Adrian Belew - Revision history

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Spider of Destiny: /* Quote about Zappa */

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Quote about Zappa

Duncan: /* Later career */

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Later career

Jason.Kreitzer at 21:51, 23 July 2021

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Spider of Destiny: /* Later career */

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Later career

Spider of Destiny at 00:26, 13 October 2020

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Spider of Destiny at 16:56, 23 September 2020

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Spider of Destiny: Added more info, with sources.

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Added more info, with sources.

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 ==Quote about Zappa==
 '''"When you come face to face with a genius its undeniable. From my first handshake with Frank in 1977 to our last private talk in his living room just months before his death, he seemed surrounded by the urgent aura of someone meant to create something no one else could. Not surprisingly, Frank was driven: the hardest working musician ive ever seen. Very serious about his music and its treatment, yet clearly enjoying his unique position as a creative force known and revered througout the world"'' <ref>http://www.tangento.net/zappa2.html</ref>
 ==References==

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 ==Later career==
-Belew subsequently performed with [[David Bowie]] before Joining [[wikipedia:King Crimson|King Crimson]] in 1981. He has worked with numerous bands and musicians (including  [[Laurie Anderson]] in the mid 1980's and 1994) as well as solo projects and his band [[wikipedia:Adrian Belew Trio|Adrian Belew Power Trio]].
+Belew subsequently performed with [[David Bowie]] before Joining [[wikipedia:King Crimson|King Crimson]] in 1981. He has worked with numerous bands and musicians (including  [[wikipedia:Laurie Anderson|Laurie Anderson]] in the mid 1980's and 1994) as well as solo projects and his band [[wikipedia:Adrian Belew Trio|Adrian Belew Power Trio]].
 He wrote liner notes for the album ''[[Halloween 77]]'' (2017).

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 '''Adrian Belew''' (born Robert Steven Belew, 23 December 1949, in Covington, Kentucky) is an American guitarist and vocalist. He performed with Zappa during the late 1970s on albums such as ''[[Zappa In New York]]'' (1977), ''[[Sheik Yerbouti]]'' (1979), ''[[Baby Snakes]]'' (1981), ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]]'' (1988), ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]]'' (1992), ''[[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]]'' (1996) and ''[[Quaudiophiliac]]'' (2004) and can be seen in the film ''[[Baby Snakes (The Film)|Baby Snakes]] (1979)''.
-He was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
+He was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
 ==Career in Zappa's band==

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	Belew subsequently performed with [[David Bowie]] before Joining [[wikipedia:King Crimson\|King Crimson]] in 1981. He has worked with numerous bands and musicians (including [[Laurie Anderson]] in the mid 1980's and 1994) as well as solo projects and his band [[wikipedia:Adrian Belew Trio\|Adrian Belew Power Trio]].		Belew subsequently performed with [[David Bowie]] before Joining [[wikipedia:King Crimson\|King Crimson]] in 1981. He has worked with numerous bands and musicians (including [[Laurie Anderson]] in the mid 1980's and 1994) as well as solo projects and his band [[wikipedia:Adrian Belew Trio\|Adrian Belew Power Trio]].
		+	He wrote liner notes for the album ''[[Halloween 77]]'' (2017).

	==Quote about Zappa==		==Quote about Zappa==

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 ==Later career==
-He subsequently performed with [[David Bowie]] before Joining [[wikipedia:King Crimson|King Crimson]] in 1981. He has worked with numerous bands and musicians (including  [[Laurie Anderson]] in the mid 1980's and 1994) as well as solo projects and his band [[wikipedia:Adrian Belew Trio|Adrian Belew Power Trio]].
+Belew subsequently performed with [[David Bowie]] before Joining [[wikipedia:King Crimson|King Crimson]] in 1981. He has worked with numerous bands and musicians (including  [[Laurie Anderson]] in the mid 1980's and 1994) as well as solo projects and his band [[wikipedia:Adrian Belew Trio|Adrian Belew Power Trio]].
 ==Quote about Zappa==
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 * [http://www.adrianbelew.net/ Belew's website]
-[[Category:Bandmembers|Belew, Andrew]]
+[[Category:Bandmembers|Belew, Adrian]]
-[[Category:Rock Artists|Belew, Andrew]]
+[[Category:Rock Artists|Belew, Adrian]]
-[[Category:Celebrity Fans|Belew, Andrew]]
+[[Category:Guitarists|Belew, Adrian]]

