http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Dunk&feedformat=atomZappa Wiki Jawaka - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T00:27:29ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.34.2http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=82/07/07_Milan_Italy_Parco_Redecesio&diff=957582/07/07 Milan Italy Parco Redecesio2006-01-13T12:11:53Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Fine Girl]] recorded for [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Fine_Girl&diff=23380Fine Girl2006-01-13T12:10:51Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>==Lyrics==<br />
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Well, yeah, well<br><br />
Oh yeah<br><br />
She was a fine girl<br><br />
She could get down wit de get down<br><br />
All de way down<br><br />
She do yer laundry<br><br />
She change a tire<br><br />
Chop a little wood for de fire<br><br />
Poke it around . . . if it died down<br><br />
<br><br />
Oh yeah<br><br />
She was a fine girl<br><br />
She go up in the mornin'<br><br />
She go down in the evenin' . . . all de way down<br><br />
She do the dishes<br><br />
If you wishes<br><br />
Silverware too<br><br />
Make it look brand new . . . when she get through<br><br />
Oh yeah<br><br />
She was a fine girl<br><br />
Outa this world<br><br />
<br><br />
Well, yeah, well, yeah, well, yeah, well<br><br />
Oh yeah<br><br />
She was a fine girl<br><br />
(Oh . . . )<br><br />
She could get down wit de get down<br><br />
All de way down<br><br />
She do your laundry<br><br />
(Oh no)<br><br />
She change a tire<br><br />
(Yeah yeah)<br><br />
Chop a little wood for de fire<br><br />
(Ooh)<br><br />
Poke it around . . . if it died down<br><br />
<br><br />
Oh yeah<br><br />
(Oh yeah)<br><br />
She was a fine girl<br><br />
(Fine girl)<br><br />
With a lovely smile<br><br />
With a bucket on her head<br><br />
Fulla water from de well<br><br />
She could run a mile<br><br />
Oh yeah<br><br />
(Yeah . . . )<br><br />
She wouldn't spill a drop<br><br />
It'd stay on top<br><br />
(No no)<br><br />
Her head was kinda flat<br><br />
But her hair covered that<br><br />
She was a fine girl<br><br />
(Yeah yeah fine girl, my)<br><br />
Didn't need no school<br><br />
(No)<br><br />
She was built like a mule<br><br />
(Like a mule)<br><br />
With a thong sandal<br><br />
Well, wasn't no kinda job she could not handle<br><br />
(Prrrr . . . oh-how)<br><br />
She could get down . . .<br><br />
(Go . . . )<br><br />
Wit de get down<br><br />
(Yeah yeah)<br><br />
All de way down<br><br />
(WOW)<br><br />
We need some more like dat<br><br />
(We need)<br><br />
In dis kinda town<br><br />
(Some more like dat)<br><br />
We need some more like dat<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
(In dis kin-da)<br><br />
In dis kinda town<br><br />
(In dis kinda town)<br><br />
(Tow-win . . . Hey!)<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
We need some more like dat<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
(We need some more)<br><br />
In dis kinda town<br><br />
(In dis kinda town)<br><br />
(Like dat in dis)<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
We need some more like dat<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
(Kin-da tow-win)<br><br />
In dis kinda town<br><br />
(In dis kinda town)<br><br />
(Hey! We need)<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
We need some more like dat<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
(Some more like dat)<br><br />
In dis kinda town<br><br />
(In dis kinda town)<br><br />
(In dis kin-da)<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
We need some more like dat<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
(Tow-win . . . Hey!)<br><br />
In dis kinda town<br><br />
(In dis kinda town)<br><br />
(We need some more)<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
We need some more like dat<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
(Like dat in dis)<br><br />
In dis kinda town<br><br />
(In dis kinda town)<br><br />
(Kin-da tow-win)<br><br />
(We need some more like dat)<br><br />
We need some more like dat<br><br />
(Hey!)<br><br />
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==Players On This Song==<br />
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===[[Tinseltown Rebellion]] version:===<br />
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[[Frank Zappa]] - guitar & vocals<br />
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[[Ike Willis]] - guitar & vocals<br />
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[[Ray White]] - guitar & vocals<br />
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[[Tommy Mars]] - keyboards<br />
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[[Bob Harris]] - high vocals<br />
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[[Arthur Barrow]] - bass<br />
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[[David Logeman]] - drums<br />
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===[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]] Version:===<br />
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[[Frank Zappa]] - guitar & lead vocal<br />
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[[Ray White]] - guitar & vocal<br />
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[[Steve Vai]] - stunt guitar<br />
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[[Tommy Mars]] - keyboards<br />
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[[Bobby Martin]] - keyboards/sax & vocal<br />
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[[Ed Mann]] - percussion<br />
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[[Scott Thunes]] - bass & vocal<br />
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[[Chad Wackerman]] - drums<br />
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==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==<br />
===Singles===<br />
===Zappa Albums & Side Projects===<br />
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[[Strictly Commercial]]<br />
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[[Tinseltown Rebellion]]<br />
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[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]]<br />
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===Tribute & Cover Albums=== <br />
==Notes About This Song==<br />
[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]] version recorded at [[82/07/07 Milan Italy Parco Redecesio|Parco Redecesio, Milan July 7, 1982]]<br />
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==CC Clues In This Song==<br />
[[Category:Tracks]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Ralphe_Armstrong&diff=7278Ralphe Armstrong2005-06-22T10:05:43Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Ralphe Armstrong]] Bass Player. Born: 1956, Detroit. Classically trained at Michigan's Interlochen School of Fine Arts for four years before joining the Mahavishnu Orchestra at the age of 17 (1973-1975). <br />
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He played with Zappa in London, Ontario, on December 5, 1975 and in Detroit, Michigan, on November 19, 1976 <br />
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Joined ex Mahavishnu Orchestra violinist [[Jean-Luc Ponty]] for the Enigmatic Ocean album [Atlantic, 1977] and a Live album [Rhino, 1978], which he describes as the "best example of my electric bass playing on record."<br />
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Having spent most of the 1980's raising his children he has returned to playing around Detroit and teaching at the Oberlin Conservatory.<br />
<br />
<br />
- sitting in with the band.<br />
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==Zappa Albums==<br />
* [[An Evening In Detroit]]<br />
* [[Conceptual Continuity (BTB)|Conceptual Continuity]]<br />
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[[Category:Bandmembers]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Good_Singin%27_Good_Playin%27&diff=18822Good Singin' Good Playin'2005-06-22T08:46:34Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Grand Funk Railroad]] - "[[Good Singin' Good Playin']]" (LP, MCA 2216, August 9, 1976)<br />
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FZ: Producer and Backing Vocals<br />
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[[Category:Side Projects]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Grand_Funk_Railroad&diff=15471Grand Funk Railroad2005-06-22T08:45:45Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Grand Funk Railroad]] - "[[Good Singin' Good Playin']]" (LP, MCA 2216, August 9, 1976)<br />
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FZ: Producer and Backing Vocals.<br />
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Although [[Grand Funk Railroad]] had split up they reformed after FZ expressed an interest in producing them. The album was not particularly successful and they split up again. <br />
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[[Category:Side Projects]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Don_Brewer&diff=7557Don Brewer2005-06-22T08:39:36Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>Born 09/03/1948, in Flint, MI, Don Brewer was a founding member of [[Grand Funk Railroad]]. Don provided bongos for FZ on [[Studio Tan]] and [[Läther]], and can be heard as a guest musician on [[An Evening In Detroit]].<br />
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[[Category:Bandmembers]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Project_Charter&diff=6126Project Charter2005-06-21T04:53:32Z<p>Dunk: Spam removed</p>
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== Warning ==<br />
Listening to Zappa music could be '''INTELLECTUALLY REWARDING'''!</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Flo_%26_Eddie&diff=11268Flo & Eddie2005-06-20T19:10:53Z<p>Dunk: /* Records With Zappa */</p>
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<div>'''Flo &amp; Eddie''' are [[Mark Volman]] (Flo) and [[Howard Kaylan]] (Eddie), founders of [[The Turtles]], bandmembers of [[The Mothers]], who started their own career under this name after leaving Zappa.<br />
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==Records With Zappa==<br />
* [[Fillmore East, June 1971]]<br />
* [[Just Another Band From L.A.]]<br />
* [[An Evening In Detroit]], disc 3<br />
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==Records With Zappa Covers==<br />
* [[An Evening In Detroit]], disc 1<br />
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==Records With Zappa Musicians==<br />
==Bandmembers==<br />
* [[Howard Kaylan]] <br />
* [[Mark Volman]]<br />
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==Contact==<br />
==Conceptual Continuity==<br />
[[Category:Tributes &amp; Cover Bands]]<br />
[[Category:Bandmembers]]<br />
[[Category:Supporting Cast]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Eddie_Are_You_Kidding%3F&diff=7927Eddie Are You Kidding?2005-06-20T19:09:57Z<p>Dunk: Just another day in the wiki discography :-(</p>
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<div>==Lyrics==<br />
==Players On This Song==<br />
[[Flo &amp; Eddie]]<br />
<br />
==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==<br />
===Zappa Albums===<br />
* [[Just Another Band From L.A.]]<br />
<br />
===Tributes &amp; Cover Albums===<br />
* [[An Evening In Detroit]]<br />
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==Notes About This Song==<br />
==CC Clues In This Song==<br />
[[Category:Tracks]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=James_%22Spider%22_Barbour&diff=7280James "Spider" Barbour2005-06-19T22:17:53Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>"Spider" Barbour is arguably the central figure inside the piano. He's the one who says "The way I see it, Barry, this should be a very dynamite show" and a [[Bit Of Nostalgia]].<br />
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James "Spider" Barber provided vocalizations and chorus for [[We're Only In It For The Money]], [[Lumpy Gravy]], [[Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention]], [[Civilization Phaze III]] .<br />
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[[Category:Bandmembers]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Bit_Of_Nostalgia&diff=11118Bit Of Nostalgia2005-06-19T22:12:48Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Category:Tracks]]<br />
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The snatch of surf guitar after [[James "Spider" Barbour|Spider]] says “A bit o’ nostalgia for the old folks!” comes from the track [[Hurricane]] (DayTone 6401, 1963) which FZ produced for [[Conrad & The Hurricane Strings]] at [[Pal Studio]].</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Hurricane&diff=6042Hurricane2005-06-19T22:11:38Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>FZ produced track by [[Conrad & The Hurricane Strings]] at [[Pal Studio]] in 1963. He used the opening of this track on [[Lumpy Gravy]] as a [[Bit Of Nostalgia]].</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Conrad_%26_The_Hurricane_Strings&diff=6040Conrad & The Hurricane Strings2005-06-19T22:09:01Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>Don and Ed Sigarlaki with Coen Couwenberg were in a band, The Rocking Yings, in Amstrerdam during the early 1960's before emigrating to [[Ontario]], [[California]] in 1962. There they formed [[Conrad & The Hurricane Strings]] with Pat Couwenberg. In 1963 they recorded two pieces by Ed Sigarlaki which FZ produced at [[Pal Studio]].<br />
