)," Dr. ), 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. I was just getting started on this gig and I was like the new kid on the block basically, or one of the new kids on the block. When he told me that, I said, "I'll gladly quit." '(loud laughter). parts of When Yuppies Go To Hell [MAJNH] and Fire And Chains [MAJNH]), I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Bamboozled By Love (q: Big Swifty, Hall Of The Mountain King, Sweet Leilani), Peaches En Regalia, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut*, The Illinois Enema Bandit (q: Cruising For Burgers, Louie Louie). Because every night onstage, I was surrounded by daggers and completely lost my concentration. You can hear these burps on the live album/cds The Best band you've never heard in your life. CalledZappa 88: The Last U.S. Show, the album offers two-and-a-half hours of previously unreleased music, including 28 tracks from the Long Island event and two from earlier concerts that same month in Rhode Island and Maryland. and our 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 didn't exactly know how to play everything he'd done, but I'd heard it all so much that I could pretty much fake my way through it. Frank Zappa hadnt 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. But then it got transposed to C minor because Daniel couldn't sing it in G. [] And then Frank introduced Daniel Shorr and we went into about one and three- quarters bars of "Danny Boy" to accompany him walking onto the stage, which got a big laugh, and then Daniel made a voter registration pitch and then sang "It Ain't Necessarily So", and then left the stage while we played the bridge to "It Ain't Necessarily So" which I don't think was the real bridge, at which point we segued into "Summertime" and he came running back onto the stage to sing a few bars of "Summertime" and then he left. Zappa helped form The Mothers Of Invention in 1965 and the band's 1966 double LP debut, Freak Out!, put FZ on the path to becoming one of the most prolific and influential artists of the 20th . Love it or hate it, though, youll have to agree that theres never been anyone quite like Frank Zappa. It was the greatest thing in the world. Also available as pro-shot video. Panty Rap / The Black Page [parts on MAJNH], Dickie's Such An Asshole , When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women [parts on BTHW], Any Kind Of Pain [parts on BTHW], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, What's New In Baltimore?, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: Girl From Ipanema), Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Bamboozled By Love, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Uncle Remus, Catholic Girls [parts on YCDTOSA6], Crew Slut [parts on YCDTOSA6], Bobby Brown, Stairway To Heaven, Sofa, With Dweezil Zappa on guitar (*), introduction by Diva Zappa (**), Stinkfoot (incl. We were lead to his dressing-room and we started talking. And those moments, if I wasn't able to get a hold of myself, I could get a little out of control (laughs). Then Frank decided he wasn't going to tour at all, and there I was, knowing all his songs with nowhere to play them. Old Rugged Cross), Texas Motel Medley, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven*, I Am The Walrus, Whipping Post*, Bolero, America The Beautiful [FZFP], The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Packard Goose Medley, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Inca Roads, Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Stairway To Heaven, The Black Page, Texas Motel Medley, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Bolero, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Stairway To Heaven, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Eric Dolphy Memorial, I Am The Walrus, I Ain't Got No Heart, Andy, Inca Roads, Bolero, Texas Motel Medley, The Torture Never Stops, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Stairway To Heaven (q: Inca Roads), Bobby Brown, Whipping Post, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Strictly Genteel, Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Heavy Duty Judy, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, Bolero, Big Swifty, Bamboozled By Love, Chana In De Bushwop, Sharleena, Sofa, Stairway To Heaven, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, Inca Roads, 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, A Pound For A Brown (incl. Search Clear search text. Stevie's Spanking), q: Envelopes, Mr Green Genes (incl. 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. But he just got spoiled rotten and nobody Also other data will not be shared with third person. Before the show Morgan and I discussed what we would do and so we just decided to play the jam that they were doing, sneak into 'T'Mershi Duween' and then get off the stage. 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. 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. Bolero 11. Frank's last show of the 1988 tour. 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. setlist.fm Add Setlist. All Rights reserved. That was the last time I worked for Frank. Your e-mail address will not be published. 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. 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). RM: That was for the monitor mixer, Marqueson. . 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" []. I mean I didn't have any problem with anybody. (?). so obnoxious that nobody wanted to be around him. it has to be you, Dot! Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by RobGordon35, Mar 19, 2014. Sharleena 07. Who Needs the Peace Corps? 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. We don't do that. The Torture Never Stops Pt. "At first, I was enjoying playing the guitar again. We should increase registration by as much as 250,000 to 300,000 voters. It was the band we Happy Birthday To You, q: Girl From Ipanema), We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? So Scott, to his defence, was in that position. Bob went up there, took this thing and he was trying to impress this girl security guard. 2015-2021 Copyright Best Classic Bands. Wins: I can't believe this was anything other than inertia. " I lobbied to get the Fowler brothers back in Peaches En Regalia 07. And then after the soundcheck, he said 'Well, it's okay, Frank wants to meet you'. 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. affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network, and I used my own Cry Baby wah-wah and some Korg modification deviced which all fit in one Korg master module. When it was announced there would be a 1988 tour, there was much excitement. I read an interview with one of the other band members on the internet recently. 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. Dot". My uncle produced the 1973 Stockholm TV special that Zappa did, so he knew this guy. so I'm always up for reading more about FZlooks like I should check that one out, thanks! (referring to the absence of the rest of the Airplane band members). 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. The show was originally billed to have a Jefferson Airplane reunion as the warm up, but only Jack and Jorma showed up. There was a spiritual gap in the band. It's just a different way of looking at things. They have to brew. It wasnt quite Zappas last live performance, but it did turn out to be his final concert in the United States. When Frank was off in the early part of the day doing interviews or whatever, it would be [bassist Scott] Thunes' job to rehearse the band. Inca Roads 06. I 20. We Asked Him! If youre looking for an introduction to Zappa that showcases all sides of his music and personality, this career-spanning release will deliver what youre after. "We Are Doing Voter Registration Here" 2. Let's just say I'm a booster for democracy.". DS: OK, speaking about Towson, in that show something kind of peculiar happened havin' to do with Bob Rice giving somebody an enema. Jazz From Hell, Nominations: 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. With Dweezil Zappa on guitar (*), Reverend A. TIL that Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante went to audition for Frank Zappa's 1988 touring band but left the rehearsal room before actually playing, saying later that " I wanted to be a rock star, do drugs and get girls, and that I wouldn't be able to do that if I was in Zappa's band." r/todayilearned 22 days ago u/therefore4 Guest appearances by Mats berg on Keyboards (*), Morgan gren on drums (*), and Dweezil Zappa on guitar (**). and I spent a few years trying to figure that out, until I finally realized that the only logical thing for me to do is to place the majority of my heart and my musical attentions to my own music. And I did not expect a response, as it was not necessary. . 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