I Aint Got No Heart 04. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling) [incl. . FZ: Yeah. I haven't touched the guitar since we came off the road. On a bad night, it was me versus the band. West (**) and Eric Buxton (***). sick and he just said fuck it. Did you start shaking? The other special friends turned to me and then I had to answer "it was me Frank, sorry, won't happen again" with a guilty smile I sank into my seat. Scott has a way of expressing dissatisfaction which is not particularly tactful. Broadway the Hard Way is a live album by American musician Frank Zappa recorded at various performances along his 1988 world tour. 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 I did not expect a response, as it was not necessary. with Scott Thunes why didn't Frank fire him and continue with 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. I was always there for him when it came to music or anything else, that had been a code-phrase that was communicated since I began working with FrankI wrote him several letters to re-iterate that after 88, so he knew. . 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. 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). Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. According to an interview with Frank, a campaign was instigated by a couple of the horn players to rid the band of Scott Thunes on the grounds that he is a terrible bass player. Tried researching as well as I could with very little luck. Related: When Zappa sat in with Pink Floyd. AnyWHO, I let one rip and Frank (who had his back to the empty venue while he was conducting his band) turned around, leered at us, and said "which one of you did that?". Frank's only enjoyment was playing guitar solos, and those fell apart; he ended up not doing any. Even so, Dondorf managed to keep things running and after the end of the tour, Frank called to offer him full-time work. . Affiliate programs and Bruce did the "Ooouuueeeouuugggg", not to be confused with Walt's "Aaaahhhhhhhh" or "Bep-Bep-Bep". 12" Bildscheibe. 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. Frank is so receptive to technical change, it's ridiculous. &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /><br />
have happened. 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. But he just got spoiled rotten and nobody It's just a different way of looking at things. I faked my way through it pretty well, and then he said he wanted me to play, "Strictly Genteel" on the piano. He is wildly Frank said fuck that and sacked everybody. On February 2, 1988, Zappa launched what would prove to be his final tour, playing 81 dates in North America and Europe through June 9. 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. Dot Stein, "Zappa Plays Zappa (And How! DS: Right. We don't do that. 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. . He laughed and I got the job because he found someone who related to his music the way he did.". Get the Frank Zappa Setlist of the concert at Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY, USA on March 11, 1988 from the 1988 US tour Tour and other Frank Zappa Setlists for free on setlist.fm! We were lead to his dressing-room and we started talking. 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? 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? 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. E: Collapsed?? 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.. So anyway, I don't know . 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. '(loud laughter). At first, I was enjoying playing the guitar again. Before the concert, I was so nervous my hands were shaking badly. 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. But once I was thrust into that position and there was so much work that had to be done, that had to take precedence. Jeff Burger's website, byjeffburger.com, contains more than four decades' worth of music reviews and commentary. 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. Dickies Such an Asshole 10. Jorma said to the audience as they began to play "What's wrong with this picture?" Another aspect of that tour was Ike and I would always be trying to guess where Frank was going to go with the lyrics tonight and a lot of times, we all hit it together and guessed the same thing at the same time. Inca Roads 6. That's right! Frank said to a stage hand "get her a Coke!". I wasn't really ever the guy to rely on for this blazing keyboard solo, but among other things, I could play the keyboards. Next, they traveled to Europe, where from April 9 to June 9 they played 41 more dates. I mean I straightened it out with everybody. Pink Floyd Sets Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set. Let's just say I'm a booster for democracy.". His playing style and his methods were etched in my brain. For three months I was a wreck, and the music suffered because of my mistakes. "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. . Peaches En Regalia 07. From the time that I was nine years old, Frank was my musical hero. [] 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. [parts on BTHW], 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, The Torture Never Stops Medley [Lonesome Cowboy Burt on TBBYNHIYL], Packard Goose Medley, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Bamboozled By Love, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, Andy, Inca Roads, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Sofa, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Packard Goose Medley, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (incl. 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. Stairway to Heaven 08. Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by RobGordon35, Mar 19, 2014. [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. 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 went down and jammed with the band, but it never quite came about. Obviously they assumed that the result of this attempted hijack would be the hiring of a new bassist. 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. All Rights reserved. Packard Goose Pt. . Called Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show, the album offers two-and-a-half hours of previously unreleased music . 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. 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. And I said, "No." in the back seat. Love of My Life 5. And then in 1988 he went all the way and had five, which is the best. One Man, One Vote 14. Guest appearances by Mats berg on Keyboards (*), Morgan gren on drums (*), and Dweezil Zappa on guitar (**). DS: OK, speaking about Towson, in that show something kind of peculiar happened havin' to do with Bob Rice giving somebody an enema. T'Mershi Duween, q: Sleep Dirt, Echidna's Arf ), Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Whipping Post** (q: Handsome Cabin Boy), I Am The Walrus (incl. I Left My Heart in San Francisco 09. Simply put, if someone hadn't learned their part properly, Scott was a pain in the ass. you know you wait that long to play with Frank, I just wanted to continue. 