These tracks [[Hurricane]] and Sweet Love were released on the DayTone label late 1963. <br />
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By the mid 1960s they had changed their name to Sounds Unlimited and continued to play together since then.</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Bit_Of_Nostalgia&diff=5615Bit Of Nostalgia2005-06-19T21:57:42Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Category:Tracks]]<br />
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The snatch of surf guitar after [[Spider]] says “A bit o’ nostalgia for the old folks!” comes from the track [[Hurricane]] (DayTone 6401, 1963) which FZ produced for [[Conrad & The Hurricane Strings]] at [[Pal Studio]].</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=You_Can%27t_Do_That_On_Stage_Anymore_Vol._5&diff=7140You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 52005-06-19T16:53:34Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>== Release Info ==<br />
<br />
== Tracks ==<br />
'''Disc One'''<br />
* [[The Downtown Talent Scout|The Downtown Talent Scout]] (04:01)<br />
* [[Charles Ives (The Track)|Charles Ives]] (04:38)<br />
* [[Here Lies Love|Here Lies Love]] (02:45)<br />
* [[Piano/Drum Duet|Piano/Drum Duet]] (01:57)<br />
* [[Mozart Ballet (Piano Sonata in B Flat)|Mozart Ballet (Piano Sonata in B Flat)]] (04:05)<br />
* [[Chocolate Halvah|Chocolate Halvah]] (03:25)<br />
* [[JCB & Kansas On The Bus|JCB & Kansas On The Bus #1]] (01:03)<br />
* [[Run Home Slow|Run Home Slow: Main Title Theme]] (01:17)<br />
* [[The Little March|The Little March]] (01:21)<br />
* [[Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit|Right There]] (05:07)<br />
* [[Where Is Johnny Velvet?|Where Is Johnny Velvet?]] (00:52)<br />
* Return Of The Hunch-Back Duke (01:44)<br />
* [[Trouble Every Day|Trouble Every Day]] (04:06)<br />
* [[Proto-Minimalism|Proto-Minimalism]] (01:40)<br />
* [[JCB & Kansas On The Bus|JCB & Kansas On The Bus #2]] (01:11)<br />
* [[My Head?|My Head?]] (01:21)<br />
* [[Meow|Meow]] (01:24)<br />
* [[Baked-Bean Boogie|Baked-Bean Boogie]] (03:26)<br />
* [[Where's Our Equipment?|Where's Our Equipment?]] (02:29)<br />
* [[FZ/JCB Drum Duet|FZ/JCB Drum Duet]] (04:26)<br />
* [[No Waiting For The Peanuts To Dissolve|No Waiting For The Peanuts To Dissolve]] (04:46)<br />
* [[A Game Of Cards|A Game Of Cards]] (00:46)<br />
* [[Underground Freak-Out Music|Underground Freak-Out Music]] (03:52)<br />
* [[German Lunch|German Lunch]] (06:43)<br />
* [[My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama|My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama]] (02:12)<br />
'''Disc Two'''<br />
* [[Easy Meat|Easy Meat]] (07:38)<br />
* [[Dead Girls Of London|Dead Girls Of London]] (02:29)<br />
* [[Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?|Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?]] (01:45)<br />
* [[What's New In Baltimore?|What's New In Baltimore?]] (05:03)<br />
* [[Mõggio|Mõggio]] (02:29)<br />
* [[Dancin' Fool|Dancin' Fool]] (03:13)<br />
* [[RDNZL|RDNZL]] (07:58)<br />
* [[Advance Romance|Advance Romance]] (07:01)<br />
* [[City Of Tiny Lites|City Of Tiny Lites]] (10:39)<br />
* [[A Pound For A Brown On The Bus|A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)]] (08:38)<br />
* [[Doreen|Doreen]] (01:59)<br />
* [[The Black Page|The Black Page #2]] (09:57)<br />
* [[Geneva Farewell|Geneva Farewell]] (01:26)<br />
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== Players ==<br />
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== Background ==<br />
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== Conceptual Continuity ==<br />
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== Versions ==<br />
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[[Category:Discography]]<br />
[[Category:Zappa Per Album]]<br />
[[Category:Original Albums]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Anxiety_Of_Influence&diff=15521Anxiety Of Influence2005-06-19T16:52:15Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>==Release Info==<br />
The [[Meridian Arts Ensemble]]<br><br />
Anxiety Of Influence<br />
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1996 cd nl channel crossings ccs 9796 <br />
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==Tracks==<br />
[[Frank Zappa]] (arr. '''Jon Nelson''') <br><br />
1. [[Run Home Slow]] <br><br />
2. [[The Little March]] <br><br />
3. Little House I Used To Live In – Piano Intro <br><br />
4. Little House I Used To Live In – Ensemble <br><br />
5. [[The Black Page|The Black Page – Drums Solo]] <br><br />
6. [[The Black Page|The Black Page – Ensemble]]<br />
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[[Claude Achille Debussy|Claude Debussy]] (arr. '''John Sheppard''') <br><br />
7. '''Sarabande'''<br />
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'''Stephen Barber''' <br><br />
8. '''Semahane'''<br />
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'''Daniel Grabois''' <br><br />
9. '''Zen Monkey'''<br />
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Traditional afro/cuban (arr. '''Jon Nelson''') <br><br />
10. '''El Solitario'''<br />
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'''Stanley Silverman''' <br><br />
11. '''Variations On A Theme Of Kurt Weill'''<br />
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'''Raymond G. Stewart''' <br><br />
12. '''Okay Chorale''' <br><br />
13. '''Kohs-Ska''' <br />
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==Players==<br />
[[Meridian Arts Ensemble]]:<br />
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* '''Jon Nelson''': trumpet<br />
* '''Josef Burgstaller''': trumpet<br />
* '''Daniel Grabois''': horn<br />
* '''Benjamin Herrington''': trombone <br />
* '''Raymond G. Stewart''': tuba <br />
* '''John Ferrari''': drums<br />
* '''Jon Klibanoff''': piano <br />
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==Background==<br />
==Conceptual Continuity==<br />
==Versions==<br />
[[Category:Tributes &amp; Cover Albums]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Freaks_%26_Motherfuckers_(BTB)&diff=7110Freaks & Motherfuckers (BTB)2005-06-19T16:50:31Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Category:Discography]] [[Category:Zappa Per Album]] [[Category:Beat The Boots]] [[Category:Bootlegs]]<br />
'''Note''': The correct title of this album is "'''Freaks And Motherfu#@%!'''". Since it contains characters that don't work well with the wiki system, the article-name had to be changed accordingly!<br />
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== Release Info ==<br />
Released July 1991. This album is part of [[Beat The Boots I]] and is a live recording from "Fillmore East", NYC November 13, 1970.<br />
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== Tracks ==<br />
* [[Happy Together|Happy Together]] (01:26)<br />
* [[Wonderful Wino|Wino Man - With Dr. John Routine]] (07:44)<br />
* [[Concentration Moon|Concentration Moon]] (01:19)<br />
* [[Pallidan Routine|Pallidan Routine]] (01:14)<br />
* [[Call Any Vegetable|Call Any Vegetable]] (08:35)<br />
* Little House I Used To Live In (inclduding "Penis Dimension") (04:34)<br />
* [[The Mud Shark|Mudshark Variations]] (01:25)<br />
* [[Holiday In Berlin|Holiday In Berlin][with lyrics!] [including "Would You Like a Snack?"]] (03:34)<br />
* [[Sleeping In A Jar|Sleeping In A Jar][including notes from "Inca Roads" & "Easy Meat" themes]] (07:23)<br />
* [[Cruising For Burgers|Cruising For Burgers]] (02:51)<br />
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== Players ==<br />
FZ guitar, vocals, [[Mark Volman]] vocals, [[Howard Kaylan]] vocals, [[Jeff Simmons]] bass, vocals, [[George Duke]] keyboards, trombone, [[Ian Underwood]] keyboards, [[Aynsley Dunbar]] drums<br />
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== Background ==<br />
The Mothers Of Invention played at The Fillmore in NY 4 shows on 13th & 14th November 1970. The recordings on Freaks (and on Tengo Na Minchia Tanta - one of the other bootlegs)are from the 2 shows played on the 13th.<br />
The correct playing order on Freaks is:<br />
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From early show<br />
- Little House I Used To Live In (Incl. Penis Dimension)<br />
- Mud Shark Variations (Incl. Penis Dimension Recall)<br />
- Holiday In Berlin (with lyrics)(Incl. Would You Like A Snack?)<br />
- Inca Roads / Easy Meat (just approx. 60 seconds here, but 7 min. on Tenga...)<br />
- Cruisin For Burgers<br />
- Concentration Moon<br />
- Palladin Routine<br />
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From late show<br />
- Call Any Vegetable<br />
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See also the "Tenga..." boot info<br />
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== Conceptual Continuity ==<br />
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== Versions ==</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Electric_Aunt_Jemima_(BTB)&diff=7158Electric Aunt Jemima (BTB)2005-06-19T16:49:22Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Category:Discography]] [[Category:Zappa Per Album]] [[Category:Beat The Boots]] [[Category:Bootlegs]]<br />
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== Release Info ==<br />
Released June 1992 as part of [[Beat The Boots II]].<br />
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== Tracks ==<br />
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* Little House I Used To Live In (00:59)<br />
* [[Dog Breath|Dog Breath Variations]] (11:28)<br />
* [[Blue Danube Waltz|Blue Danube Waltz]] (00:23)<br />
* [[Hungry Freaks Daddy|Hungry Freaks, Daddy]] (01:40)<br />
* [[Whät|Whät]] (03:53)<br />
* [[Dog Breath|Dog Breath]] (02:10)<br />
* [[King Kong|King Kong]] (16:31)<br />
* [[Trouble Every Day|Trouble Every Day]] (05:59)<br />
* [[A Pound For A Brown On The Bus|A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)]] (08:36)<br />
* [[English Tea Dancing Interludes|English Tea Dancing Interludes]] (05:45)<br />
* [[Plastic People|Plastic People]] (02:44)<br />
* [[America Drinks & Goes Home|America Drinks]] (03:12)<br />
* [[Wipe Out|Wipe Out]] (00:19)<br />
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== Players ==<br />
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== Background ==<br />
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== Conceptual Continuity ==<br />
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== Versions ==</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Schallplattenclub_box&diff=6320Schallplattenclub box2005-06-19T16:48:06Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>* [[Peaches En Regalia|Peaches En Regalia]] (03:39)<br />
* [[Willie The Pimp|Willie The Pimp]] (09:17)<br />
* [[Mr. Green Genes|Son Of Mr. Green Genes]] (09:00)<br />
* [[Little Umbrellas|Little Umbrellas]] (03:04)<br />
* [[The Gumbo Variations|The Gumbo Variations]] (16:57)<br />
* [[It Must Be A Camel|It Must Be A Camel]] (05:17)<br />
* Little House I Used To Live In (04:42)<br />
* [[The Mud Shark|The Mud Shark]] (05:22)<br />
* [[What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?|What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?]] (04:18)<br />
* [[Bwana Dik|Bwana Dik]] (02:22)<br />
* [[Latex Solar Beef|Latex Solar Beef]] (02:38)<br />
* [[Willie The Pimp|Willie The Pimp]] (04:03)<br />
* [[Do You Like My New Car?|Do You Like My New Car?]] (07:09)<br />
* [[Happy Together|Happy Together]] (02:58)<br />
* [[Lonesome Electric Turkey|Lonesome Electric Turkey]] (02:32)<br />
* [[Peaches En Regalia|Peaches En Regalia]] (03:22)<br />
* [[Tears Began To Fall|Tears Began To Fall]] (02:45)<br />
* [[Inca Roads|Inca Roads]] (08:45)<br />
* [[Can't Afford No Shoes|Can't Afford No Shoes]] (02:38)<br />
* [[Sofa|Sofa No. 1]] (02:39)<br />
* [[Po-Jama People|Po-Jama People]] (07:39)<br />
* [[Florentine Pogen|Florentine Pogen]] (05:27)<br />
* [[Evelyn A Modified Dog|Evelyn, A Modified Dog]] (01:04)<br />
* [[San Ber'dino|San Ber'dino]] (05:57)<br />
* [[Andy|Andy]] (06:04)<br />
* [[Sofa|Sofa No. 2]] (02:43)<br />
* [[Debra Kadabra|Debra Kadabra]] (03:54)<br />
* [[Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy|Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy]] (06:00)<br />
* [[Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top|Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top]] (03:22)<br />
* [[Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead|Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead]] (02:33)<br />
* [[200 Years Old|200 Years Old]] (04:32)<br />
* [[Cucamonga (The Track)|Cucamonga]] (02:25)<br />
* [[Advance Romance|Advance Romance]] (11:17)<br />
* [[Man With The Woman Head|Man With The Woman Head]] (01:29)<br />
* [[Muffin Man|Muffin Man]] (05:34)<br />
