I called his office and told them that I sang, played keyboards and guitar, and knew he stuff; if he was interested he could give me a call. The 1988 tour was my favourite tour, by far. Lonesome Cowboy Burt 02. The 12-member band played 37 shows from February 2 to March 25 of 1988 on the first leg of the U.S. tour. CalledZappa 88: The Last U.S. Show, the album offers two-and-a-half hours of previously unreleased music, including 28 tracks from the Long Island event and two from earlier concerts that same month in Rhode Island and Maryland. 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". I haven't touched the guitar since we came off the road. For instance, 'RDNZL' that we never did. 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: 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 read an interview with one of the other band members on the internet recently. Related: Our Album Rewind of the Mothers Were Only In it for the Money. Except for the unreleased material, of course, I learned everything off the records (and CD's, when applicable). It was the band we I have a mobile truck that goes on the road with me. Then, at the end of the tour, this war broke out between the bass player and the drummer. (referring to the absence of the rest of the Airplane band members). It's the only other place to go after that. . Whoever, whatever happens, you know, I'm on his side, totally. Inca Roads 06. On this tour I'm also bringing my recording studio. And those moments, if I wasn't able to get a hold of myself, I could get a little out of control (laughs). . 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 know that's what I said, tooMann did. In 1988, Scott Thunes put me on the guest list for every show, for every sound check and so during the [March 15, 1988] Portland Maine sound check, me and about 5 other special friends were in the front row (just like at every sound checkthe whole concert hall was empty, like it is at most sound checks). Jazz From Hell, Nominations: "At first, I was enjoying playing the guitar again. parts of Lonesome Cowboy Nando, YCDTOSA6; incl. ), 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. Zappa 88: The Last U.S. Showis now available for pre-order before the June 18 release date through the Zappa Family Trust. For fans, of course, there is also an additional emotional dimension to the tour. wanted to play with him because of the way he acted. The Agony and the Ecstasy: we laughed, we criedit is all there in those samples. Best Instrumental Composition I 20. . Then, at the end of the tour, this war broke out between the bass player and the drummer. 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. Whipping Post 10. He asked a stage hand to "go get her a Coke". M: Morgan and I got in touch with the road manager. 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. Alright I got one last [secret word] . Your e-mail address will not be published. Zappa could shift between serious and silly as easily as he could segue from one musical genre to another. 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. 1. There were a lot of laughs on stage, in the hotels, on the planes; we laughed a lot all the time. 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. So anyway, I don't know . His books include the recently published Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters as well as Lennon on Lennon: Conversations with John Lennon, Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters, and Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters. because I wanted to play like . [] 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. Happy Birthday, Chad! DS: Right. Tried researching as well as I could with very little luck. Have a look which song was played how often in 1988! . I call it, "Broadway The Hard Way." 2015-2021 Copyright Best Classic Bands. the only downside was, "What do you do next?" When it was announced there would be a 1988 tour, there was much excitement. For fans, of course, there is also an additional emotional dimension to the tour. 15. It's currently maintained by Oscar Bianco. If I'm sitting around the house, I don't play it. 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 Zappa was as prolific as he was idiosyncratic. Interesting, hadn't read this before. "I always liked Zappa since I was a kid. E: Collapsed?? and our What really happened in 1988? Fans across the country, especially in the South and out West, were anticipating the second U.S. leg. On a good night, the ideas I had for guitar solos came out. 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. 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. 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.". talented and intelligent. That's what I felt . We should increase registration by as much as 250,000 to 300,000 voters. II / Lonesome Cowboy Burt (or Jim) / The Torture Never Stops pt. For three months I was a wreck, and the music suffered because of my mistakes. That's what it was, that's right. It was ridiculous with just one or two in the brass section. This tour is one of the most memorable, musically and otherwise. In the mean time I've managed to play with a lot of wonderful musicians who I respect greatly, but from the standpoint of my heart, once I did the Zappa thing there was no where else to go apart from just to try to create something new for myself to do. . We Asked Him! He was just starting to get It's like this: there is the band and there is the guy who runs the band and then Frank. Q: I liked the Frank Sinatra thing in 'Big Swifty' in Barcelona, 'Strangers in the Night'. Did you start shaking? The whole band watching, waiting, I thought he wanted to rip my face off verbally but no, when I got up there, he said "Can you do that again into the sampler?". M: But the thing was that we didn't actually ask if we could play with him. 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. 