More YouTube nuggets!
Hank writes:
that bloke interviewing fz is the norman gunston/gary macdonald, the same guy who turned up at the hordern gigs and played harp with frank. he appears on FZOZ.
Thanks Hank! In this clip, Frank is playing an accoustic guitar — something I’d have loved to hear/see him do more. I know there’s some splendid accoustic guitar on “The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution” from Läther, but apart from that?
Aside: there’s a handy online tool called KeepVid which allows you to download all these YouTube or GoogleVideo clips. Just so you’d know.
Well, I hope you already had heard “orange claw hammer”, acoustic live at the radio, with only zappa and beefheart!
Plenty of acoustic guitar on Uncle Meat, Barry!
‘Sleep Dirt’ (the song) is two acoustic guitars. And on ‘Canard Du Jour’ Frank is playing electric bouzouki (in a very piquant way!).
“”I know there’s some splendid accoustic guitar on “The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution†from Läther, but apart from that?””
How about the AMAZING acoustic solo from
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama on WRMF?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3gqee7dhcU&search=zappa
Not acoustic but another gem!
Nice! So this was made in january ’76, in Australia?
My favorite FZ TV appearance is the one from
Video From Hell…Auzzie TV again.
I forget the name of the emcee, but it’s the one where Frank plays the band and the audience as an instrument.
People who either don’t know or don’t like Zappa warm up to that one.
He was/is the fucking MAESTRO! I got to meet him once for a minute. It’s a nice story.
KIng Kong! Fuckin’ A!!!! thanx, xorg!
balint: no, it would have been made probably around november/december in the us, or whatever country fz may have been touring at the time, and during the australian ratings “off-season”. i say this because (a) ng mentions to fz about “coming on down” (to oz) and (b) the norman gunston show was rating very highly at the time, hence the budget allowed norman to travel and do his schtick. there’s a fairly comprehensive entry on him on wikipedia.
scott: try to remember the tv show on video from hell. and tell yr story!
hello, cool to see the video on this site, i uploaded it!
unfortunately it has been deleted by youtube for “copyright infringement”. quite why they’re bothered about a 5 minute piece of video from 1976 is beyond me.
i suggest that everyone visit zappateers.com, as that’s where i acquired it in the first place…
I have a couple of tracks with acoustic guitars. I’m not sure that it is Zappa, though each track marked with his name.
1) Acoustic guitar version of “Sofa”
2) Strange, James Last-like piece with somebody called Monsanto
(both tracks found somewhere in e-Mule)
Attribution is doubtful…