I Left My Heart in San Francisco 09. "Ok, he said, get her a DIET Coke, and make it snappy". It was planned that the 1988 tour should have been continued after Europe with more sho. I'll look for it. When it was announced there would be a 1988 tour, there was much excitement. 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. West* [TBBYNHIYL], q: Dragnet, FZ conducts the audience / Ike demonstrates his artifacts / Approximate danced, The Closer You Are (a cappella), Montana, Why Don't You Like Me?, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, Zoot Allures, Peaches En Regalia, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Black Page (q: Yankee Doodle Boy), Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big (incl. The latest entry is a two-CD set that preserves most of a March 25, 1988, gig from Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. During the rehearsals, Frank wasn't that involvedI mean he was but he was busy with a lot of other stuff. If you think touring can be fun, think again! 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. 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. M: Ja, of course. 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 . By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Chances are good youll enjoy this album. Frank's guitar rig was very old. 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". Bruce did the "Ooouuueeeouuugggg", not to be confused with Walt's "Aaaahhhhhhhh" or "Bep-Bep-Bep". 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 . In physical form the last time we spoke was June of 1988 in Italy. He was just starting to get For more information, please see our When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, 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. When I asked him about this, he told me that the first stroke on the bass drum pedal was considerably louder than the volume Chad had been using. (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 changed the words to reflect his frustration. FZ, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. The seeds of dissolution were sown during pre-tour rehearsals in L.A. MG: Can you remember some of the things you talked to Frank about before and after the show? I sheepishly added "Um, it's gotta be DIET Coke for it to work". Music and lyrics [ edit] They said, No way. So, Frank canceled the rest of the tour and returned home to Los Angeles, never to tour again. We don't do that. 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. (referring to the absence of the rest of the Airplane band members). Why did Zappa say the 1988 band "self-destructed?". Lonesome Cowboy Burt 02. . The latest entry is a two-CD set that preserves most of a March 25, 1988, gig from Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. 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?" The rest of the time they're playing really complicated parts that are challenging to them, so that keeps 'em on their toes. It's one of the things I've been interested in since the 27th Amendment passed in 1971. 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. Occasionally, I would also use a chart when it proved to be especially needed, particularily in "Alien Orifice". Affiliate programs and FZ: Oh, did you ever see that Cheech and Chong movie where they play these two Arab brothers? The 1988 tour was my favourite tour, by far. []. There were parts of it that were real good, but there were also parts of it that weren't quite up to the normal Zappa standards. So it doesn't sound like Zappa had a problem with him. One Man, One Vote 14. 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. . 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. MG: (jokingly) What happened then? 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. Peaches En Regalia 07. Also Frank's very last rock show. 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. There's actually a great book on the '88 tour if you're interested called, I didn't say Zappa had a vendetta against him, only that it seems that by the end he was exasperated by the Scott situation and pulled the plug. There was a spiritual gap in the band. This is a very effective way of getting our younger generation to take part in the vote to elect our politicians. So Bobby just said (impersonating Robert Martin) 'There is French horn on the DX5 and there is an acoustic piano sound on the Roland digital piano, and good luck'. to be used, you know? We also ended up not doing any more three-hour soundchecks. parts of Lonesome Cowboy Nando, YCDTOSA6; incl. What makes this tour so interesting is that we are making available for all those who see my concerts the opportunity to register to vote. 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. I mean I straightened it out with everybody. No musician alive or dead has ever been more versatile than Zappa, and this concert set proves it. woke up on the wrong side of the cave. Love of My Life 05. Gorgo, TRF], Big Swifty* (incl. I used my own Cry Baby wah-wah and some Korg modification deviced which all fit in one Korg master module. The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life is a double-disc live album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in 1991. They hated each other's guts. 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. This video, while not authorized by the Zappa Family Trust is a cool document of the short-lived 1988 Zappa big band. It was the most fun for me, for a number of reasons. Could you give us an idea what that means? That was the last time I worked for Frank. 