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 . this can result in this site earning a commission. Simply put, if someone hadn't learned their part properly, Scott was a pain in the ass. I Left My Heart in San Francisco 09. Scott has a way of expressing dissatisfaction which is not particularly tactful. A Cold Dark Matter, TRF], Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, The Untouchables [parts on BTHW], Strictly Genteel, FZ guitar workout (incl. It's just a different way of looking at things. 4 min read. 'Zappa The Hard Way' documents that tour. FZ, Ike Willis, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Allan Zavod, Bobby Martin, Napoleon Murphy Brock (July 17 - August 1) . FZShows: 1988 - The last tour 1988 Frank Zappa's Band, February - June 1988 FZ, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick. 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 break between TOCLTM and Unle Remus includes a FZ rap only released in the vinyl version of BTHW. Yeah, I don't remember it ever being supposed to be Airplane. I used my own Cry Baby wah-wah and some Korg modification deviced which all fit in one Korg master module. Also returning from the 81 and 82 campaigns was Ed Mann, percussion, synclavier, vocals. Teenage Wind), Stairway To Heaven, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus (with improvisational coda), Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, 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, Packard Goose Medley, The Torture Never Stops, Why Don't You Like Me, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus (q: Echidna's Arf), Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, Chana In De Bushwop, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, 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, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut, Andy, Inca Roads, The Illinois Enema Bandit (q: Wooly Bully), Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Heavy Duty Judy, We're Turning Again, Packard Goose Medley, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Whipping Post*, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, 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 A Pound For A Brown, Cosmik Debris, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: T'Mershi Duween), King Kong (q: Bolero, The Dangerous Kitchen, Happy Birthday To You, Frere Jacques, Harbor Lights),, Stairway To Heaven, Packard Goose Medley, I Am The Walrus, Strictly Genteel, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Stinkfoot, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Dickie's Such An Asshole [parts on BTHW], When The Lie's So Big [parts on BTHW], Planet Of The Baritone Women [parts on BTHW], Any Kind Of Pain [parts on BTHW], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Sofa, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Black Napkins, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights (q: Beer Barrel Polka), A Pound For A Brown (q: City Of Tiny Lights; incl. Whatever Happened to Stephen Talbot, Leave It to Beavers Gilbert? 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. 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? Frank affectionately crowned me "Dr. Entdecke Musik Express Sounds Nr. Mystery Song #4, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes riff, Zoot Allures), FZ tries out tonight's loops (incl. That first U.S. run was primarily all over the Northeast, with eight shows in the Midwest. 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. Then Frank decided he wasn't going to tour at all, and there I was, knowing all his songs with nowhere to play them. . 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'. And Frank would switch the Synclavier to whatever program it was, but I could play it from the silicon mallets. had been dreaming of. I guess his strange humor sort of struck me because I was a strange kid. It was his birthday that night and we did some unusual things. According to The Crux of the Biscuit: By the 88 tour, Zappa would appoint band members to act as a rehearsal leader or Klonemeister to rehearse the rest of the band in his absence. you know you wait that long to play with Frank, I just wanted to continue. Sofa #1 13. ), 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. 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." 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. NR NEUWERTIG. I sheepishly added "Um, it's gotta be DIET Coke for it to work". 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. Since that band was so great, but the problems were only He wanted to know about Zappsteetoot, and he asked us if we could play 'The Be-Bop Tango', 'Mo n Herb's Vacation' and 'Night School'. I had that job in 1978. 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. At first, I was enjoying playing the guitar again. [] 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. 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. 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. 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. West (**) and Eric Buxton (***). By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. it has to be you, Dot! It wasn't quite Zappa 's last live performance, but it did turn out to be his final concert in the United States. Frank said fuck that and sacked everybody. I also loved the structure of his music. Could you give us an idea what that means? 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. Wins: 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. 12" Bildscheibe. Packard Goose Pt. It was the greatest thing in the world. He laughed and I got the job because he found someone who related to his music the way he did.". Basically what they're being asked to do is not to play chords, or harmony parts behind guitar solos. 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