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Tag Archives: Alumni
Mats & Morgan Play Beefheart
In keeping with the general Beefheartian theme of recent posts, I recently found this video of the Mats/Morgan Band performing Captain Beefheart’s “Lick My Decals Off, Baby”. Line Up: Freddie Wadling – lead vocals Morgan Ågren – drums Denny Walley … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Captain Beefheart, Music, YouTubery
Tagged Alumni, Captain Beefheart, cover versions, don van vliet, DVDs, mats/morgan band, new cds, video
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Ban(ne)d From Utopia — Stuttgart, 1994
In the summer of 1994, promoters from the Jazz Open festival in in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany, contacted the Fowler Brothers. Chad Wackerman interview at Idiot Bastard: The Fowler Brothers [Tom & Bruce] got a call from a festival in … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1994, Alumni, ban(ne)d from utopia, dvd, jazz open festival, live, stuttgart, Zappa
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Frank Zappa — Composer & Guitarist
In the above clip, an audio interview circa 1984, Frank Zappa talks about soloing on the guitar, his attitudes toward live performances, and his relationship with his audience (listen closely at the 7:05 point for a relevant opinion of Frank’s … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Interview, YouTubery
Tagged Alumni, audio documentary, composer, Frank Zappa, guitarist, improvisation, Interview, jazz, solos
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I Am All Day And Night: The Music Of Frank Zappa
Remember Barry’s post “Odds & Ends” back at the end of January? One of the “Ends” he mentioned was the CBC Radio 2 – Inside The Music program, “I Am All Day And Night: The Music Of Frank Zappa” written … Continue reading
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Tagged Alumni, audio documentary, cbc radio 2, Frank Zappa
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The Be-Bop Bass Notes: Tom Fowler Interview
The audition was very simple. He had me play a couple of odd muted things and groove for a while, and then he said ‘OK, you’re it’. That was a really good band. I then just did Frank’s stuff for … Continue reading