAUK & Kanika Moore with Another Great Song: Deal Breaker. He said, "That's not the answer. It seemed like the right thing to do, and I did want to get involved in the voter registration. Most of the other guys in the band (who were older than Scott, and jazz musicians to boot) didn't wish to have Scott in their face all the time, which I can respect in retrospectScott truly is a pain in the ass at times, which at least partly explains why he isn't in Z anymore (although that was more of a mutual decisionScott wanted out as much anyone wanted him gone). [parts on BTHW], Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Heavy Duty Judy, Zomby Woof, Chana In De Bushwop**, I Am The Walrus, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (q: Isn't It Romantic, Rhapsody In Blue), Jezebel Boy [BTHW], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Big Swifty (q: Laura), Advance Romance (q: Big Swifty, Isn't Romantic, Girl From Ipanema), The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post*, Strictly Genteel. That's what I felt . MG: Can you remember some of the things you talked to Frank about before and after the show? talented and intelligent. The break between TOCLTM and Unle Remus includes a FZ rap only released in the vinyl version of BTHW. . Emboldened on discovering that no house mixer had yet been hired, Harry told Coy to throw his name into the hat. 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. I used my own Cry Baby wah-wah and some Korg modification deviced which all fit in one Korg master module. I reluctantly went to him, like I was going to lay my neck down on a wooden block, waiting for the blade. I also loved the structure of his music. I lobbied to get the Fowler brothers back in I knew what keyboards Bobby Martin used, so for me it was just a matter of telling Frank what sounds I wanted to play. ", "Yeah, but in a twisted way," he said "I'm not running for anything. I guess his strange humor sort of struck me because I was a strange kid. I was named after her and so most called me Dot. It's just a different way of looking at things. 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. Do you remember that? Q: I remember reading somewhere that your equipment on the 1988 tour was connected to the Synclavier. This video, while not authorized by the Zappa Family Trust is a cool document of the short-lived 1988 Zappa big band. . I 20. I am not a technical wizard. have happened. 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?". 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. Your data will be safe!Your e-mail address will not be published. I do not think that Bogosian provided any burps, and he was the only other third party in FZ's sampler who made strange sounds that I am aware of . . On a bad night, it was me versus the band. ", "All the way up to L.A., I had my brother drive while I practiced songs like "Sinister Footwear 2" and "What's New in Baltimore?" 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. Meanwhile, he continued to issue new recordings. Lonesome Cowboy Burt 02. 08. 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. So finally my burps were recorded into a sampler and they used it for the rest of the tour to make fun of the TV Evangelists at the time, and now you can hear it on the Zappa live Album called "the Best band you've NEVER heard in your life" []. With Dweezil Zappa on guitar (*), Reverend A. Q: Now a question that every fan would like to ask. There would be no other way to react. the band. Usually Frank liked it. 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. Yeah, I don't remember it ever being supposed to be Airplane. finest band that I was involved in with Frank. If I'm sitting around the house, I don't play it. Teenage Wind), Stairway To Heaven, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus (with improvisational coda), Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, 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, Sofa, Packard Goose Medley, The Torture Never Stops, Why Don't You Like Me, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus (q: Echidna's Arf), Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, Chana In De Bushwop, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, 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, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut, Andy, Inca Roads, The Illinois Enema Bandit (q: Wooly Bully), Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Heavy Duty Judy, We're Turning Again, Packard Goose Medley, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Whipping Post*, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, 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, Sofa, City Of Tiny Lights, A A Pound For A Brown, Cosmik Debris, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: T'Mershi Duween), King Kong (q: Bolero, The Dangerous Kitchen, Happy Birthday To You, Frere Jacques, Harbor Lights),, Stairway To Heaven, Packard Goose Medley, I Am The Walrus, Strictly Genteel, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Stinkfoot, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, 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 [parts on BTHW], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Sofa, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Black Napkins, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights (q: Beer Barrel Polka), A Pound For A Brown (q: City Of Tiny Lights; incl. Also available as pro-shot video. 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. We also ended up not doing any more three-hour soundchecks. Anyways, I let out a HUGE burp. MG: (jokingly) What happened then? Dot". which is from Graz which is "hairpiece.". 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. Before I joined Frank I was really more of a keyboard player, but I decided to work on my guitar playing, especially on his techniques and timings. 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