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[[Category:Discography]]<br />
[[Category:Zappa Per Album]]<br />
[[Category:Special Editions]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Fillmore_East,_June_1971&diff=7099Fillmore East, June 19712005-06-19T16:47:09Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>== Release Info ==<br />
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== Tracks ==<br />
* Little House I Used To Live In (04:42)<br />
* [[The Mud Shark|The Mud Shark]] (05:22)<br />
* [[What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?|What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?]] (04:18)<br />
* [[Bwana Dik|Bwana Dik]] (02:22)<br />
* [[Latex Solar Beef|Latex Solar Beef]] (02:38)<br />
* [[Willie The Pimp|Willie The Pimp]] (04:03)<br />
* [[Do You Like My New Car?|Do You Like My New Car?]] (07:09)<br />
* [[Happy Together|Happy Together]] (02:58)<br />
* [[Lonesome Electric Turkey|Lonesome Electric Turkey]] (02:32)<br />
* [[Peaches En Regalia|Peaches En Regalia]] (03:22)<br />
* [[Tears Began To Fall|Tears Began To Fall]] (02:45)<br />
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== Players ==<br />
Frank Zappa (guitar & dialogue), [[Mark Volman]] (lead vocals & dialogue), [[Howard Kaylan]] (lead vocals & dialogue), [[Ian Underwood]] (winds, keyboards, vocals), [[Aynsley Dunbar]] (Drums), [[Jim Pons]] (bass, vocals, dialogue), [[Bob Harris]] (2nd keyboard, vocals), [[Don Preston]] (mini-moog) <br />
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== Background ==<br />
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== Conceptual Continuity ==<br />
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== Versions ==<br />
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[[Category:Discography]]<br />
[[Category:Zappa Per Album]]<br />
[[Category:Original Albums]]<br />
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Tengo_N%C3%A1_Minchia_Tanta_(BTB)&diff=6457Tengo Ná Minchia Tanta (BTB)2005-06-19T16:46:10Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>== Release Info ==<br />
Released June 1992. This album is part of [[Beat The Boots II]] and consists of a live recording from Fillmore East, November 13 1970.<br />
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== Tracks ==<br />
* [[Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?|Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?]] (00:49)<br />
* [[A Pound For A Brown On The Bus|A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)]] (07:26)<br />
* [[Sleeping In A Jar|Sleeping In A Jar (with extensions)]] (04:35)<br />
* [[Sharleena|Sharleena]] (04:31)<br />
* [[The Sanzini Brothers|The Sanzini Brothers]] (00:33)<br />
* [[What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning|What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening?]] (04:35)<br />
* [[What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?|What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?]] (05:01)<br />
* [[Bwana Dik|Bwana Dik]] (01:46)<br />
* [[Latex Solar Beef|Latex Solar Beef]] (01:00)<br />
* [[Daddy Daddy Daddy|Daddy, Daddy, Daddy]] (02:47)<br />
* Little House I Used To Live In (04:05)<br />
* [[Holiday In Berlin|Holiday In Berlin]] (04:36)<br />
* [[Inca Roads|Inca Roads]] (05:45)<br />
* [[Easy Meat|Easy Meat]] (01:31)<br />
* [[Cruising For Burgers|Cruisin' For Burgers]] (02:46)<br />
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== Players ==<br />
FZ guitar, vocals, [[Mark Volman]] vocals and special material, [[Howard Kaylan]] vocals and special material, [[Jeff Simmons]] bass, vocals, [[George Duke]] keyboards, trombone, vocals, [[Ian Underwood]] keyboards, winds, [[Aynsley Dunbar]] drums<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Early show<br />
- Jam (Grace Slick onstage)<br />
- Sanzini Bros Theme<br />
1. Little House I Used To Live In (including Penis Dimension) 2:43<br />
2. Mud Shark Variations (including Penis Dimension recall) 2:30<br />
3. Holiday In Berlin (with lyrics) (incl. Would You Like A Snack?) 4:00<br />
4. Inca Roads / Easy Meat 7:15<br />
5. Cruising For Burgers 2:46<br />
- The Sanzini Bros With The Pyramid Trick<br />
6. Preamble 2:05<br />
7. What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening? 1:54<br />
8. What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? 6:08<br />
9. Bwana Dik 1:12<br />
10. Latex Solar Beef 0:59 <br />
11. Daddy Daddy Daddy 2:40<br />
- Do You Like My New Car?<br />
12. Happy Together 1:24<br />
13. Wonderful Wino (including Dr. John “Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya” Routine) 7:25<br />
14. Concentration Moon 1:13<br />
15. Paladin Routine 1:41<br />
- Concentration Moon Continued<br />
- Mom And Dad<br />
- Improvisations<br />
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Late show<br />
16. Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You? 0:24<br />
17. Call Any Vegetable 8:26<br />
18. The Sanzini Brothers 0:43<br />
19. Pound For A Brown 7:07<br />
20. Sleeping In A Jar 2:49<br />
21. Interlude: El Porko The Magnificent 2:00<br />
**. Including:<br />
a. Johnny's Theme<br />
b. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head<br />
c. I Can't Give You Anything But Love<br />
22. Sharleena 4:22<br />
- The Air<br />
- Dog Breath<br />
- Mother People<br />
- You Didn't Try To Call Me<br />
- King Kong<br />
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Recorded live at The Fillmore East, NYC, from two shows on 13th November 1970 <br />
(Second night on 14th November 1970 included also two shows)<br />
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== Conceptual Continuity ==<br />
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== Versions ==<br />
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[[Category:Discography]] [[Category:Zappa Per Album]] [[Category:Beat The Boots]] [[Category:Bootlegs]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Little_House_I_Used_To_Live_In&diff=9109Little House I Used To Live In2005-06-19T16:44:28Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>==Lyrics==<br />
==Players On This Song==<br />
[[Frank Zappa]] - guitar, organ<br />
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[[Ian Underwood]] - piano, woodwinds<br />
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[[Lowell George]] - guitar<br />
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[[Don Preston]] - organ, piano<br />
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[[Buzz Gardner]] - trumpet<br />
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[[Bunk Gardner]] - woodwinds<br />
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[[Roy Estrada]] - bass<br />
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[[Jimmy Carl Black]] - drums<br />
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[[Arthur Tripp|Art Tripp]] - drums<br />
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[[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Sugar Cane Harris]] - violin <br />
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==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==<br />
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===Singles===<br />
===Zappa Albums & Side Projects===<br />
===Tribute & Cover Albums=== <br />
==Notes About This Song==<br />
The various sections of this piece have been edited together to form a single composition. Many of the themes have been reworked in various permutations since 1962: variously known as [[The Duke]], [[The Hunchback Duke]], [[Twinkle Tits]] and rearranged for the [[Fillmore East, June 1971]] album.<br />
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==CC Clues In This Song==<br />
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[[Category:Tracks]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Johnny_Otis&diff=8197Johnny Otis2005-06-19T05:22:47Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Otis.jpg|thumb|Johnny Otis]]<br />
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[[Johnny Otis]], born John Veliotes (Dec 28, 1921 in Vallejo, [[California]])<br />
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Father of [[Shuggie Otis]]<br />
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Name checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them".<br />
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[[Johnny Otis]] can simply be desribed as a musician, bandleader, arranger, songwriter, producer, booking agent, tour promoter, road manager, record label operator, publisher, disk jockey, and television personality. In his spare time, away from the music world he was a author, columnist, politician, actor, printer, painter, sculptor, and even bred rare birds. <br />
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His family had Greek origins and he grew up in a predominantly "black" area of Berkeley, California (where his father ran a grocery store); he would later style himself as a "white Negro".<br />
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His first musical job was as a drummer with Count Otis Matthew's West Oakland House Rockers in 1939. Nat "King" Cole and Jimmy Witherspoon, recommended him as a drummer for Harlan Leonard's Kansas City Rockets at the Club Alabam in [[Watts]], [[Los Angeles]] a busy wartime entertainment centre. In 1943 he formed the Otis-Love band with [[Preston Love]]. By 1944 he was being requested to do session work and was first recorded on Illinois Jacquet's version of "Flying Home" on Aladdin Records in 1945. He went on to do sessions for the likes of Wynonie Harris and Lester Young.<br />
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During 1945 he formed his own band, and singed to Excelsior Records. After a few releases he had a hit with "Harlem Nocturne": the tunes sultry lewd pulsating rhythms made it a favourite with strippers for many years. This hit gave the band enough bookings to keep them touring for over a year but the popularity of the big bands was on the wane and they were breaking up into smaller groups. Otis followed this trend and toured with a smaller band backing the Inkspots during 1947. In 1948 an injury to his hand forces him to give up drumming and limit himself to vibes and piano. He joined with Bardu and Tila Ali, and Johnny Miller to open The Barrelhouse in [[Watts]], [[Los Angeles]] , which was the first nightclub to feature Rhythm & Blues exclusively. The weekly talent night at the barrelhouse revealed a wealth of untapped talent. <br />
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In January 1949 he has hits on the Savoy label with recordings by The Robins, and the 14 year old Little Esther. They all tour as "The Savoy Barrelhouse Caravan with Johnny Otis & His Combo". Savoy continues to put out records and by April the caravan arrives at New York's Apollo for a week of shows. The caravan continues its tour, proving very popular in Atlanta, and eventually arrives at The Royal Theater in [[Baltimore]].<br />
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They enjoy a succession of hits throughout 1950 on the Savoy label and Little Esther and Johnny Otis are given the Best Jazz and Blues Artists Award of 1950 by Cashbox magazine. By 1951 Little Esther had left Otis and signed as a solo artist with the King label; although their paths would often cross and she would continue recording until her death in 1984 as Esther Philips. Linda Hopkins takes over the female vocal role with the band although Savoy continue to release recordings it holds featuring Little Esther. By 1952 Otis signed with Mercury records and records with Ben Webster. In April he starts a tour with [[Willie Mae Thornton]]. While Mercury continues to release records by the Otis band he does some arranging and production work for Don Robey's Peacock label. This results in [[Willie Mae Thornton]]'s "Hound Dog", a song written by two young songwriters called Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The songs popularity is instantaneous and Peacock has three pressing plants running full time just to keep up with demand. Otis continues producing for Robey's labels and eventually signs a contract with Robey himself.<br />
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Towards the end of 1953 Otis tours as the Johnny Otis Revue with Willie Mae Thornton, Marie Adams and Junior Parker, and once again storms New York's Apollo. <br />
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By early 1954 Otis is back in [[Los Angeles]] where he discovers a young vocalist called Jamesetta Hawkins. Otis quickly records her as Etta James and produces "The Wallflower (Roll with me Henry)", with Otis on percussion and backing vocals by [[Richard Berry]] and The Peaches, it quickly became one of the first Rock and Roll anthems - probably helped a little by regular plays on Otis' daily radio show. The KFOX radio show would be another platform for Otis to present his artists including the young vocal groups The Penguins and The Medallions. <br />
