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. And I said, "No." follow. The latest entry is a two-CD set that preserves most of a March 25, 1988, gig from Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling) [incl. Q: I liked the Frank Sinatra thing in 'Big Swifty' in Barcelona, 'Strangers in the Night'. 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" []. All the equipment was borrowed from Frank. In 1988 when Frank came to Stockholm with the Broadway the Hard Way tour, me and Mats got to meet and play with Zappa on his gig in Stockholm, as guests! Also returning from the 81 and 82 campaigns was Ed Mann, percussion, synclavier, vocals. With Frank spinning many plates including his home video business and his dabbling in foreign trade the job fell on bassist Scott Thunes. The new album, to be released June 18, will also include two extras. When he told me that, I said, "I'll gladly quit." For three months I was a wreck, and the music suffered because of my mistakes. woke up on the wrong side of the cave. Meanwhile, he continued to issue new recordings. in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! That was the this can result in this site earning a commission. [Marque] Coy and Andronis had worked together in the '70s for Chris De Burgh, a superstar in Europe (if barely an opening act in the U.S.). 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. I've only ever read the Real Frank Zappa Book (which is a ****in' riot!) He resented the "ganging-up" taking place without anyone confronting him personally before calling a big old band meeting and bringing Frank into it. I changed the words to reflect his frustration. 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. 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. there were some problems with the bassplayer, people not getting along with the bassplayer. 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. Q: Could you give us some details about these problems? It wasn't quite Zappa 's last live performance, but it did turn out to be his final concert in the United States. MI; Vienna; and Florence. Could you tell us from your point of view something about the disaster . 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 Zappa 88: The Last U.S. Showis now available for pre-order before the June 18 release date through the Zappa Family Trust. I used a Stratocaster and a Telecaster, modified by Midget Sloatman, and a Roland JC77 amp that Steve used in 1982. 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. Love it or hate it, though, youll have to agree that theres never been anyone quite like Frank Zappa. 4 min read. 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. It's the only other place to go after that. E: Collapsed?? Frank motioned to me and said "come here, come up here" and pointed to the stairs on the side of the stage. 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. Chances are good youll enjoy this album. View the statistics of songs played live by Frank Zappa. It's currently maintained by Oscar Bianco. When Lovin Spoonful Members Reunited for a Great Cause in L.A. Roger Daltrey on Woodstock, Tommy: Career-Spanning Interview, The Jaggerz The Rapper: You Know What Hes After, Rickie Lee Jones Debut: Hipster Chic, Beyond Laurel Canyon, Leon Russell Signature Songs Gets Reissue: Listen, #1 Singles of 1970: A Bridge to a New Decade. 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. The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, 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, Why Don't You Like Me?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, presidential popularity poll, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, King Kong (incl. I guzzled down the Diet Coke, band, Frank and front row of amused Special guest (one of which was my girlfriend Jenny Jupiter) watched on, kind of impatiently. We'd play just two songs, and then he'd get out of there. When Yuppies Go To Hell [parts on MAJNH]), Packard Goose Medley, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, Sofa, Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Stinkfoot, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, The Orange County Lumber Truck, When Yuppies Go To Hell, I Am The Walrus, Zoot Allures [TBBYNHIYL], 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 [incl. He is wildly 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. We gave him a cassette but he didn't listen to it. The only times that I would really just vibe on it and just completely get off on it beyond my wildest dreams was when we were on stage and Frank was taking a long solo that didn't require me to back him up and I would just be sitting there watching him play. 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. 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. Frank said to a stage hand "get her a Coke!". 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. I can just imagine me telling Frank 'Come on, man, let me sit in, I know how to play 'Muffin Man'. 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 But once I was thrust into that position and there was so much work that had to be done, that had to take precedence. Alright I got one last [secret word] . That's what it was, that's right. Zappa could shift between serious and silly as easily as he could segue from one musical genre to another. Usually Frank liked it. Dot". MG: So it was like 'If you wanna do it, you can do it'? He was just starting to get The Black Page (New Age Version) 3. Inca Roads 6. We Are Doing Voter Registration Here 02. When it was announced there would be a 1988 tour, there was much excitement. DS: So I'll have to see the movie to understand that. another bass player? The Agony and the Ecstasy: we laughed, we criedit is all there in those samples. The Nassau Coliseum show features the first time the complete Beatles medley has been issued: Norwegian Wood > Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds > Strawberry Fields Forever.. Inca Roads 06. Everything else I said jibed with what you said regarding Mann. 3 Any Kind of Pain Dupree's Paradise Inca Roads Advance Romance 1. FZ, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. Yankee Doodle Boy), Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Trouble Every Day (q: Smoke On The Water), Penguin In Bondage (q: Jingle Bells), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (incl. Actually it was something that I didn't tell them to put on stage, but the alto sax player had it hanging off of his stand. What really happened in 1988? the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. . 