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. And I did not expect a response, as it was not necessary. [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Zomby Woof [parts on TBBYNHIYL], King Kong [parts on MAJNH], Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Cruising For Burgers, Rhymin' Man [BTHW], Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland (q: Lohengrin), Whipping Post*, I Am The Walrus* (incl. which is from Graz which is "hairpiece.". 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. Packard Goose Pt. Theme From The Bartok Piano Concert No. It was first released as a 9-track vinyl album through Zappa's label Barking Pumpkin Records in October 1988, and subsequently as a 17-track CD through Rykodisc in 1989. Did you start shaking? Happy Birthday, Chad! On a musical level I loved the whole idea of concepts on albums, but Frank did it better than anybodyhe seemed to refine it so well. I thought for sure I was about to get my face ripped off and expelled from the Zappa sphere. Learn how your comment data is processed. But he just got spoiled rotten and nobody [FZ] himself is a registered Democrat and a strong Dukakis supporter. Q: I liked the Frank Sinatra thing in 'Big Swifty' in Barcelona, 'Strangers in the Night'. That's right! 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). I said "I need another Diet Coke though". NR NEUWERTIG. 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. 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. Finally, he stops me and asks, "Are you sight reading this?" What really happened in 1988? It just occurred when Frank was in a bad mood and However, it was not to be. E: Collapsed?? 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." <br />
Frank Zappa 's final U.S. concert a March 25th, 1988 gig at New York's Nassau Coliseum is the next archival release from the Zappa Trust and UMe . Anyways, I let out a HUGE burp. . I used a Stratocaster and a Telecaster, modified by Midget Sloatman, and a Roland JC77 amp that Steve used in 1982. I haven't touched the guitar since we came off the road. King Kong vamp, Danny Boy*, It Ain't Necessarily So* / Summertime*, Royal March from Aida, Lohengrin, Carmen, 1812 Overture / There Goes My Baby, Peaches En Regalia, Dickie's Such An Asshole (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH], Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Porn War Jam, What's New In Baltimore?, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Trouble Every Day (q: Big Swifty), Penguin In Bondage (q: Bacon Fat), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Stairway To Heaven, Strictly Genteel. 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. [] 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. But once I was thrust into that position and there was so much work that had to be done, that had to take precedence. The 12-member band played 37 shows from February 2 to March 25 of 1988 on the first leg of the U.S. tour. . I know that's what I said, tooMann did. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling) [incl. . E: It's not really anything that needs to be talked about. Tried researching as well as I could with very little luck. I went down and jammed with the band, but it never quite came about. And that's what I'm doing with my music. So for that to be my first professional gig and for it to be such a whirlwind experience from literally 24 hours from being an unknown musician playing in bars in San Diego to being in Frank Zappa's band, it was . Ed Mann, interviewed by Andrew Greenaway, Albert Wing, interviewed by Fred Banta, February 17, 1998. Best heard in the song "A few moments with Brother A. It wasn't like the 1977 band or '78 or '79 band or even the 1982 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?" He just felt that . [parts on BTHW], Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: T'Mershi Duween), Cosmik Debris, Packard Goose Medley, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Any Kind Of Pain, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Peaches En Regalia, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, 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 Pound For A Brown, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments (q: The Black Page), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, Whipping Post (q: Black Napkins), I Am The Walrus, Advance Romance, Stairway To Heaven, Strictly Genteel, Stinkfoot (with Jimmy Swaggart rap)[parts on MAJNH], We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Inca Roads, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Big Swifty, Packard Goose Medley, Find Her Finer, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Why Don't You Like Me?, Outside Now, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Yo Cats, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut, Strictly Genteel, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Stinkfoot [parts on MAJNH], What's New In Baltimore?, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Packard Goose Medley, Let's Move To Cleveland, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Trouble Every Day [TBBYNHIYL], Penguin In Bondage (q: Jingle Bells) [TBBYNHIYL], Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, I Am The Walrus, Zomby Woof, Stairway To Heaven, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: Watermelon In Easter Hay), The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? I was named after her and so most called me Dot. 1. On a bad night, it was me versus the band. They have to brew. Setlists; Artists; Festivals; Venues . What made you decide to tour at this point in time? [YCDTOSA6], Inca Roads, Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, Bolero, The Illinois Enema Bandit. 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). 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. Dot". 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. EM: Yes. MG: Mats, how did you manage to play with Zappa's band? . 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