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In early 1955 Otis inaugurated a series of shows at the [[El Monte Legion Stadium|Legion Stadium]] in El Monte and by the end of the year Otis was signed up to host a [http://www.duncanmoran.me.uk/johnnyotistv.mov TV show] on KTTV. In early 1956 the Mesner Brothers, owners of Aladdin Records, along with Otis, set up a new label called Ultra. The names was soon changed to Dig and Otis assumed the role of managing A & R. After several releases, including his own records, for Dig Otis is signed to Capitol records (his first major label signing) in 1957. Being a small fish in the large Capitol poll Otis gets little marketing support and his records for them do not sell as well as was hoped: Capitol even consider dropping the whole Johnny Otis band/TV show package. In the spring of 1958 Otis takes his whole entourage on tour in the UK where it is pointed out to him that teenagers frequenting coffee bars had taken to "hand jiving" to the records on the juke boxes. On his return to the US Otis records "Willie and the Hand Jive", a song building on rhythms popular from the 1930's and developed by Bo Diddley in the 1950's, which Capitol release with barely a mention to the media. By the summer the record has taken off featuring in the charts for four months. After decades in the business Otis finds himself an overnight success. Despite the song crossing over from the R&B world into pop charts Otis remained true to his roots and put together and all black show which is increasingly performing to white audiences. Otis is unable to provide Capitol with a follow up hit. The TV show continues to promote new talent including [[Don & Dewey]] - It was Otis who gave [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Don Harris]] the nickname "Sugarcane".<br />
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[[Frank Zappa]] first met Otis around 1958 on a trip to his studio having long admired his records and enjoyed his selections for his radio show.<br />
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As the 1950's rolled into the 1960's the musical tastes of the public once again shifted; this time towards heart-throb teen idols, vocal groups (particularly girl groups) and Surf and Hot Rod bands. Otis set up a Eldo records but with little success and he drifted away from the music scene. After the [[Watts Riots]] he became active politically within the [[Los Angeles]] community. Otis wrote a book "Listen To The Lambs" which portrayed the communities he grew up in with all their talents and yet they were disenfranchised from the pursuit of the "American dream". He stood for election to the California Assembly (but as he campaigned as Johnny Veliotes, rather than Otis, he probably failed to pick up as many votes as could have been expected and he did not win a place. ). [http://www.duncanmoran.me.uk/electotis.mp3 Vote for Johnny Otis: Don't forget to remember to register to vote] (184KB mp3).<br />
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Having cultivated Otis' "imperial" style moustache and beard [[Frank Zappa]] contacted Otis in the summer of 1969 while recording material that would appear on [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]] and [[Hot Rats]]. Otis took his son [[Shuggie Otis|Shuggie]] to the session and he played bass on [[Son Of Mr. Green Genes]], his father being credited as Contractor in his capacity as impromptu band leader. FZ asked Otis about [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Don Harris]]. They found he was in prison and so bailed him out so he could record with them.<br />
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Johnny Otis continues to paint, sculpt and write as well as presenting a weekly radio show.<br />
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[[Category:Supporting Cast]]<br />
[[Category:Influences]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Mehli_Mehta&diff=22935Mehli Mehta2005-06-19T05:15:54Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Mehli Mehta]] Born: Bombay, India, 1908. Died 2002.<br />
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Father of [[Zubin Mehta]].<br />
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Founded the Bombay Symphony Orchestra in 1935 and the Bombay String Quartet in 1940. In 1955 he moved to England and assisted Sir John Barbirolli with the Halle Orchestra. Moved to USA in 1959 and in 1964 was appointed Director of the Orchestra Department at UCLA. a position he held until 1976.<br />
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In 1964 he set up the American Youth Symphony, which he led until 1998, which took young musicians from Los Angeles and the surrounding area. [[Novi Novog]] studied with Mehta while with the American Youth Symphony.</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Zubin_Mehta&diff=8434Zubin Mehta2005-06-19T05:02:16Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>Zubin Mehta (born April 29, 1936) is an Indian-born American conductor (from Bombay, now Mumbai).<br />
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His father [[Mehli Mehta]] was a violinist and founding conductor of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra. Zubin initially intended to study medicine, but eventually became a music student in Vienna at the age of 18, under the eminent instructor Hans Swarowsky. In 1958, he made his conducting debut in Vienna. The same year he won the International Conducting Competition in Liverpool and was appointed assistant conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.<br />
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Mehta soon rose to the rank of chief conductor when he was made Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 1960, a post he held until 1967. Other appointments followed: Musical Director the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (1962 - 1978); the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1978 - 1991), becoming the longest holder of the latter post. He has conducted the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra since 1970 and was made its Music Director for Life in 1981. Additionally since 1998, he has been Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.<br />
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Zubin Mehta is especially famous for his interpretations of large scale neo-romantic symphonic music of composers like Anton Bruckner, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. His conducting is also renowned as being flamboyant and forceful in performance.<br />
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FZ in [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989): ''Sometime in 1970, I had an offer for a major concert performance of the orchestral music accumulating in my closet. During the M.O.I.'s first five years, I had carried with me, on the road, masses of manuscript paper, and, whenever there was an opportunity, scribbled stuff on it. This material eventually became the score for 200 Motels (based on an estimate of the number of gigs we played in the first five years—forty jobs per year?). The performance was to be held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion (a basketball arena seating about fourteen thousand people), with Zubin Mehta conducting the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] Orchestra. A pretty big deal.'' This event occurred during the [[Contempo '70 Festival]].<br />
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Zubin Mehta is also mentioned in "[[Them Or Us (The Book)]]" (1984) and in [[Billy The Mountain]] on [[Just Another Band From L.A.]] (1972). LIBRA [19-22 / 45º-60º], one of the constellations in the [[:Category:One Size Fits All (The List)|OSFA Universe!]] - the cover art of the "One Size Fits All" (1975) album -, has a star named "Zubin Mehta".<br />
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[[Category:Supporting Cast]]<br />
[[Category:Bandmembers]]<br />
[[Category:Conductors]]<br />
[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)]]<br />
[[Category:One Size Fits All (The List)]]<br />
[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)]]<br />
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Orchestral_Favorites&diff=7321Orchestral Favorites2005-06-19T04:10:39Z<p>Dunk: Drumler corrected to Dumler</p>
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<div>== Release Info ==<br />
Released May 4 1979<br />
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== Tracks ==<br />
* [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]] (07:04)<br />
* [[Pedro's Dowry|Pedro's Dowry]] (07:41)<br />
* [[Naval Aviation In Art|Naval Aviation In Art]] (01:22)<br />
* [[The Duke Of Prunes|The Duke Of Prunes]] (04:20)<br />
* [[Bogus Pomp|Bogus Pomp]] (13:28)<br />
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== Players ==<br />
Frank Zappa and The [[Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus]]: Frank Zappa (guitar), [[Terry Bozzio]] (drums), [[Dave Parlato]] (bass), [[Mike Lang]] (keyboards), [[Emil Richards]] (percussion), [[Pamela Goldsmith]] (viola), [[John Wittenberg]] (violin), [[Bobby Dubow]] (violin), [[Jerry Kessler]] (cello), [[Bruce Fowler]] (trombone), [[Earle Dumler]] (oboe), [[Mike Altschul]] (flute, trumpet), [[Malcolm McNabb]] (trumpet), [[David Duke]] (french horn), [[Dana Hughes]] (bass trombone), [[Ray Reed]] (flute), [[David Shostak]] (flute), [[Tommy Morgan]] (harmonica), [[Marty Perellis]] (?), [[Captain Beefheart]] (dancing)<br />
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== Background ==<br />
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== Conceptual Continuity ==<br />
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== Versions ==<br />
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[[Category:Discography]]<br />
[[Category:Zappa Per Album]]<br />
[[Category:Original Albums]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Talk:Biography&diff=5541Talk:Biography2005-06-11T23:27:29Z<p>Dunk: Bye :-)</p>
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<div>=Discussion=<br />
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Just testing whether this is the appropriate place to discuss the Biography page.<br />
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== Getting started ==<br />
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Obviously, biographical info has been published in several books - not the least, in TRFZB; how do we propose getting this data online here? Is this something that someone must enter into the database? Or does the stuff exist in cyberspace already?<br />
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== Let's start off modestly ==<br />
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We can always go into greater depth biographically-wise later; I think for now a concise biography would be sufficient.<br />
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For that, yes, someone would actually have to type stuff inhere! ;-)<br />
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--KillUglyRadio<br />
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== Starting point ==<br />
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This could be a starting point: http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/chronology/index.html<br />
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* 1940-1964 From Baltimore to Cucamonga <br />
* 1965-1969 The Mothers of Invention <br />
* 1970-1972 Hot Rats/Mothers/Wazoo <br />
* 1973-1975 Discreet <br />
* 1976-1980 Zappa/Barking Pumpkin <br />
* 1981-1984 Them Or Us <br />
* 1985-1993 The Last Tour <br />
* 1994 et sq. The Zappa Family Trust<br />
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- emdebe<br />
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== Agreed ==<br />
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Agreed, and I'm about to add these subheaders to the biography page.<br />
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--KUR<br />
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== What belongs here? ==<br />
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Should we have musicians and recording session details in the biography when we have pages for all that stuff e.g...<br />
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c. August, 1962 PAL Recording Studio, Cucamonga, CA: Paul Buff (guitar, organ, drums, saxes), Dave Aerni (bass), Mike Dineri (sax), FZ (comb) - recorded Heavies (Aerni/Buff) (intro heard in Nasal Retentive Calliope Music) on We're Only In It For The Money) and The Cruncher (Aerni/Buff).<br />
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Can we check and resolve and/or explain variations in dates etc when adding to the wiki. e.g. The above biography listing gives 1962 but our pages for [[Heavies]]/[[The Cruncher]] (with no musicians listed) gives 1964.<br />
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[[User:Dunk|Dunk]] 00:48, 11 Jun 2005 (PDT)<br />
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"''Should we have musicians and recording session details in the biography''"... No<br><br />
"''Can we check and resolve and/or explain variations in dates etc''"... Yes<br><br />