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 [[Image:ZappaBelew.jpg|right|frame|Frank Zappa & Adrian Belew]]
-'''Adrian Belew''' (born Robert Steven Belew, 23 December 1949, in Covington, Kentucky) is an American guitarist and vocalist. He was playing with a local bar band in a small club in Nashville when Zappa came in to see them:
+'''Adrian Belew''' (born Robert Steven Belew, 23 December 1949, in Covington, Kentucky) is an American guitarist and vocalist. He performed with Zappa during the late 1970s on albums such as ''[[Zappa In New York]]'' (1977), ''[[Sheik Yerbouti]]'' (1979), ''[[Baby Snakes]]'' (1981), ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]]'' (1988), ''[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]]'' (1992), ''[[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]]'' (1996) and ''[[Quaudiophiliac]]'' (2004) and can be seen in the film ''[[Baby Snakes (The Film)|Baby Snakes]] (1979)''.
 <blockquote><p>
 “Frank gave me a list of difficult songs from several different records, and his instructions were, ‘Figure out how to play and sing this the best you can, however you can.’ The music was pretty complicated for a guy who was just playing in a bar band. I had never played in odd time signatures, and I didn’t read music, whereas the rest of the Frank’s band did. And I was so poor at the time that I didn’t even buy the records. I borrowed them from my friends, because I didn’t know if it was going to work out anyway.</p>
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-“The audition was pretty brutal, and I didn’t do very well. It was like the chaos of a movie set with people moving pianos around and so on. And there’s little me standing in the middle of a room with a Pignose amplifier and a Stratocaster trying to sing and play lots of Frank Zappa songs. I was so nervous. I remember doing ‘Andy,’ and ‘Wind Up Working in a Gas Station.’ I thought I did poorly, and I had nowhere to go. I had just flown in, and was driven to his house, so I sat there all day watching everyone else. I watched some really tough auditions, especially for keyboard players and percussionists. I didn’t see any other guitar players, but I was later told that he auditioned 50 guitar players.</p>
+“The audition was pretty brutal, and I didn’t do very well. It was like the chaos of a movie set with people moving pianos around and so on. And there’s little me standing in the middle of a room with a Pignose amplifier and a Stratocaster trying to sing and play lots of Frank Zappa songs. I was so nervous. I remember doing ‘[[Andy]],’ and ‘[[Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station]].’ I thought I did poorly, and I had nowhere to go. I had just flown in, and was driven to his house, so I sat there all day watching everyone else. I watched some really tough auditions, especially for keyboard players and percussionists. I didn’t see any other guitar players, but I was later told that he auditioned 50 guitar players.</p>
 <p>
 “At the end of the day, when it all calmed down and people were finally leaving, I finally got my time to speak to Frank again. I said simply this: ‘Frank, I don’t think I did so well. I imagined this would have happened differently. I thought you and I would sit somewhere quiet, and I would play and sing the songs for you. And he said, ‘OK, then let’s do that.’
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 <div align="right">-Interview in [[Guitar Player Magazine|Guitar Player]], November 2005</div>
-He subsequently performed with [[wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] before Joining [[wikipedia:King Crimson|King Crimson]] in 1981. He has worked with numerous bands and musicians (including  [[Laurie Anderson]] in the mid 1980's and 1994) as well as solo projects and his band [[wikipedia:Adrian Belew Trio|Adrian Belew Power Trio]].
+He subsequently performed with [[David Bowie]] before Joining [[wikipedia:King Crimson|King Crimson]] in 1981. He has worked with numerous bands and musicians (including  [[Laurie Anderson]] in the mid 1980's and 1994) as well as solo projects and his band [[wikipedia:Adrian Belew Trio|Adrian Belew Power Trio]].
-[[wikipedia:Adrian Belew|Wikipedia article]]
+'''"When you come face to face with a genius its undeniable. From my first handshake with Frank in 1977 to our last private talk in his living room just months before his death, he seemed surrounded by the urgent aura of someone meant to create something no one else could. Not surprisingly, Frank was driven: the hardest working musician ive ever seen. Very serious about his music and its treatment, yet clearly enjoying his unique position as a creative force known and revered througout the world"'' <ref>http://www.tangento.net/zappa2.html</ref>
-[http://www.adrianbelew.net/ Belew's website]
+==References==
 [[Category:Bandmembers|Belew, Andrew]]
-[[Category:Musicians|Belew, Andrew]]
+[[Category:Rock Artists|Belew, Andrew]]