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. My uncle produced the 1973 Stockholm TV special that Zappa did, so he knew this guy. But my reading is so slow that it always proved more efficient to learn things by ear Scott (Thunes, bassplayer and as "Clonemeister" in charge of teaching and rehearsing the band in '88 -aa) wrote me a chart for the piano accompaniment in the Bartok piecea fairly simple part but it took me hours to learn it. Also other data will not be shared with third person. This tour is one of the most memorable, musically and otherwise. The Torture Never Stops Pt. (referring to the absence of the rest of the Airplane band members). 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. [] 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. 1988 European Tour (44) 1988 US tour (37) Halloween Run 1977 (6) Songs; Albums; Avg Setlist; Covers; With; Concert Map; Songs played by . 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. and our It didn't really collapse. 1 16. "Ok, get her a DIET Coke!" 1981. Bolero 11. It was the band we Cookie Notice He could not stand being in the same room with us. I haven't touched the guitar since we came off the road. 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?". . I was named after her and so most called me Dot. Stairway to Heaven 08. [] And that's what I let him know. It wasnt quite Zappas last live performance, but it did turn out to be his final concert in the United States. "At first, I was enjoying playing the guitar again. 15. It was Zappa's first tour in nearly three years, a major musical event, yet when asked why he was going on the road again, the outspoken musician explained, "It's an election year. I can play all the technical and demanding parts; that was no problem. Previously listed as 1988 02 12 I mean I straightened it out with everybody. I lobbied to get the Fowler brothers back in [] 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. 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 almost joined the band in I think 1980, but it didn't quite happen. 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. (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 thought it was a dream actually. Another 40 or so have followed posthumously and theres no end in sight. I tried it for one summer of rehearsals, and by the end of it . [Dave Dondorf] ended up with Frank Zappa by chance when a friend passed a rumor along that Frank needed a new technician for the '88 tour. He made himself it has to be you, Dot! It wasn't the band it was Scott Thunes. so I'm always up for reading more about FZlooks like I should check that one out, thanks! because I wanted to play like . Ed Mann was the one who really had the problem with Scott at first, and during the course of the tour the other guys in the band started to see things his way. 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. When the Lies So Big 11. If you think touring can be fun, think again! M: (laughter) Ja, of course. III; Trouble Every Day in the European performances always includes a Thirteen vamp; Who Needs The Peace Corps always includes I Left My Heart In San Francisco at the end; Why Don't You Like Me is a revised version, with different lyrics, of Tell Me You Love Me. Ike did the Sam Kinnison Death Scream. It was planned that the 1988 tour should have been continued after Europe with more sho. . When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, I 20. . 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. It was his birthday that night and we did some unusual things. 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. Held over from the 1984 group were Bobby Martin, keyboards, synclavier, vocals; Ike Willis, rhythm guitar, vocals; Scott Thunes, bass, mini-moog; and Chad Wackerman, drums, electronic percussion. Frank is so receptive to technical change, it's ridiculous. 3 Any Kind of Pain Dupree's Paradise Inca Roads Advance Romance finest band that I was involved in with Frank. MAIN | DISCOGRAPHY | SONGLIST | COVERS | NOTES & COMMENTS | CHRONOLOGY | VIDEOGRAPHY. In 1988, I went on Zappa's "Broadway the Hardway" tour and never asked for a penny for massaging Frank and the rest of his giant band. 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. . So we would use it during the improvisations or during 'Norwegian Wood'. to be used, you know? I read an interview with one of the other band members on the internet recently. FZ: Oh, did you ever see that Cheech and Chong movie where they play these two Arab brothers? And Frank would switch the Synclavier to whatever program it was, but I could play it from the silicon mallets. Dickies Such an Asshole 10. . Why did Zappa say the 1988 band "self-destructed?". There is the magic story of the death of the best band you never heard in your life. I said "I need another Diet Coke though". Privacy Policy. Peaches En Regalia 07. Those samples kind of became the signature sounds of that tour. 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. . 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