West (**) and Eric Buxton (***). [YCDTOSA6], Inca Roads, Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, Bolero, The Illinois Enema Bandit. He checked out of this life earlya victim of cancer at age 52but before he did, he released some five dozen albums. 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: 3 Any Kind of Pain Dupree's Paradise Inca Roads Advance Romance Sure enough I belted out 4 amazing burps, and a couple tiny useless ones and he took them into the sampler (key board looking thing?) "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. He could not stand being in the same room with us. The 1988 tour was my favourite tour, by far. Related: When Zappa sat in with Pink Floyd. 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. The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, I Ain't Got No Heart, Black Napkins, Sharleena, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (incl. [parts on BTHW], Texas Motel Medley, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Stolen Moments [parts on BTHW], Murder By Numbers* [BTHW], I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Stairway To Heaven, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Catholic Girls [parts on YCDTOSA6], Crew Slut [parts on YCDTOSA6], Strictly Genteel, Stinkfoot, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, What's New In Baltimore?, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Inca Roads, Zoot Allures, Texas Motel Medley, What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? The Black Page (New Age Version) 3. . 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.". FZ: Oh, just a whole bunch of stuff. 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.. Frank said to a stage hand "get her a Coke!". This tour is one of the most memorable, musically and otherwise. On this tour I'm also bringing my recording studio. Meanwhile, he continued to issue new recordings. This tour is one of the most memorable, musically and otherwise. 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. so I'm always up for reading more about FZlooks like I should check that one out, thanks! which is from Graz which is "hairpiece.". of people. That was the last time I worked for Frank. 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. Other groups that go out with horn sections, their basic function is to play the little punches and pads and boop-boop-boops in between what the electric instruments are doing. 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. 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. 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? 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. 2015-2021 Copyright Best Classic Bands. 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. 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. I lobbied to get the Fowler brothers back in "I got the call from the production manager, and I was gone," Dondorf recalls. Whipping Post 10. The latest entry is a two-CD set that preserves most of a March 25, 1988, gig from Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. With Frank spinning many plates including his home video business and his dabbling in foreign trade the job fell on bassist Scott Thunes. I did all that sound design. . Packard Goose Pt. No you didn't read my post, not Zappa but Ed Mann had a vendetta. The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Marqueson's Chicken, Elvis Has Just Left The Building [parts on BTHW], Cruising For Burgers, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Outside Now [parts on BTHW], Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty*, Rhymin' Man, Sinister Footwear, City Of Tiny Lights, The Torture Never Stops Medley [incl. I mean I didn't have any problem with anybody. I Ain't Got No Heart 4. 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. Lonesome Cowboy Burt 02. It was the most fun for me, for a number of reasons. setlist.fm Add Setlist. With Frank spinning many plates including his home video business and his dabbling in foreign trade the job fell on bassist Scott Thunes. Pound for a Brown 05. So that was a lot of fun for me and very challenging. finest band that I was involved in with Frank. 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. If you think touring can be fun, think again! II 19. the only downside was, "What do you do next?" . 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 would have said, "I would just be screaming 24 hours a day!" . 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Frank Zappa's Band, July - December 1984. Entdecke Musik Express Sounds Nr. We're going to record every concert and it looks as though there should be a live album called, Broadway The Hard Way, later this year. Also Frank's very last rock show. TOP | MAIN | DISCOGRAPHY | SONGLIST | COVERS | NOTES & COMMENTS | CHRONOLOGY | VIDEOGRAPHY, 1988Chronology Sources, Notes & Comments, John Swenson, "Frank ZappaA Misunderstood Man,", Joe Morgenstern, "Frank Zappa's Getting Out The Vote (! 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. II / Lonesome Cowboy Burt (or Jim) / The Torture Never Stops pt. Q: Now a question that every fan would like to ask. But he just got spoiled rotten and nobody Scott was put in a difficult position because he was given the job of running the band; it's really difficult. I wasn't really ever the guy to rely on for this blazing keyboard solo, but among other things, I could play the keyboards. Whatever Happened to Stephen Talbot, Leave It to Beavers Gilbert? II 03. Even so, Dondorf managed to keep things running and after the end of the tour, Frank called to offer him full-time work. It was planned that the 1988 tour should have been continued after Europe with more sho. You can hear these burps on the live album/cds The Best band you've never heard in your life. It wasn't quite Zappa 's last live performance, but it did turn out to be his final concert in the United States. there were some problems with the bassplayer, people not getting along with the bassplayer. MG: Mats, how did you manage to play with Zappa's band? At first I was so afraid that he was mad, I just didn't answer, red face and all. I tried it for one summer of rehearsals, and by the end of it . But no, it was time to perform. It wasn't like the 1977 band or '78 or '79 band or even the 1982 band. That's right! But my primary function as a keyboard player was that I have a feel, especially for the old RnB stuff that Frank loves so much. Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) 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." It was the band we Anyways, I let out a HUGE burp. .' Dot". And with Steve Allen, he served as co-host of a benefit at the nightclub 4D for the Fundamentalists Anonymous Legal Task Force, an organization devoted to assisting disenchanted members of Jim and Tammy Bakker's PTL Club to get back their money. http://www.cidanka.nl/keneally/stbp0397.htm, http://www.tunabase.com/setlists/1988/19880325.html, http://www.keneally.com/reallykeneally.html, http://www.amazon.com/Zappa-Hard-Wa1395248423&sr=1-1&keywords=zappa+the+hard+way, http://www.amazon.com/Zappa-Hard-Way-Andrew-Greenaway/dp/1908724005/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395248423&sr=1-1&keywords=zappa the hard way, Forum Policies, Rules, and Terms of Service, Royal March (Featuring the Long Island Ballet). Since that band was so great, but the problems were only 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. For more information, please see our (referring to the absence of the rest of the Airplane band members). '(loud laughter). 15. (?). The Torture Never Stops Pt. I've listened to his work ever since, over and over and over. I know there was some sort of fighting within the band and FZ called the whole tour off, but what did it all stem from? Entdecke FRANK ZAPPA. 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'. MG: Did you ever have dreams of playing with him? The Beatles Medley 06. For fans, of course, there is also an additional emotional dimension to the tour. Let's just say I'm a booster for democracy.". I changed the words to reflect his frustration. But once I was thrust into that position and there was so much work that had to be done, that had to take precedence. View the statistics of songs played live by Frank Zappa. The whole band was watching impatiently and Frank had me come right up to him and said "could you do that again into the sampler?". The album was one of four to be recorded during the 1988 world tour, along with Broadway the Hard Way, Make a Jazz Noise Here, and posthumously in 2021, Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show. Zappa could shift between serious and silly as easily as he could segue from one musical genre to another. 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. I exhaled so strongly I almost fainted. If it had been a Finally, he stops me and asks, "Are you sight reading this?" The audience didn't really know, but it was another example of the kind of thing that made me want to put the guitar down in the first place. We agree. 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 . E: Collapsed?? All I said was that Zappa got fed up with the whole inter-band fighting by the end and called the vote. West. There were really so many things that we wanted to ask him about, but in fact it ended up being the other way around. M: No. had been dreaming of. 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. 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