FZ solo incl. 1981. In fact, I remember clearly expecting it to be Hot Tuna (and you're right it said Hot Tuna on the tix). On this tour I'm also bringing my recording studio. It wasnt quite Zappas last live performance, but it did turn out to be his final concert in the United States. So it doesn't sound like Zappa had a problem with him. 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). Also available as pro-shot video. E: It's not really anything that needs to be talked about. Q: Could you give us some details about these problems? M: Morgan and I got in touch with the road manager. Scott Thunes, interviewed by Thomas Wictor. (That night on stage Frank referred to "Playground psychotics!" ), 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. SCENE: You haven't toured since 1984. &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /><br />
. Wins: FZ, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. So it was a big challenge for me to be the primary keyboard player on that tour. Zappa 88: The Last U.S. Showis now available for pre-order before the June 18 release date through the Zappa Family Trust. 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. 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 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. Jeff Burger's website, byjeffburger.com, contains more than four decades' worth of music reviews and commentary. It will be available digitally or in a two-CD set. )," Dr. I am not a technical wizard. 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. 3 Any Kind of Pain Dupree's Paradise Inca Roads Advance Romance "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. 01. Zappa could shift between serious and silly as easily as he could segue from one musical genre to another. Here's the interview I was thinking of -- w/ guitarist Mike Keneally. he said, in an annoyed, sarcastic tone. 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. (incl. And then I'd look out into the audience and I'd look up at the lights, and I would just suddenly reflect on the fact that this was really happening. 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. Frank's last show of the 1988 tour. My burps can not be rushed. "I got the call from the production manager, and I was gone," Dondorf recalls. Even so, Dondorf managed to keep things running and after the end of the tour, Frank called to offer him full-time work. I did almost no reading with Frank. I can't believe this was anything other than inertia. " During the rehearsals, Frank wasn't that involvedI mean he was but he was busy with a lot of other stuff. there were some problems with the bassplayer, people not getting along with the bassplayer. I don't believe it, so get your ass up here and prove it. For the next few months, there was a thread of hope that we'd go back on tour, and everybody was kind of waiting for the next call. Lonesome Cowboy Burt 02. I changed the words to reflect his frustration. II 19. Trance-Fusion, TRF], Pick Me I'm Clean, Bamboozled By Love, Sofa [TBBYNHIYL], q: Titties And Beer, Bobby Brown, Sharleena (q: Over There), Rhymin' Man, Elvis Has Just Left The Building [parts on BTHW], Bolero, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Star Wars Won't Work [MAJNH], Whipping Post, The Black Page, We're Turning Again [YCDTOSA6], Alien Orifice [parts on MAJNH], When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Dupree's Paradise [parts on MAJNH], Easy Meat, Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH], City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Outside Now, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Bamboozled By Love, Ring Of Fire, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven (incl. However, the memory of "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life" has stayed alive with the help of tapes and FZ's three official releases of material from the tour. With Dweezil Zappa on guitar (*), Reverend A. The latest entry is a two-CD set that preserves most of a March 25, 1988, gig from Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. 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 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. Then, at the end of the tour, this war broke out between the bass player and the drummer. MG: Did you ever have dreams of playing with him? By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Lyric mutations and such. 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." "We Are Doing Voter Registration Here" 2. However, it was not to be. . . [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? This tour is one of the most memorable, musically and otherwise. The Beatles Medley 06. Whipping Post, often used as the encore for shows on tours from 1981 through 1984, comes from Providence Civic Center on March 16, and Stairway to Heaven comes from the March 23 show at Towson Center in Towson MD. Best heard in the song "A few moments with Brother A. to be used, you know? affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network, and . 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. It was planned that the 1988 tour should have been continued after Europe with more sho. The newly mixed selections feature a short-lived band of 11 multi-instrumentalists that is widely regarded as one of Zappas best and that showcases everything from saxophone, trumpet and flugelhorn to clarinet, synthesizer and marimba. 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. 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. Q: I remember reading somewhere that your equipment on the 1988 tour was connected to the Synclavier. Q: I liked the Frank Sinatra thing in 'Big Swifty' in Barcelona, 'Strangers in the Night'. DS: Right. 