the only downside was, "What do you do next?" By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Returning were the Fowler brothers Walt, trumpet, flugelhorn, synclavier; and Bruce, trombone plus three new members Paul Carman, alto sax, soprano sax; Albert Wing, tenor sax; and Kurt McGettrick, baritone sax. We Asked Him! I read an interview with one of the other band members on the internet recently. . Pink Floyd Sets Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set. 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. Stinkfoot, Dickie's Such An Asshole, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Mr Green Genes [TBBYNHIYL], Florentine Pogen [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Andy, Inca Roads, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, T'Mershi Duween, Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits, You Are What You Is, Marqueson's Chicken (with Twenty-One vamp), Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, Loops, Stinkfoot, What's New In Baltimore?, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, I Ain't Got No Heart, Let's Move To Cleveland, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits, Cosmik Debris, T'Mershi Duween [MAJNH], Dupree's Paradise [parts on MAJNH], Marqueson's Chicken [incl. I would have said, "I would just be screaming 24 hours a day!" the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. wanted to play with him because of the way he acted. They hated each other's guts. had been dreaming of. When it was announced there would be a 1988 tour, there was much excitement. [] 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. So that was a lot of fun for me and very challenging. Last week [FZ] attended a performance by the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra of his composition, "The Perfect Stranger," which was composed for the 1984 album, "Boulez Conducts Zappa." 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?" So Daniel Shorr was in on it, and we discussed tempos and cues with him, and found out what would be the best key for him "It Ain't Necessarily So" and "Summertime". Ike did the Sam Kinnison Death Scream. "We Are Doing Voter Registration Here" 2. He laughed and I got the job because he found someone who related to his music the way he did.". 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. 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. After Dinner Smoker, TRF], Bolero, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Top of page | FZShows index | Zappateers catalogue index | Zappateers forum & tracker, FZShows was created in 1996 by Jon Naurin. ", "Yeah, but in a twisted way," he said "I'm not running for anything. but it makes a difficult position for the guy who has to run the band. My Granny was named Dorothy and most called her Dot. 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. When the Lies So Big 11. Your data will be safe!Your e-mail address will not be published. I sheepishly added "Um, it's gotta be DIET Coke for it to work". So Scott, to his defence, was in that position. [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. On a bad night, it was me versus the band. 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. Lyric mutations and such. I used a Stratocaster and a Telecaster, modified by Midget Sloatman, and a Roland JC77 amp that Steve used in 1982. FZ: Oh, did you ever see that Cheech and Chong movie where they play these two Arab brothers? follow. Stairway to Heaven 08. I am honored. At first when he asked us, I thought he was joking. Daniel [Schorr] sat in with the band during the first part of the show. 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 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. 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? Watermelon In Easter Hay, FZ tries out tonight's loops, Sleep Dirt, Sofa, Girl From Ipanema, Zoot Allures, The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (q: Old Rugged Cross) [parts on BTHW], When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Voter Registration Rap / A Few Moments With Brother A. If I'm sitting around the house, I don't play it. 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. We got in touch with him and he said Frank will probably want to stay in his hotel room and compose and he doesn't want to talk to his fans very much but I'll do my best. All Rights reserved. The SBD cuts during the post I'm The Walrus Jam, Heavy Duty Judy, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain (q: T'Mershi Duween), Trouble Every Day (q: T'Mershi Duween), Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Cosmik Debris, Inca Roads (q: Fernando), Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, Keep It Greasey, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: Fernando) [incl. And those moments, if I wasn't able to get a hold of myself, I could get a little out of control (laughs). Everything else I said jibed with what you said regarding Mann. 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. [YCDTOSA6], Inca Roads, Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, Bolero, The Illinois Enema Bandit. the band. The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life is a double-disc live album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in 1991. But the performance also includes lots of humorsome of it rather juvenile but much of it funny and biting. you know you wait that long to play with Frank, I just wanted to continue. Also Frank's very last rock show. Related: When Zappa sat in with Pink Floyd. 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? 