The Wiki way of working is not always, er, working... Someone puts something on a page, then someone else picks it up, cleans it up, extends it, and puts everything in the right place... We wish! So, probably we need to do it differently... --[[User:Emdebe|Emdebe]] 08:08, 11 Jun 2005 (PDT)<br />
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== Resignation ==<br />
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Ok! <br />
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I give up!<br />
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Perhaps when [[User:Emdebe|Emdebe]] has decided just how he wants this wiki to be we lesser mortals might be able to come back to it and make some contributions but at the moment it is just too much hassle even trying to get some understanding of what he wants where and why.<br />
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[[User:Dunk|Dunk]] 16:27, 11 Jun 2005 (PDT)<br />
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=S C R A T C H P A D=<br />
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[[Frank Zappa|Frank Vincent Zappa]] was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] on [[December 21]], 1940. His [[Francis Zappa|father]] was an immigrant from Sicily with Greek/Arab origins. His [[Rose Marie Zappa|mother]] was born in US - her mother was from Sicily and her father from Naples. [[Baltimore]] had a large Italian immigrant community and Zappa was not an uncommon name. Indeed it seems to be quite common for Zappa's to be named Frank, Francis, or Vincent.<br />
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c. 1941-44 Zappa family lives in the Army housing facility at 15, Dexter Street, [[Edgewood]], [[Maryland]] <br />
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c. 1944-50 Zappa family moves to Opa-Locka, [[Florida]], then back to Park Heights Avenue, [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]<br />
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c. November 1951 Zappa's father took a job at the Naval Post-Graduate School in [[Monterey]], California, so the family spent the next couple of weeks driving over 2900 miles across the US in their [[Kaiser Henry J|Henry J]]. <br />
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c. 1951-52 Zappa family moves to [[Pacific Grove]], CA<br />
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Summer 1953 [[Monterey]], CA - [[Keith McKillop]]'s summer percussion school - [[Mice]] (first FZ composition) <br />
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c. 1953-54 Zappa family moves to [[Pomona]], CA<br />
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1954 Zappa family moves to [[El Cajon]], CA - FZ enters [[Grossmont High School]], [[San Diego]], CA<br />
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1955 [[San Diego]], CA - [[The Ramblers]]: [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (guitar), [[Stuart Congdon]] (piano), FZ (drums) + others<br />
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April, 1955 [[Grossmont High School]], [[San Diego]], CA - While at ninth grade FZ wins county [[Fire Prevention Week]] poster contest<br />
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c. 1955 FZ enters [[Mission Bay High School]], [[San Diego]], CA<br />
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December 21, 1955 FZ talks with [[Edgard Varèse|Varèse]]'s wife by phone <br />
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1956 Zappa family moves to [[Lancaster]], CA - FZ enters [[Antelope Valley High School]]<br />
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August 12, 1957 Varèse sends a letter to FZ while he's in Baltimore, MD <br />
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c. 1957-58 - [[The Blackouts]]<br />
* The Blackouts (as listed in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]"): [[Wayne Lyles]] (percussion & vocals), [[Terry Wimberly]] (piano), [[Wally Salazar]] (guitar), [[Fred Salazar]] (trumpet), [[Johnny Franklin]] (tenor sax), [[Carter Franklin]], FZ (drums).<br />
* The Blackouts (as listed in [[Greg Russo]]'s book): [[Wayne Lyles]] (percussion & vocals), [[Terry Wimberly]] (piano), [[Wally Salazar]] (guitar), [[Fred Salazar]] (trumpet), [[Ernie Thomas]] (trumpet), [[Dwight Bement]] (tenor sax), [[Steve Wolfe]] (sax), [[Jerry Reuter]] (sax), [[Johnny Franklin]] (tenor sax), [[Carter Franklin]], FZ (drums), [[Jim Sherwood]] ("The Bug" dancer).<br />
* [[Antelope Valley High School]] Big Band: [[Wayne Lyles]] (percussion & vocals), [[Terry Wimberly]] (piano), [[Wally Salazar]] (guitar?), [[Fred Salazar]] (trumpet?), [[Ernie Thomas]] (trumpet), [[Dwight Bement]] (tenor sax?), [[Steve Wolfe]] (sax?), [[Jerry Reuter]] (sax?), [[Johnny Franklin]] (tenor sax), [[Carter Franklin]] (?), FZ (drums).<br />
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1958 [[William Ballard]] lets FZ conduct the school orchestra - [[String Quartet]], including: "[[A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)]]", "[[Sleeping In A Jar]]"<br />
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c. 1958 [[The Blackouts]] from [[The Lost Episodes]] - [[Wayne Lyles]] (voice), [[Terry Wimberly]] (voice), [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (voice), FZ (voice)<br />
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c. 1958 The Blackouts break up<br />
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c. 1958 FZ wins California statewide art contest with his painting "Family Room"<br />
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June 13, 1958 FZ graduates from High School<br />
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Married [[Kay Sherman]] December 28, 1960. Moved to G Street, [[Ontario]]<br />
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c. 1961 FZ audits a course on composition by [[Karl Kohn]] at [[Pomona College]], [[Claremont]], CA <br />
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c. 1961 FZ rents a white [[Fender Telecaster]] from [[Ontario Music Center]],<br />
G Street, [[Ontario]]. <br />
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May, 1961 Ontario, CA - [[The Boogie Men]]: FZ - lead guitar, [[Doug Rost]] (rhythm guitar), [[Kenny Burgan]] (sax), [[Al Surratt]] (drums)<br />
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mid. 1961 FZ auditions [[Don Preston]] for a lounge band<br />
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June, 1961 FZ hired to write [[The World's Greatest Sinner (The Film)]] soundtrack <br />
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c. 1961-62 (during three months) Pomona, CA - [[Rex Jakabowski]] (guitar, harmonica, vocals), FZ (guitar), [[Ronnie Williams]] (guitar), [[Joe Perrino]] (piano), [[Dwight Bement]] (tenor sax), [[Al Surratt]] (drums) <br />
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c. 1961 FZ buys a [[Fender Jazzmaster]]<br />
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c. 1961 FZ meets [[Paul Buff]] and begins to work at [[PAL Recording Studio]], [[Cucamonga]], CA - recording of [[Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance]] from [[The Lost Episodes]]: FZ (guitar), [[Danny Helferin]] (piano), [[Chuck Foster]] (trumpet), [[Tony Rodriguez]] (alto sax), [[Caronga Ward]] (bass), [[Chuck Grove]] (drums). [[It's From Kansas]] from [[Lumpy Gravy]] may have been recorded here as well. <br />
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November, 1961-early 1962 [ten months] [[Tommy Sandi]]'s [[Club Sahara]], [[San Bernardino]], CA - [[Joe Perrino & The Mellotones]]: [[Joe Perrino]] (piano), FZ (guitar), [[Dwight Bement]] (sax) + others <br />
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November, 1961 [[Chaffey Junior College]], [[Alta Loma]], CA: 8-piece rock'n'roll band including: FZ (guitar), [[Dwight Bement]] (various instruments)<br />
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Early December, 1961 [[Chaffey Junior College]], [[Alta Loma]], CA: 20-member chamber ensemble <br />
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December 17, 1961 [[Chaffey Junior College]], [[Alta Loma]], CA: [[Pomona Valley Orchestra]] (55-member) conducted by [[Fred E. Graff]]<br />
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c. 1961-62 Living Room in Ontario, CA: Ronnie Williams (voice), Kenny Williams (voice), FZ (guitar): recorded [[Ronnie Sings?]], [[Kenny's Booger Story]] and [[Ronnie's Booger Story]], all from [[The Lost Episodes]]. <br />
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1962 - [[The Masters]] - [[PAL Recording Studio]], [[Cucamonga]], CA - [[Paul Buff]] (probably drums, bass, piano), [[Ronnie Williams]] (guitar), FZ (guitar): recorded [[Breaktime]] (Williams/Buff/FZ) <br />
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1962 [[The Masters]] - [[Sixteen Tons]] (Travis) / [[Breaktime]] (Williams/Buff/FZ) (Emmy E 1008) <br />
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c. May, 1962 Don Preston's Garage: [[Don Preston]] - keyboards, films, assorted percussion (including a bicycle), [[Bunk Gardner]] - woodwinds, [[Buzz Gardner]] - trumpet, [[Vic Mio]] - bass, [[Jack Lake]] - percussion, + FZ - films, percussion <br />
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c. August, 1962 [[PAL Recording Studio]], [[Cucamonga]], CA: [[Paul Buff]] (guitar, organ, drums, saxes), [[Dave Aerni]] (bass), [[Mike Dineri]] (sax), FZ (comb) - recorded [[Heavies]] (Aerni/Buff) (intro heard in [[Nasal Retentive Calliope Music]]) on [[We're Only In It For The Money]]) and [[The Cruncher]] (Aerni/Buff).<br />
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September, 1962 [[Channel 7]] - [[Don Preston]], FZ and the rest audition for a TV program <br />
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December, 1962 [[PAL Recording Studio]], [[Cucamonga]], CA, Produced by [[Dave Aerni]], Engineered by FZ - [[The Tornadoes]]: Gerald Sanders (bass), Roly Sanders (guitar), Jesse Sanders (guitar), George White (sax), Leonard Delaney (drums) - recorded Moon Dawg (Weaver), The Inebriated Surfer (Sanders), Shootin' Beavers (Sanders), The Swag (Grant/Wray), Raw-Hide (Grant/Wray), Malagueña (Lecuona), The Tornado (Aerni), Bumble Bee Stomp (Sanders/Delaney/White), Vaquero (Tomsco), Johnny B. Goode (Berry)<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Ray Collins (vocals, falsetto), Paul Buff (piano, sax), FZ (guitar, bass, drums) - recording of "Tell Me" (Williams) and "Love Of My Life" (FZ/Aerni).<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Ray Collins (vocals), Ronnie Williams (guitar), Paul Buff (bass, guitar, sax?), FZ (drums) - recording of "Deseri" (Collins/Buff) ( later appeared on The Grandmothers' "Looking Up Granny's Dress", 1982).<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Ron Roman (vocals) - recording of "Tell Me" (Williams) and "Love Of My Life" (FZ/Aerni).<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Produced by Art Laboe - The Penguins: Cleve Duncan (vocals), Walter Saulsberry (vocals), The Viceroys: James Conwell (vocals), Andrew "Jack" White (vocals), Charles Jones (vocals), Oliver Williams (vocals), Herbert White (vocals) + FZ (vibes) - recording of "Memories of El Monte" (FZ/Collins).<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Ray Collins (vocals), Paul Buff (snorks, saxes, piano?), Dick Barber (snorks?), FZ (guitars, bass, drums?) - recording of "How's Your Bird?" and "The World's Greatest Sinner".<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Bob Guy (vocals), FZ (probably all instruments and sound effects) - recording of "Dear Jeepers" and "Letter From Jeepers".<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Benny Rodriguez (vocals), Joe Rodriguez (vocals), FZ (lead guitar), Max Uballez (rhythm guitar), Richard Provincio (piano), Armando Mora (tenor sax), Chris Pasqual (bass), Manuel Mosqueda (drums) - recording of "Everytime I See You" (FZ/Collins).<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Produced by FZ & Paul Buff - Brian Lord (vocals), FZ (various instruments & sound effects), Paul Buff (probably various instruments & sound effects too) - recording of "The Big Surfer".<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Ray Collins (vocals), FZ (probably all instruments & backing vocals), ? (sax) - recording of "Hey, Nelda" (FZ/Collins) and "Surf Along" (FZ/Collins).<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Ray Collins (vocals), Paul Buff (fuzz bass), FZ (guitars, bass, keyboards, drums) - recording of "Fountain Of Love" (FZ/Collins) - recording of "Any Way The Wind Blows".<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - FZ (guitars, bass, drums), Paul Buff (saxes?) - recording of "Grunion Run".<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Mr. Clean (lead vocals, harmonica?), Unknown girl (background vocals), Paul Buff (fuzz bass), FZ (most instruments, vocals) - recording of "Mr. Clean" and "Jessie Lee".<br />
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March 14, 1963 (aired March 27) - Steve Allen Show, Channel 5 - FZ (bicycle), Steve Allen (bicycle), Johnny Jacobs (poetry) + Instrumental Ensemble<br />
Pre-recorded Tape - "Concerto For Two Bicycles".<br />
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1963, Ron Roman - "Love Of My Life" (FZ/Aerni) / "Tell Me" (Williams) (Daani 101)<br />
