Zappa

[pablopepper]

Quote from rhay on June 4, 2013, 07:25
I have a fairly complete collection, bar one or two of the boot legs.

Another treat for the uninitiated is the Shut up and Play Your Guitar series.....amazing!

I started with a collection, but have been a bit overwhelmed at the sheer number of albums the man put out. I will buy anything I see of his on the spot if I don't already have it, but I've only got about 40 albums. I remember reading somewhere his catalogue is 88 official releases. That's insane! What are you missing?

While I love the SUAPYG series, I'm not sure it's a good place to start for Zappa noobs. I always recommend Apostrophe ('). His most accessible album I reckon.

[rhay]

Good call, that or Overnight Sensation?

However I did think that guys on a guitar Forum might handle being bumped up to the Shut Up series.

I have 122 titles, and the things I haven't got are a handful of rare bootlegs (which I'm not too fussed about).

60 official releases while living (not counting overseas editions).
44 posthumous releases (including compilations) and counting.....

[rhay]

My Partner has instructed me to tell you that I also have a Frank "Mustache" logo tattoo, on my chest, over my heart.....

But now I'm addicted to guitar kits too! Yay!!

[pablopepper]

122!!! Whoa.

[Bass Guy]

Ok, here's a hard one for the Zappaphiles amongst us:

Using only the people he played with, compile your ultimate Dream Zappa Band Line-Up.

Mine would be:

FZ- guitar, vocals
Tommy Mars- keys
Robert Martin- b/v, keys, sax
Ian Underwood- winds
Ruth Underwood- percussion
Ike Willis -vocals
Mike Keneally- b/v, guitar, aux keys.
Patrick O'Hearn- bass
Vinnie Colaiuta- drums

Plus maybe (as a cheat) the horn section from the '88 tour...

ps- yes, Keneally beats Vai out of this position for me. Keneally is more versatile, which counts for heaps with Zappa.

[rhay]

This is very hard...

However I've had a crack, using a bit of licence with 2 x Drummers (although Frank did perform with 2 a number of times)

Frank - guitar, vocals
Mark Volman – vocals
Ike Willis - guitar, vocals
Ray White – guitar, vocals
George Duke – keyboards, vocals (although Tommy Mars is a very close 2nd)
Robert Martin - b/v, keys, sax
Ian Underwood - winds
Ruth Underwood - percussion
Jeff Simmons – bass
Chad Wackerman – drums
Chester Thompson – drums

But if you ask me tomorrow my answer will be different.

[pablopepper]

I'll keep FZ, Tommy Mars, Ian and Ruth Underwood and Ike Willis, and substitute Napoleon Murphy Brock, Adrian Belew, Roy Estrada (controversy aside), and a toss up between Aynsley Dunbar and Terry Bozzio on drums.

[rhay]

Quote from pablopepper on June 6, 2013, 19:40
I'll keep FZ, Tommy Mars, Ian and Ruth Underwood and Ike Willis, and substitute Napoleon Murphy Brock, Adrian Belew, Roy Estrada (controversy aside), and a toss up between Aynsley Dunbar and Terry Bozzio on drums.

Classic early to mid 70's line-up (although Tommy was a late-comer)!! Even with Stoopid Roy...

[pablopepper]

This vid comes very close to being the perfect line-up for me. Plus it features the gonzales SG and one of my favourite songs. Bonus. Zappa, Belew, Bozzio, Mars, O'Hearn and I believe Peter Wolf (not 100% sure on him). From the Baby Snakes film.
[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH-rR42jeI0[/embed]

[rhay]

Nice Pablo.