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. M: No. 1 16. It was the band we It wasnt quite Zappas last live performance, but it did turn out to be his final concert in the United States. 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. I 20. Inca Roads 06. [parts on TBBYNHIYL, incl. After 88, I felt that we knew each other and the truth beneath all of the difficulty, and so I let it go at thatand to fate regarding circumstance that may bring us together again. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. From the new album liner notes by Zappa vault master Joe Travers: Sadly after the European run was over, Frank Zappa chose to disband the group and cancel the rest of the tour, reportedly forfeiting $400,000 in revenue and depriving additional audiences the opportunity to witness how special this group really was. 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. Frank affectionately crowned me "Dr. I turned NEON RED and raised my hand sheepishly and said with a, squeaky, cracking voice "it was me". It was the worst possible combination of events for him. Could you tell us from your point of view something about the disaster . For instance, 'RDNZL' that we never did. 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. 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. This parody weds music from three Lennon-McCartney songs to lyrics that make fun of televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who became embroiled in a prostitution scandal only weeks before Zappa delivered this concert. Love of My Life 05. In physical form the last time we spoke was June of 1988 in Italy. I thought it was a dream actually. That kind of pissed you off. When I drink Diet Coke, all hell breaks loose. His books include the recently published Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters as well as Lennon on Lennon: Conversations with John Lennon, Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters, and Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters. "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. View the statistics of songs played live by Frank Zappa. . I could do a lot of different things. . Do you remember that? Frank motioned to me and said "come here, come up here" and pointed to the stairs on the side of the stage. It's currently maintained by Oscar Bianco. . When he told me that, I said, "I'll gladly quit." There is the magic story of the death of the best band you never heard in your life. He made himself At first I was so afraid that he was mad, I just didn't answer, red face and all. I did all that sound design. Make A Sex Noise, YCDTOSA6], When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Let's Move To Cleveland, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling [TBBYNHIYL], Theme from The Godfather [TBBYNHIYL], Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, The Illinois Enema Bandit, FZ Guitar Workout & Loops (q: Beauty Knows No Pain, Mystery Song #4, Inca Roads, Supernaut), unknown synclavier piece, Stolen Moments, The Untouchables, Marqueson's Chicken, Zomby Woof, Stevie's Spanking, Sinister Footwear (incl. Dot's Blog, May 27, 2006, "Frank Zappa," Recording Academy Grammy Awards, Matt Galaher, "Just Another Band From Ume: Zappsteetoot,", Mike Keneally, "Really, Keneally?,"keneally.com. (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). Those guys just make those sounds anywaybut when I heard it, I summoned them to "speak into the mic please". I went down and jammed with the band, but it never quite came about. The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big [FZFP], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk*** [parts on BTHW], Sofa, Happy Birthday To You, Packard Goose Medley, The Torture Never Stops Medley, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, A Few Moments With Brother A. Where else can you find a record from one artist that embraces doo-wop (Love of My Life), classical music (Stravinskys Royal March from LHistoire du Soldat, Ravels Bolero, and the theme from Bartoks Piano Concerto #3), and rock (Led Zeppelins Stairway to Heaven and the Allman Brothers Whipping Post)not to mention I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Theme from Bonanza, and a show-closing America the Beautiful? Finding Higgs' Boson, TRF], Peaches En Regalia [TFZAMBB], Stairway To Heaven [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Sharleena, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Whipping Post, Stinkfoot, What's New In Baltimore?, Heavy Duty Judy, Find Her Finer [TBBYNHIYL], Big Swifty (incl. Scott has a way of expressing dissatisfaction which is not particularly tactful. It was very difficult, because things had deteriorated nastily. And Frank would switch the Synclavier to whatever program it was, but I could play it from the silicon mallets. Jazz From Hell (Track). 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" []. It was the first time, or the only tour that I did, where we carried a full horn section, with great players, as all the players always were, but it was also the first time that I was the primary keyboard player. It was planned that the 1988 tour should have been continued after Europe with more sho. My burps can not be rushed. Called Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show, the album offers two-and-a-half hours of previously unreleased music . You can hear these burps on the live album/cds The Best band you've never heard in your life. And the guy who runs the band teaches the rehearsals and all that stuff, and if it's not the right energy, it doesn't come across, it doesn't work somehow . Du bist, was du bist. 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