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April 8, 1963 - The Penguins - "Memories of El Monte" (FZ/Collins) / "Be Mine" (Day/Nelson) (OS 27)<br />
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April 8, 1963 - Baby Ray & The Ferns - "How's Your Bird?" / "The World's Greatest Sinner" (Donna 1378)<br />
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April, 1963 - Bob Guy - "Dear Jeepers" / "Letter From Jeepers" (Donna 1380)<br />
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April, 1963 - The Heartbreakers - "Everytime I See You" (FZ/Collins) / "Cradle Rock" (Galleger) (Donna 1381)<br />
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May 19, 1963 - The Experimental Music of Frank Zappa - Mount St. Mary's College, LA - "Variables II for Orchestra", "Variables I for Any Five Instruments", "Opus 5, for Four Orchestras" (parts on [[Mount St. Mary's Concert Excerpt]]), "Rehearsalism", "Three Pieces of Visual Music with Jazz Group".<br />
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May, 1963 - Brian Lord & The Midnighters - "The Big Surfer" / "Not Another One" (Aerni/Buff) (Vigah 001)<br />
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May 27, 1963 - Brian Lord & The Midnighters - "The Big Surfer" / "Not Another One" (Aerni/Buff) (Capitol 4981)<br />
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June, 1963 - Ned & Nelda - "Hey, Nelda" (FZ/Collins) / "Surf Along" (FZ/Collins) (Vigah 002)<br />
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July, 1963 - The Hollywood Persuaders - "Tijuana" (Buff) / "Grunion Run" (OS 39)<br />
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August, 1963 - Mr. Clean - "Mr. Clean" / "Jessie Lee" (OS 40)<br />
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August, 1963 - The Rotations - "Heavies" (Aerni/Buff) / "The Cruncher" (Aerni/Buff) (OS 41)<br />
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c. 1963 - Sin City Boys - Ray Collins (vocals), FZ (guitar) - recording of "Joe The Puny Greaser" ("Puff The Magic Dragon") and "Streets Of Fontana" ("Streets Of Laredo")<br />
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c. 1963 - The Troubadour - Loeb & Leopold: Ray Collins (vocals), FZ (guitar)<br />
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c. summer 1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Don Van Vliet (vocals), FZ (guitar), Alex Snouffer (guitar)?, Vic Mortenson (drums)? - recording of "Slippin' And Slidin'" (Penniman)<br />
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c. summer 1963 or c. March, 1964, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Don Van Vliet (vocals), FZ (guitar), Alex Snouffer (guitar)?, Vic Mortenson (drums)? - recording of "Cheryl's Canon" (?), "Evil" (Burnett), "The Grund" (?), and "Vicious Intentions" (?)<br />
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c. 1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - FZ (all instruments & vocals) - recording of "Charva".<br />
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1963, Run Home, Slow (OS) - Art Laboe's Original Sound Studios, LA, CA, Engineered by Paul Buff: "Run Home Slow Theme", "Run Home Cues #2", "Run Home Cues #3", "The original Duke Of Prunes", "Right There", "The Little March".<br />
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c. 1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - recording of "Why Don't You Do Me Right?" and "Take Your Clothes Off"? <br />
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c. 1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - FZ (guitar), Doug Moon (acoustic guitar) - recording of "Speed-Freak Boogie".<br />
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September 19, 1963 - Dot Records reject The Soots' master with "Any Way The Wind Blows" and "Slippin' And Slidin'" among others.<br />
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1963, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Produced by Curry & Irvin - Conrad & The Hurricane Strings: Conrad Couwenberg (guitar), Ed Sigarlaki (guitar), Don Sigarlaki (bass), Patrick Couwenberg (drums) - recording of "Hurricane" (Sigarlaki) (intro heard in "Bit of Nostalgia") and "Sweet Love" (Sigarlaki).<br />
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December, 1963 - Conrad & The Hurricane Strings - "Hurricane" (Sigarlaki) / "Sweet Love" (Sigarlaki) (Daytone 6401)<br />
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c. March, 1964, Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA - Don Van Vliet (vocals), FZ (guitar), Alex Snouffer (guitar)?, Janschi (bass), Vic Mortenson (drums) - recording of "Tiger Roach" (Van Vliet/FZ), "Metal Man Has Won His Wings" (Van Vliet/FZ), and "I'm Your Nasty Shadow" (?).<br />
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May 10, 1964 - The name of the band is changed officialy to Mothers<br />
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1964 - FZ moves to Pal Studio, Cucamonga, CA<br />
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August 1, 1964 - FZ buys Pal Studio from Paul Buff and renames it as Studio Z <br />
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August 1, 1964 - Studio Z, Cucamonga, CA - Don Van Vliet, Laurie, Ray Collins, Jim Sherwood, Bob Narciso - recording of "Opening Night At Studio Z"<br />
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c. September, 1964 - FZ sets up the plot & scenery for "Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People"<br />
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c. 1964 - The Saints 'N Sinners, Ontario, CA - The Muthers: FZ (guitar, vocals), Paul Woods (bass), Les Papp (drums) - recording of "Power Trio from 'The Saint & Sinners'"<br />
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1964 - "I Was A Teen-age Malt Shop" (Rock Opera) - Studio Z, Cucamonga, CA - FZ (piano, guitar, bass, vocals), Don Van Vliet (vocals), Allison Buff (vocals), Jim Sherwood (acoustic guitar), Vic Mortenson (drums) - recording of "The Birth of Captain Beefheart", "I Was A Teen-age Malt Shop", "Status Back Baby", "Ned The Mumbler", "Ned Has A Brainstorm" (aka "Toads Of The Short Forest").<br />
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December 2, 1964 - KNXT rejects the "I Was A Teen-age Malt Shop" outline</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Dewey_Terry&diff=5527Dewey Terry2005-06-11T08:33:57Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>Born: 1932 (Pasadena, California)<br />
Died: May 11. 2003</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Don_%26_Dewey&diff=5529Don & Dewey2005-06-11T08:29:02Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>Don & Dewey were name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them".<br />
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They are mentioned in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989): "[[Captain Beefheart|Don]] was also an R&B fiend, so I'd bring my 45s over and we'd listen for hours on end to obscure hits by the [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Sonny Boy Williamson]], [[Guitar Slim]], [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]], [[Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], [[Don & Dewey]], the [[Spaniels]], the [[Nutmegs]], the [[Paragons]], the [[Orchids]], the etc., etc., etc."<br />
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[[Don & Dewey]] cut numerous records for Specialty from 1957 to 1959 without registering a single hit, only to see other acts revive their songs to much greater acclaim. [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Don Harris]] and [[Dewey Terry]] were born and raised in Pasadena, CA, joining a group called the Squires and recording for Vita before branching off on their own. Their Specialty output included the savage rockers "Jungle Hop", "Koko Joe" (written by Sonny Bono), and "Justine", the latter pair later covered by the Righteous Brothers. Don & Dewey's Specialty discography also includes the original "I'm Leavin' It up to You", a hit for Dale & Grace; "Big Boy Pete," ditto for the Olympics; and "Farmer John", the Premiers' only smash. Don laid down his guitar for a violin during the '60s and, billed as "Sugarcane" Harris, sawed his rocked-out fiddle beside John Mayall and Frank Zappa. — Bill Dahl<br />
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[[Category:Supporting Cast]]<br />
[[Category:Influences]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]<br />
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Don_%22Sugarcane%22_Harris&diff=5528Don "Sugarcane" Harris2005-06-11T08:17:52Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>Born: 06/18/1938, Pasadena, CA;<br> <br />
Died: 11/30/1999, South Los Angeles, CA.<br><br />
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Violin and Vocals.<br />
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Studied classical violin at college.<br />
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Initially used the name Don Bowman but reverted to Don Harris around 1957.<br />
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Formed The Squires (sometimes recorded as The Bluejays) with Dewey Terry in the mid 1950's recording several singles for the Vita label. Duuring the late 1950's and early 1960's performed as [[Don & Dewey]], releasing singles on the Specialty and Fidelity labels.<br />
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Toured with [[Johnny Otis]] in the late 50's. Itwas Otis who gave him the nickname "Sugarcane".<br />
Recorded for [[Johnny Otis]]'s Eldo label in 1960 and made a [[The Beatles|Beatles]] "tribute" with Larry Williams and [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]] and [[Dewey Terry]] in 1964. From the mid 1960's he did many sessions with artists such as Little Richard, [[Johnny Otis]], [[John Mayall]] and [[Frank Zappa]]<br />
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"Sugarcane" provided violin and/or vocal for:<br />
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*[[Hot Rats]] <br />
*[[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]] <br />
*[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]] <br />
*[[Chunga's Revenge]] <br />
*[[Apostrophe (')]] <br />
*[[The Lost Episodes]].<br />
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[[Category:Influences]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Bandmembers]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Talk:Biography&diff=5523Talk:Biography2005-06-11T07:48:44Z<p>Dunk: What belongs in the biography?</p>
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<div>Just testing whether this is the appropriate place to discuss the Biography page.<br />
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== Getting started ==<br />
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Obviously, biographical info has been published in several books - not the least, in TRFZB; how do we propose getting this data online here? Is this something that someone must enter into the database? Or does the stuff exist in cyberspace already?<br />
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== Let's start off modestly ==<br />
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We can always go into greater depth biographically-wise later; I think for now a concise biography would be sufficient.<br />
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For that, yes, someone would actually have to type stuff inhere! ;-)<br />
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--KillUglyRadio<br />
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== Starting point ==<br />
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This could be a starting point: http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/chronology/index.html<br />
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* 1940-1964 From Baltimore to Cucamonga <br />
* 1965-1969 The Mothers of Invention <br />
* 1970-1972 Hot Rats/Mothers/Wazoo <br />
* 1973-1975 Discreet <br />
* 1976-1980 Zappa/Barking Pumpkin <br />
* 1981-1984 Them Or Us <br />
* 1985-1993 The Last Tour <br />
* 1994 et sq. The Zappa Family Trust<br />
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- emdebe<br />
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== Agreed ==<br />
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Agreed, and I'm about to add these subheaders to the biography page.<br />
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--KUR<br />
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== What belongs here? ==<br />
Should we have musicians and recording session details in the biography when we have pages for all that stuff e.g...<br />
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c. August, 1962 PAL Recording Studio, Cucamonga, CA: Paul Buff (guitar, organ, drums, saxes), Dave Aerni (bass), Mike Dineri (sax), FZ (comb) - recorded Heavies (Aerni/Buff) (intro heard in Nasal Retentive Calliope Music) on We're Only In It For The Money) and The Cruncher (Aerni/Buff).<br />