1 + 5 von 1984 Nena Tote Hosen in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! 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. I know the 'nephew' burps from 1981 quite well as I was there for the recording; what I heard on the CD are not his. parts of Lonesome Cowboy Nando, YCDTOSA6; incl. It just occurred when Frank was in a bad mood and So there was a lot of material that we could have learnt. 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. Those guys just make those sounds anywaybut when I heard it, I summoned them to "speak into the mic please". . . I said, "um, it has to be Diet Coke, more bubbles". [] 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. While right in the middle of this song, you know, and I think that is inexcusable and so I stopped the show and told him to apologize, and "Don't ever do it again.". 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. 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. 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 . . I can just imagine me telling Frank 'Come on, man, let me sit in, I know how to play 'Muffin Man'. .' What really happened in 1988? Frank said fuck that and sacked everybody. It was the band we He asked a stage hand to "go get her a Coke". 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. Rather than replace Thunes, Zappa cancelled almost three months of concerts and never toured again - claiming to have lost $400,000 in the process. I call it, "Broadway The Hard Way." They said, No way. So, Frank canceled the rest of the tour and returned home to Los Angeles, never to tour again. [YCDTOSA6], Inca Roads, Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, Bolero, The Illinois Enema Bandit. have happened. 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. The Black Page (New Age Version) 3. The Closer You Are always includes Johnny Darling at the end; The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley = Let's Make The Water Turn Black / Harry, You're A Beast / The Orange County Lumber Truck / Oh No / Theme from Lumpy Gravy; Packard Goose Medley = Packard Goose / Royal March from L'Histoire Du Soldat / Bela Bartok's Piano Concerto No 3; Texas Motel Medley = Norwegian Jim (Norwegian Wood) / Lousiana Hooker With Herpes (Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds) / Texas Motel (Strawberry Fields Forever); The Torture Never Stops Medley = The Torture Never Stops / Theme from Bonanza / The Torture Never Stops pt. Obviously they assumed that the result of this attempted hijack would be the hiring of a new bassist. I told Frank and co. that I would massage them for free and my payment would be the honor to see every sound check and show for free. Related: Our Album Rewind of the Mothers Were Only In it for the Money. I used a Stratocaster and a Telecaster, modified by Midget Sloatman, and a Roland JC77 amp that Steve used in 1982. 1 16. Then, at the end of the tour, this war broke out between the bass player and the drummer. 'Zappa The Hard Way' documents that tour. 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. Zappa talks about 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. 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. If there was a hum or a buzz, there was no way to tell why. What made you decide to tour at this point in time? Then we did 1988 and that was when he could justify having a full horn section, because just one trombone is strange orchestration-wise, you know? Later he sent us into the soundcheck and said 'just sit and wait and I'll come back later and tell you what's going to happen'. (q: Mexican Hat Dance), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Outside Now, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Packard Goose Medley, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Bolero, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Sofa (q: Tarantella Calabrese), The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown*, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Bolero, Whipping Post, The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice [parts on MAJNH], Cosmik Debris, Stolen Moments, Outside Now, Cruising For Burgers, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Bamboozled By Love, Sharleena, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Loops, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Crew Slut, The Black Page [parts on MAJNH], I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Let's Move To Cleveland [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Find Her Finer, Marqueson's Chicken, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Dupree's Paradise [parts on MAJNH], City Of Tiny Lights [MAJNH], You Are What You Is, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Sofa, Sharleena, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, Bolero, Crew Slut, The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen [solo on TBBYNHIYL], Andy, Inca Roads, Advance Romance [solo on MAJNH], Bobby Brown, What's New In Baltimore?, Easy Meat, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Sharleena, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven [parts on TBBYNHIYL], You Are What You Is, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Bolero, FZ guitar check (including Zoot Allures, Arrivederci Roma, Filthy Habits), FZ tries out tonight's loops, Sofa, Dupree's Paradise, Purple Haze, You Are What You Is, Don't Touch My Hair, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, Chana In De Bushwop, Arrivederci Roma, Royal March from Aida / Arrivederci Roma, Bolero, Sinister Footwear, The Black Page (q: Arrivederci Roma), Packard Goose Medley, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage (q: Arrivederci Roma), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Zoot Allures, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: Arrivederci Roma), Bamboozled By Love, Stairway To Heaven, Eat That Question [MAJNH], Black Napkins, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, Bolero, Royal March from Aida, Arrivederci Roma, Crew Slut (q: Arrivederci Roma). I don't even think about it. