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Category Archives: YouTubery
“MyKeneally Tour” at Emerald Hall, Braintree, MA.
Imagine your favorite musician or group performing for you and your friends in your very own living room, backyard, or rented hall? That’s what Mike Keneally and Bryan Beller did last year when they put out the call to their … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Mike Keneally, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2009, bryan beller, covers, Mike Keneally, touring
11 Comments
Yugen & Rock In Opposition
For as long as I have been a music listener, it has very often perplexed me that the music, and the artists, with which I listened to on an increasingly regular basis, and increasingly over the years and decades – … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Official Releases, Personal, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, Italy, rock in opposition, streaming audio, yugen
1 Comment
George Duke Band plays Zappa
For as long as I’ve been a fan of Frank Zappa‘s music, I’ve also been a fan of the music of George Duke. Indeed, both musicians have taken me on musical trips I could never have imagined going on.
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, Frank Zappa, george duke, germany, Jazz Club Minden, the george duke band
17 Comments
Hey Nineteen
I’ve always loved Steely Dan’s music. I can see straight linear connections between both theirs and Frank Zappa’s music: the luscious brass sections (in particular with regard to Grande/Petite Wazoo, FZ’s ’88 tour, and so on), the odd chord changes … Continue reading
Sore TappaZ Plays Zappa – Amsterdam Blue Note, June 2010
Based in Leverkusen, Amsterdam – band leader and vocalist Christopher Klassen‘s home town – Sore TappaZ plays Klassen‘s original compositions as well as and the music of Frank Zappa.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, Amsterdam, Amsterdam Blue Note, Christopher Klassen, Sore TappaZ, zappa covers
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John Lennon’s 70th Birthday
Imagine Peace.
Duo Disecheis plays Frank Zappa
Recorded Live at Incontri Musicali a Pergola – Sala dell’Abbondanza, Pergola (PU-Italy) on October 26th, 2008. The superimposition of two sounds with different pitches. It was considered dysechia: an unpleasant and disagreeable sound. Yet time and again things that have … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2008, bebop tango, David Brutti, Duo Disecheis, Filippo Farinelli, Uncle Meat, zappa chamber music, zappa covers
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78 Years Ago Yesterday…
In a house that someone used to live in, little Donny Preston, also known as little Dom DeWilde or little Biff Debrie, was born on September 21st, 1932 in Flint, Michigan. Happy Birthday, Don!
FZ Interview – KYUU-FM San Francisco, 1984
In this three part KYUU-FM radio interview with Frank Zappa broadcast on May 17th, 1984 in San Francisco, California, Zappa talks about some his early guitar influences (Johnny Guitar Watson and Clarence Gatemouth Brown, for instance), the reasons which led … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, YouTubery
Tagged 1984, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Frank Zappa, johnny guitar watson, orchestral music
2 Comments
Public Service Announcement
Via Dangerous Minds, hat tip Mike McCroy.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Heh Heh, Miscellany, YouTubery
6 Comments