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Can we check and resolve and/or explain variations in dates etc when adding to the wiki. e.g. The above biography listing gives 1962 but our pages for [[Heavies]]/[[The Cruncher]] (with no musicians listed) gives 1964.<br />
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[[User:Dunk|Dunk]] 00:48, 11 Jun 2005 (PDT)</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Johnny_Otis&diff=5605Johnny Otis2005-06-09T08:52:07Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Otis.jpg|thumb|Johnny Otis]]<br />
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[[Johnny Otis]], born John Veliotes (Dec 28, 1921 in [[Vallejo]], [[California]])<br />
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Father of [[Shuggie Otis]]<br />
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Name checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them".<br />
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[[Johnny Otis]] can simply be desribed as a musician, bandleader, arranger, songwriter, producer, booking agent, tour promoter, road manager, record label operator, publisher, disk jockey, and television personality. In his spare time, away from the music world he was a author, columnist, politician, actor, printer, painter, sculptor, and even bred rare birds. <br />
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His family had Greek origins and he grew up in a predominantly "black" area of Berkeley, California (where his father ran a grocery store); he would later style himself as a "white Negro".<br />
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His first musical job was as a drummer with Count Otis Matthew's West Oakland House Rockers in 1939. Nat "King" Cole and Jimmy Witherspoon, recommended him as a drummer for Harlan Leonard's Kansas City Rockets at the Club Alabam in [[Watts]], [[Los Angeles]] a busy wartime entertainment centre. In 1943 he formed the Otis-Love band with [[Preston Love]]. By 1944 he was being requested to do session work and was first recorded on Illinois Jacquet's version of "Flying Home" on Aladdin Records in 1945. He went on to do sessions for the likes of Wynonie Harris and Lester Young.<br />
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During 1945 he formed his own band, and singed to Excelsior Records. After a few releases he had a hit with "Harlem Nocturne": the tunes sultry lewd pulsating rhythms made it a favourite with strippers for many years. This hit gave the band enough bookings to keep them touring for over a year but the popularity of the big bands was on the wane and they were breaking up into smaller groups. Otis followed this trend and toured with a smaller band backing the Inkspots during 1947. In 1948 an injury to his hand forces him to give up drumming and limit himself to vibes and piano. He joined with Bardu and Tila Ali, and Johnny Miller to open The Barrelhouse in [[Watts]], [[Los Angeles]] , which was the first nightclub to feature Rhythm & Blues exclusively. The weekly talent night at the barrelhouse revealed a wealth of untapped talent. <br />
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In January 1949 he has hits on the Savoy label with recordings by The Robins, and the 14 year old Little Esther. They all tour as "The Savoy Barrelhouse Caravan with Johnny Otis & His Combo". Savoy continues to put out records and by April the caravan arrives at New York's Apollo for a week of shows. The caravan continues its tour, proving very popular in Atlanta, and eventually arrives at The Royal Theater in [[Baltimore]].<br />
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They enjoy a succession of hits throughout 1950 on the Savoy label and Little Esther and Johnny Otis are given the Best Jazz and Blues Artists Award of 1950 by Cashbox magazine. By 1951 Little Esther had left Otis and signed as a solo artist with the King label; although their paths would often cross and she would continue recording until her death in 1984 as Esther Philips. Linda Hopkins takes over the female vocal role with the band although Savoy continue to release recordings it holds featuring Little Esther. By 1952 Otis signed with Mercury records and records with Ben Webster. In April he starts a tour with [[Willie Mae Thornton]]. While Mercury continues to release records by the Otis band he does some arranging and production work for Don Robey's Peacock label. This results in [[Willie Mae Thornton]]'s "Hound Dog", a song written by two young songwriters called Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The songs popularity is instantaneous and Peacock has three pressing plants running full time just to keep up with demand. Otis continues producing for Robey's labels and eventually signs a contract with Robey himself.<br />
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Towards the end of 1953 Otis tours as the Johnny Otis Revue with Willie Mae Thornton, Marie Adams and Junior Parker, and once again storms New York's Apollo. <br />
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By early 1954 Otis is back in [[Los Angeles]] where he discovers a young vocalist called Jamesetta Hawkins. Otis quickly records her as Etta James and produces "The Wallflower (Roll with me Henry)", with Otis on percussion and backing vocals by [[Richard Berry]] and The Peaches, it quickly became one of the first Rock and Roll anthems - probably helped a little by regular plays on Otis' daily radio show. The KFOX radio show would be another platform for Otis to present his artists including the young vocal groups The Penguins and The Medallions. <br />
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In early 1955 Otis inaugurated a series of shows at the [[El Monte Legion Stadium|Legion Stadium]] in El Monte and by the end of the year Otis was signed up to host a TV show on KTTV. In early 1956 the Mesner Brothers, owners of Aladdin Records, along with Otis, set up a new label called Ultra. The names was soon changed to Dig and Otis assumed the role of managing A & R. After several releases, including his own records, for Dig Otis is signed to Capitol records (his first major label signing) in 1957. Being a small fish in the large Capitol poll Otis gets little marketing support and his records for them do not sell as well as was hoped: Capitol even consider dropping the whole Johnny Otis band/TV show package. In the spring of 1958 Otis takes his whole entourage on tour in the UK where it is pointed out to him that teenagers frequenting coffee bars had taken to "hand jiving" to the records on the juke boxes. On his return to the US Otis records "Willie and the Hand Jive", a song building on rhythms popular from the 1930's and developed by Bo Diddley in the 1950's, which Capitol release with barely a mention to the media. By the summer the record has taken off featuring in the charts for four months. After decades in the business Otis finds himself an overnight success. Despite the song crossing over from the R&B world into pop charts Otis remained true to his roots and put together and all black show which is increasingly performing to white audiences. Otis is unable to provide Capitol with a follow up hit. The TV show continues to promote new talent including [[Don & Dewey]] - It was Otis who gave [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Don Harris]] the nickname "Sugarcane".<br />
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[[Frank Zappa]] first met Otis around 1958 on a trip to his studio having long admired his records and enjoyed his selections for his radio show.<br />
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As the 1950's rolled into the 1960's the musical tastes of the public once again shifted; this time towards heart-throb teen idols, vocal groups (particularly girl groups) and Surf and Hot Rod bands. Otis set up a Eldo records but with little success and he drifted away from the music scene. After the [[Watts Riots]] he became active politically within the [[Los Angeles]] community. Otis wrote a book "Listen To The Lambs" which portrayed the communities he grew up in with all their talents and yet they were disenfranchised from the pursuit of the "American dream". He stood for election to the California Assembly (but as he campaigned as Johnny Veliotes, rather than Otis, he probably failed to pick up as many votes as could have been expected and he did not win a place. ). [http://www.duncanmoran.me.uk/electotis.mp3 Vote for Johnny Otis: Don't forget to remember to register to vote] (184KB mp3).<br />
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Having cultivated Otis' "imperial" style moustache and beard [[Frank Zappa]] contacted Otis in the summer of 1969 while recording material that would appear on [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]] and [[Hot Rats]]. Otis took his son [[Shuggie Otis|Shuggie]] to the session and he played bass on [[Son Of Mr. Green Genes]], his father being credited as Contractor in his capacity as impromptu band leader. FZ asked Otis about [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Don Harris]]. They found he was in prison and so bailed him out so he could record with them.<br />
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Johnny Otis continues to paint, sculpt and write as well as presenting a weekly radio show.<br />
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[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Talk:Streets_Of_Fontana&diff=22895Talk:Streets Of Fontana2005-06-09T04:55:30Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>does anyone have the lyrics to "the streets of fontana"?<br />
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We have a few lines in the [[Vice Squad Raids Local Film Studio]] article. <br />
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[[User:Dunk|Dunk]] 21:55, 8 Jun 2005 (PDT)</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Chatur_Lal&diff=8060Chatur Lal2005-06-08T23:10:55Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Chatur Lal]] is name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them". <br />
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[[Chatur Lal]] (1925 - 1965) Indian tabla player. One of the musicians responsible for bringing classical Indian music to the attention of western listeners. He first toured in Europe in 1955 and then onto the USA accompanying [[Ravi Shankar]]. They recorded the acclaimed "Three Ragas" album in 1956 and, with [[Nodu C. Mullick]], "Sounds of India" (1958). He wrote the music for Norman McLaren's animated film "A Chairy Tale" (1957) and James Ivory's documentary on Indian minature paintings "The Sword and the Flute" (1959). He recorded the solo "Drums of India" in 1961.<br />
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[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Elmer_Valentine&diff=8461Elmer Valentine2005-06-08T06:47:06Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Elmer.JPG|left|frame|Elmer Valentine]]<blockquote>The first thing that attracted me to the Mothers music was the fact that they played for twenty minutes and everybody was hissing, and booing, and falling off the dance floor and [[Elmer Valentine|Elmer]] was yelling at them to get off the stage and turn down their amplifiers</blockquote><br />
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[[Elmer Valentine]], a former Chicago policeman, opened the [[Whisky a Go-Go]] in 1963, and [[The Trip]] in 1965. [[Gail Sloatman]] worked for him as a secretary at the [[Whisky a Go-Go]]. <br />
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<div>[[Image:Elmer.JPG|left|frame|Elmer Valentine]]<blockquote>The first thing that attracted me to the Mothers music was the fact that they played for twenty minutes; everybody was hissing, and booing, and falling off the dance floor and [[Elmer Valentine|Elmer]] was yelling at them to get off the stage and turn down their amplifiers</blockquote><br />
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[[Elmer Valentine]], a former Chicago policeman, opened the [[Whisky a Go-Go]] in 1963, and [[The Trip]] in 1965. [[Gail Sloatman]] worked for him as a secretary at the [[Whisky a Go-Go]]. <br />
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<div>Elmer Valentine</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Trip&diff=8894The Trip2005-06-08T00:03:02Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>As "advertised" in the artwork of [[Freak Out!]] under the header "[[Freak Out! Hot Spots]]"... <br />
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Club opened by [[Elmer Valentine]] in 1965.<br />
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Elmer_Valentine&diff=5435Elmer Valentine2005-06-07T23:59:47Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div><blockquote>The first thing that attracted me to the Mothers music was the fact that they played for twenty minutes; everybody was hissing, and booing, and falling of the dance floor and [[Elmer Valentine|Elmer]] was yelling at them to get off the stage and turn down their amplifiers</blockquote><br />
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[[Elmer Valentine]], a former Chicago policeman, opened the [[Whisky a Go-Go]] in 1963, and [[The Trip]] in 1965.<br />