4 min read. . And those moments, if I wasn't able to get a hold of myself, I could get a little out of control (laughs). EM: Yes. ", "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?" Jazz From Hell (Track). ), Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, I Am The Walrus, Crew Slut (q: Smoke On The Water), The Black Page, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Eric Dolphy Memorial [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Advance Romance, Let's Move To Cleveland, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Heavy Duty Judy, Why Don't You Like Me?, Any Kind Of Pain, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Texas Motel Medley, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Stinkfoot, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Bacon Fat [BTHW], Stolen Moments [parts on BTHW], When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Texas Motel Medley, What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? A Cold Dark Matter, TRF], Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, The Untouchables [parts on BTHW], Strictly Genteel, FZ guitar workout (incl. I would just talk to him and see what was up. We have the option to vote for members of our government, we have fought for hundreds of years for this right, while other countries do not have any rights at all, we should be grateful and use this opportunity to express our popular opinion. the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. Also returning from the 81 and 82 campaigns was Ed Mann, percussion, synclavier, vocals. Frank affectionately crowned me "Dr. Emboldened on discovering that no house mixer had yet been hired, Harry told Coy to throw his name into the hat. Love it or hate it, though, youll have to agree that theres never been anyone quite like Frank Zappa. And the show began with us playing the vamp from "It Ain't Necessarily So", which was in G minor and went "Dunnn, duh-dun Dunt Dunnn, Dunnn duh-dun Dunt Dunnn". Daniel [Schorr] sat in with the band during the first part of the show. Saying 'It was 'not sufficient that he hated him, he turned everyone else against him' (para). which is from Graz which is "hairpiece.". 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? On this tour I'm also bringing my recording studio. Frank would change some lyrics around and we would follow. In the band for the first (and last) time was Mike Keneally, stunt guitar, keyboards, vocals. ), A Pound For A Brown, The Dangerous Kitchen, What's New In Baltimore?, Outside Now, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, Cruising For Burgers [parts on MAJNH], Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Stairway To Heaven, Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, Sharleena, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: Muffin Man), Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, Keep It Greasey, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: Hall Of The Mountain King), Texas Motel Medley, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (incl. I also loved the structure of his music. 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. I almost joined the band in I think 1980, but it didn't quite happen. . ), 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. Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) Sharleena 7. Who Needs the Peace Corps? This tour is one of the most memorable, musically and otherwise. so . We also ended up not doing any more three-hour soundchecks. Q: Now a question that every fan would like to ask. Also other data will not be shared with third person. &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /><br />
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. . We gave him a cassette but he didn't listen to it. Lonesome Cowboy Burt 02. Lohengrin, Carmen, 1812 Overture) [parts on MAJNH], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage (q: Lohengrin), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel [solo on BTHW], Who Needs The Peace Corps? Inca Roads 06. Rather than replace Thunes, Zappa cancelled almost three months of concerts and never toured again - claiming to have lost $400,000 in the process. Another 40 or so have followed posthumously and theres no end in sight. The Torture Never Stops Pt. 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 band was not amused, this was a sound check that was already around the 2 hour mark, for some reason they kept going over Bolero repeatedly, but then again Frank was a perfectionist. The seeds of dissolution were sown during pre-tour rehearsals in L.A. 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. It's actually fairly pathetic but I managed to get through it and, hopefully, do a good job. That was the last time I worked for Frank. please send me any corrections or additions - changelog. 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 Finally, during the European leg, Frank asked everyone in the band, separately, if they would consent to doing the remaining 10 or so weeks of the tour, which would have covered the West Coast and various points inward, if Scott was in the band. 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. parts of When Yuppies Go To Hell, MAJNH], Stairway To Heaven, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (q: March Of The Cuckoos), The Untouchables, America The Beautiful, FZ guitar workout and loops (incl: Octandre, Big Swifty, Inca Roads, Carmen, A Pound For A Brown), various instruments soundcheck (q: Black Napkins, What's New In Baltimore, Packard Goose, Inca Roads, Any Kind Of Pain, Eat That Question), Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Sofa, Stevie's Spanking, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Filthy Habits, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk Monologue (w/ Eric Buxton), (q: Money), The Black Page (q: Filthy Habits), Royal March from L'Histoire Du Soldat (incl. It didn't really collapse. 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. I've listened to his work ever since, over and over and over. It was an incredible band and we had the right combination So there was a lot of material that we could have learnt. Zappa could shift between serious and silly as easily as he could segue from one musical genre to another. 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?" I have a mobile truck that goes on the road with me. Finally, he stops me and asks, "Are you sight reading this?" MG: Did you ever have dreams of playing with him? 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. Scott Thunes, interviewed by Thomas Wictor. There is the magic story of the death of the best band you never heard in your life. He just felt that . 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. Occasionally, I would also use a chart when it proved to be especially needed, particularily in "Alien Orifice". And so I just spent the last six weeks of the tour trying to wend my way through this garbage that was going on onstage. They hated each other's guts. [FZ] himself is a registered Democrat and a strong Dukakis supporter. When it was announced there would be a 1988 tour, there was much excitement. 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. Whatever Happened to Stephen Talbot, Leave It to Beavers Gilbert? 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. 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. There were really so many things that we wanted to ask him about, but in fact it ended up being the other way around. 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). It was very difficult, because things had deteriorated nastily. 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. 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