I love Yellow Shark.I love all FZ's works & " Peaches " is one of my favorites because it translates well weather its the rock version or the orchestral version . Ive allways liked modern classical music & the older i get the more im attracted to Franks orchestral works .
I rember seeing an interview with Jimmy Carl Black where the Mothers were working with the London Symphony Orchestra & Frank just jumped up on the podium & started conducting the most famous orchestra in the world & doing it with authority .
After the LSO finished the piece of music Jimmy asked Frank " Man where the fuck did you learn to conduct an orchestra !" Frank replied " Oh i went to the library over the weekend & read a book " .
Heres Frank Conducting the Yellow Shark Evening with one of my favorite electronic pieces from Jazz from Hell , this is right before he passed away .
The G-Spot tornado , the standing ovation from the orchestra & audience speaks volumes , too damm bad 99% of Americans only know him for Montana & Yellow snow .
Same here , FZ & King Crimson lead me to discover tons of music , before the internet I'd take the names of their musicians to the record store & research the catalogs .I love Yellow Shark.
Zappa was, and is very much misunderstood by most people.
He had zero tolerance for drug use by his band members. He did not do drugs, except for nicotine and alcohol..
He was an extremely stern taskmaster, he would only hire the best of the best to play in his band. His auditions are legendary, he made players sweat bullets to get the job.
Zappa is the primary reason that I became interested in different types of music, most notably jazz and classical.
Thanks Frank.
@Wavels, dont know if your hip to Esperanza but Lately ive really been digging this girl , on top of being smokin hot she's a hella good musician with a sweet sweet voice .
Same here , FZ & King Crimson lead me to discover tons of music , before the internet I'd take the names of their musicians to the record store & research the catalogs .
After seeing the Mothers 1st incarnation I was a follower of the band , after seeing the 2nd incarnation of the Mothers with George Duke & Jean Luc Ponty I became a hard core Mother head & bought all the fusion jazz I could get my hands on .
You look at genius like Zappa , Robert Fripp , Duke , Bozzio , Stanley Clark , John McLaughlin etc & wonder wtf has happened to highly skilled musicians within main stream music , now it's all about good looks vs musicianship .
I gotta go with my son to look at why one of our rental houses roof is leaking & when I get back I'll post a video I think you'd like of an absolutely beautiful and highly talented female jazz artist I've been digging alot lately .