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[[Gail Sloatman]] worked for him as a secretary at the [[Whisky a Go-Go]]. <br />
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Whisky_a_Go-Go&diff=15266Whisky a Go-Go2005-06-07T23:29:27Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Image:WhiskyAGo-Go-1960.gif|frame|Whisky A Go Go]]As "advertised" in the artwork of [[Freak Out!]] under the header "[[Freak Out! Hot Spots]]"... <br />
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8901 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood CA 90069, Northwest corner of Sunset and San Vicente Blvd (Clark St). Opened January 1963 by [[Elmer Valentine]]. The DJ worked from the suspended cage. One female DJ's dancing gave rise to the term Go-Go dancing. The Whisky was a popular place for the LA police to pick up freaks during the mid 1960's. Throughout the 1960's and 1970's the whisky was host to many of the major bands but by the 1980's it had lost its status and closed in 1982. It opened again in 1986 under a new regime.<br />
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<blockquote>...we were hired as a temporary replacement at <br />
the [[Whisky a Go-Go|Whisky-a-Go-Go]]. By chance, [[Tom Wilson]], a staff producer for [[MGM Records]], was in town. He was <br />
up the street, at [[The Trip|the Trip]], watching a 'big group.' [[Herb Cohen]] talked him into a quick visit to the <br />
Whisky. He walked in while we were playing our 'BIG BOOGIE NUMBER' -- the only one we knew, <br />
totally unrepresentative of the rest of our material. <br />
He liked it and offered us a record deal (thinking he had acquired the ugliest-looking white blues <br />
band in Southern California), and an advance of twenty-five hundred dollars.</blockquote><div align="right">[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div> <br />
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Preston_Love&diff=5533Preston Love2005-06-07T11:32:41Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>Born: April 26, 1921, in Omaha, NE<br />
Died: February 2004<br />
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Started playing the saxophone at 15. Playing with Count Basie in early forties. Formed Otis-Love band with [[Johnny Otis]] in 1943. <br />
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[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Francis_Zappa&diff=8550Francis Zappa2005-06-05T08:01:10Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Francis Zappa|Francis Vincent Zappa]]<br />
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Born May 7 1905 in Partinico, Sicily<br />
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Died April 7 1973<br />
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First marriage: ??<br />
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Rose_Marie_Zappa&diff=22819Rose Marie Zappa2005-06-05T08:01:01Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>Born: (Rose Marie Colimore) June 7 1912, Baltimore, Maryland, USA<br />
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Died: January 30th, 2004, California, USA<br />
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[[Category:Zappa Family]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Pit&diff=15263The Pit2005-06-05T07:00:58Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[The Pit]] was a restaurant FZ's [[Francis Zappa|father]] purchased in 1962 or 63 on Foothill Boulevard, Upland, California. <br />
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<blockquote>It was your basic run-of-the-mill American-style food place, serving such delicacies as hamburgers, fries, Cokes, and generous portions of different kinds of meats and pastas.<br />
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[[Francis Zappa|Dad]] loved to cook, and [[Rose Marie Zappa|Mom]] worked the counter, although I don't think she took as much interest in it as [[Francis Zappa|Dad]]. In the morning, she would get me and [[Carl Zappa|Carl]] off to school and then head back to serve the locals burgers, fries and other deep-fried treats.<br />
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Frank took a lot of interest in the restaurant. He took charge of the rear of the place and installed bamboo curtains on the windows. The fire department quickly ordered them removed. Undaunted, Frank set up a stage and brought in some musicians to play on the weekends for the local college students and anyone else who was invited or just happened to come by.<br />
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As it turned out, this would be the only time in my life that I was on stage with Frank. One night I sang a couple of songs, one with [[Ray Collins]], who became one of the originals [[Mothers Of Invention]]. We performed [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|I'm Leaving It All Up To You]] and then I sang 'Long Tall Texan.' The crowd went wild. Frank seemed proud of me and glad I was on stage with him.</blockquote><div align="right">[[Candy Zappa]]</div> <br />
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[[Category:Clubs & Bars]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Roland_Kirk&diff=8295Roland Kirk2005-06-04T23:21:53Z<p>Dunk: Zappafied</p>
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<div>"Rahsaan" [[Roland Kirk]], born: Ronald T. Kirk (August 7, 1936, Columbus, OH - December 5, 1977, Bloomington, IN), is name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them".<br />
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I met him backstage at the Boston Jazz Festival and asked him to play with us if he was interested in our music. Then, during our set, led by his attendant, he came up to the stage. As you know he's blind, but his body understood all of our signals. At one point everybody in the band was supposed to get down on their back and kick their feet in the air while they still keep playing. As soon as we got on our back, he also got his back. When we got up, he also got up. He grasped everything. He is an excellent musician. Three weeks later we played together again at the Florida Jazz Festival.<br />
</blockquote><div align="right">Frank Zappa interviewed in New Music Magazine (April 1976)</div><br />
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Exhilarating multi-reed playing jazz musician, sideman with [[Charles Mingus]] (name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]") in 1960, and the leader of his own groups until suffering a stroke in 1976. Arguably the most exciting saxophone soloist in jazz history, Kirk was a post-modernist before that term even existed. Kirk played the continuum of jazz tradition as an instrument unto itself; he felt little compunction about mixing and matching elements from the music's history, and his concoctions usually seemed natural, if not inevitable. Kirk was born with sight, but became blind at the age of two.<br />
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He is also mentioned in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989): "''The first time we played with Rahsaan [[Roland Kirk]] was at the 1968 [[Boston Globe Jazz Festival]]. After his performance, when introduced to him backstage, I said I really liked what he was doing, and said that if he felt like joining us onstage during our set, he was more than welcome. In spite of his blindness, I believed we could accommodate whatever he wanted to do. We began our set, wending our atonal way toward a medley of 1950s-style honking saxophone numbers. During this fairly complicated, choreographed routine, [[Roland Kirk|Rahsaan]], assisted by his helper (can't remember his name), decided to join in. In 1969, [[George Wein]], impresario of the [[Newport Jazz Festival]], decided it would be a tremendous idea to put the Mothers of Invention on a jazz tour of the East Coast. We wound up working in a package with [[Roland Kirk|Kirk]], [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Gary Burton]] in [[Miami]] at the [[Jai Alai Fronton]], and at another gig in [[South Carolina]].''"<br />
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=United_Mutations&diff=7611United Mutations2005-06-04T09:17:50Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Mothers Of Invention]] Fan Club.<br />
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Would you be interested in joining what's called a fan club for the Mothers? The official name of the organization is the United Mutations. We call it that because we are certain that only a few special people might be interested in active participation. It will cost you three dollars and you must fill in the accompanying questionnaire. Name, age, sex, height, weight, address, state, zip, father's name, profession, mother's name, profession. Answer these questions briefly: Who is God? ESP? Yes? No? Describe. Best way to describe my social environment is: If I had my way I would change it to: How will you change your social environment? When? What are you afraid of? What sort of help can the Mothers give you? "On another sheet of paper describe your favorite dream, or nightmare, in clinical detail. Send both sheets with three dollars to the address above and in return we will send you useful information about the Mothers, a small package with some other things you might be interested in. Thank you. Your signature in ink, please." This is the follow-up letter that accompanies the package: "Hello. Thank you for responding to our initial proposal. It is necessary to know a few more things about you. We hope you won't mind answering another form letter, but our files require it for continued membership. If you are interested in this worthwhile program of let's call it self-help, please be advised that our work can be continued only if your membership is kept paid yearly and we have periodic reports of your activities within the context of our program. You will be notified by mail for your next membership report. For now, please fill in this form and return it to us and read the enclosed material carefully. We are happy you took an interest in us. Answer these questions briefly. Please enclose a small photo of yourself. "Are you a mutation? What can you do to help us? People's minds: how many do you control? Why not more? How do you control your subjects? Do they know? Do other people know? How do you avoid problems? Do you group think? Is there another operator near you? Who? Does he/she belong to our association? If no, why not? Describe your relationship with your parents. How can the Mothers assist you? Your signature in ink, please. Date.</blockquote><br />
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The $3 membership kit included: photos and biographies of the band members, a membership card, and copies of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=Pauline_Butcher&diff=6033Pauline Butcher2005-06-04T09:01:05Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Paulineandfrank.jpg|frame|Pauline Butcher & FZ]]<br />
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Pauline Butcher (Bird)<br />
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Secretary to FZ 1968-1972<br />
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During [[The Mothers]] first European tour she was hired to translate the lyrics from [[Absolutely Free]]. Her naivety in the music world (such as asking [[Eric Clapton]] what instrument he played.) appealled to FZ and he asked her to work as his secretary. She moved out to the log cabin where, amongst her many duties, she ran the [[United Mutations]] fan club.<br />
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Ill health forced her return to England in 1972. She has since worked as a teacher and a writer for theatre and radio.<br />
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FZ in [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]: "''The residents at that time included my wife, Gail; my secretary, [[Pauline Butcher]]; our road manager, [[Dick Barber]]; [[Pamela Zarubica]]; [[Ian Underwood]]; [[Motorhead Sherwood]]; and a girl named [[Christine Frka]] - the woman on the cover of the [[Hot Rats]] album crawling out of the crypt.''"<br />
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Mentioned in [[My Brother Is an Italian Mother]] ([[Jazz & Pop]], 1968, [[Bobby Zappa|C. R. Zappa]]).<br />
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=File:Paulineandfrank.jpg&diff=22889File:Paulineandfrank.jpg2005-06-04T08:42:58Z<p>Dunk: Pauline Butcher and FZ</p>
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<div>Pauline Butcher and FZ</div>Dunkhttp://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php?title=The_Pit&diff=5186The Pit2005-06-04T07:33:55Z<p>Dunk: </p>
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<div>[[The Pit]] was a restaurant FZ's [[Francis Zappa|father]] purchased in 1962 or 63 on Foothill Boulevard, Upland, California. <br />
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[[Candy Zappa]] recalls: "Frank put in a makeshift stage and the college crowd came in on Friday nights and he had some of his pre-Mothers band members there and I asked if I could sing a couple of songs with Ray."<br />
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