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. It wasn't the band it was Scott Thunes. A Cold Dark Matter, TRF], Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, The Untouchables [parts on BTHW], Strictly Genteel, FZ guitar workout (incl. I've only ever read the Real Frank Zappa Book (which is a ****in' riot!) I can play all the technical and demanding parts; that was no problem. I know that's what I said, tooMann did. 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 has a way of expressing dissatisfaction which is not particularly tactful. [parts on TBBYNHIYL, incl. RM: That was for the monitor mixer, Marqueson. Frank Zappa's Band, July - December 1984. We don't do that. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Dickies Such an Asshole 10. So Scott, to his defence, was in that position. DS: There are some good little musical inclusions that resulted from that too. 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 . I'll look for it. . Engineer Bob Stone House Mix Harry Andronis Lightning Designer and Director Mike Keeling Monitor Mix Marque Coy Synclavier At first I was so afraid that he was mad, I just didn't answer, red face and all. [] That was one of the most wonderful things about that tour, that on any given night, whatever had happened that day on the news or the night before in the hotel or that day on the airplane could and probably would come out in the concert in some way. Dot". setlist.fm Add Setlist. 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. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Take Me Out To The Ball Game[YCDTOSA4]), Filthy Habits, Bolero, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Sofa, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty (q: Feelings, Four), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Cosmik Debris, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Bolero, Crew Slut, The Closer You Are, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Whipping Post, The Black Page, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Cosmik Debris, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, I Ain't Got No Heart, The Torture Never Stops Medley, The end of the show, from Texas Motel Medley on, is missing; possibly it was never taped:
I thought it was a dream actually. . He checked out of this life earlya victim of cancer at age 52but before he did, he released some five dozen albums. Fans across the country, especially in the South and out West, were anticipating the second U.S. leg. 1984: 20th Anniversary World tour; 1988: The last tour; Orchestral concerts; Pre-tour Rehearsals (1977-1987) Unreleased, radio, and weird stuff; 1984: 1984 North . West** (incl. M: But the thing was that we didn't actually ask if we could play with him. There were a lot of laughs on stage, in the hotels, on the planes; we laughed a lot all the time. Sofa #1 13. I Am the Walrus 09. MG: Wow, that's wild. 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. Soul Polka, TRF], When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Theme from The Godfather, Packard Goose Medley, Zomby Woof [parts on TBBYNHIYL], King Kong, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads [incl. For instance, 'RDNZL' that we never did. I Ain't Got No Heart 4. 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". He is wildly 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. 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. The seeds of dissolution were sown during pre-tour rehearsals in L.A. We Asked Him! Basically what they're being asked to do is not to play chords, or harmony parts behind guitar solos. 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. ", "Yeah, but in a twisted way," he said "I'm not running for anything. Jorma said to the audience as they began to play "What's wrong with this picture?" It's like this: there is the band and there is the guy who runs the band and then Frank. Frank motioned to me and said "come here, come up here" and pointed to the stairs on the side of the stage. 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. City of Tiny Lites 04. M: (laughter) Ja, of course. Somewhere in the East Coast there was a band meeting where everyone told Frank of the problems they were having with Scott. And that's what I'm doing with my music. 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). I was just DOT before, as Dot is short for Dorothy. I almost joined the band in I think 1980, but it didn't quite happen. I mean I didn't have any problem with anybody. 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. Let's just say I'm a booster for democracy.". Mystery Song #4), One Man One Vote (synclavier), Sofa, Bolero, Filthy Habits, King Kong, Sinister Footwear, The Black Page, Stainless The Maiden, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Sofa, Panty Rap (incl. But the performance also includes lots of humorsome of it rather juvenile but much of it funny and biting. A problem with anybody band we he asked a stage hand to `` go get her Coke. Telecaster, modified by Midget Sloatman, and I was thinking of -- w/ guitarist Mike Keneally it did actually... 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