Aynsley Dunbar - Revision history

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 [[Image:ADunbarDrum2.jpg|right|frame|Aynsley Dunbar]]
-'''Aynsley Thomas Dunbar''' (Born January 10, 1946, Liverpool, England) is a British drummer, who played with [[John Mayall]] and later [[Jeff Beck]] and Frank Zappa.
+'''Aynsley Thomas Dunbar''' (Born January 10, 1946, [[Liverpool]], England) is a British drummer, who played with [[John Mayall]] and later [[Jeff Beck]] and Frank Zappa.
 ==Early career==

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	Dunbar was one of the musicians whose penis was sculpted by [[Cynthia Plaster-Caster]] <ref>https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/cynthia-albritton-rock-star-penis-sculptures-died-74/</ref> (sculpted on 30 September 1970, when he was still a member of the band Journey). She described Dunbar as ''"the most difficult"'' contributor: ''"He wouldn't dip into the canister until he thought he was big and beefy enough. I was wasting a lot of alginate waiting for him."''<ref>https://www.mtv.com/news/1122292/legendary-rock-groupie-displays-plaster-caster-collection/</ref>		Dunbar was one of the musicians whose penis was sculpted by [[Cynthia Plaster-Caster]] <ref>https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/cynthia-albritton-rock-star-penis-sculptures-died-74/</ref> (sculpted on 30 September 1970, when he was still a member of the band Journey). She described Dunbar as ''"the most difficult"'' contributor: ''"He wouldn't dip into the canister until he thought he was big and beefy enough. I was wasting a lot of alginate waiting for him."''<ref>https://www.mtv.com/news/1122292/legendary-rock-groupie-displays-plaster-caster-collection/</ref>
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		+	==Frank Zappa about Aynsley Dunbar==
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		+	''"Another drummer that I really enjoyed playing with was Aynsley Dunbar. He was great. He could shuffle his brains out. He was just a shuffling guy."'' - Frank Zappa in ''[[Zappa 89-7]]'', interview by Deborah Parisi, Rhythm, July 1989.

	==References==		==References==

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 [[Image:ADunbarDrum2.jpg|right|frame|Aynsley Dunbar]]
-'''Aynsley Thomas Dunbar''' (Born January 10, 1946, Liverpool, England) is a British drummer. He was a member of [[John Mayall]]'s Bluesbreakers, along with [[Wikipedia:Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]] & John McVie who would form Fleetwood Mac. He then joined the [[Jeff Beck]] Group, before forming his own band 'Retaliation'.
+'''Aynsley Thomas Dunbar''' (Born January 10, 1946, Liverpool, England) is a British drummer, who played with [[John Mayall]] and later [[Jeff Beck]] and Frank Zappa.
-In the winter of 1969 Retaliation appeared at the 5-day [[Actuel Festival]], which was also attended by [[Biography|Frank Zappa]], acting in the unlikely role of Master of Ceremonies. At this event FZ got to jam on two numbers with Dunbar's band, which included keyboardist Tommy Eyre and bassist [[Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski)|Alex Dmochowski]], (aka [[Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski)|Erroneous]]).
+==Early career==
-Shortly after, Retaliation broke up and Dunbar briefly formed [[Blue Whale]], with Eyre, Paul Williams (vocal), Ivan Zagni & Roger Sutton (guitars), Peter Friedberg (bass), Edward Reay-Smith (brass), and Charles Greetham (sax) . The band released an eponymous album in 1970, recorded at London's Marquee Studio, which contained a version of  'Willie The Pimp' (Track 2, 16:35). [See [[Hot Rats]]].
+Dunbar was a member of [[John Mayall]]'s Bluesbreakers, along with [[Wikipedia:Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]] & John McVie who would form Fleetwood Mac. He then joined the [[Jeff Beck]] Group, before forming his own band 'Retaliation'.
-Meanwhile, Zappa had remembered Dunbar's skills from their jamming session in Belgium and, later in the Spring of 1970 at a meeting in [[The Speakeasy Club, UK|The Speakeasy Club]] in London, FZ invited Dunbar to join his band in America. Blue Whale was disbanded and Dunbar moved his kit into Zappa's basement. [[Chunga's Revenge]] followed, although Dunbar did reappear back in England for the 1970 [[70/06/28 Shepton Mallet UK Bath & West Showground|Bath Festival of Blues]] - in a one-off line-up, drumming with John Mayall, Ric Grech and Peter Green.
+==Frank Zappa==
 As a member of FZ's bands '''Dunbar''' provided drums for:
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 *[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]] (Nov 1989)
 *[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]] (Jul 1992)
-*[[Playground Psychotics]] (Oct 1992)
+*[[Playground Psychotics]] (Oct 1992)  (he can be heard during ''[[A Typical Sound Check]]'' and ''[[Here Comes The Gear, Lads]]'')
 *[[The Lost Episodes]] (Feb 1996)
 *[[Joe's Domage]] (Oct 2004)
 *[[Quaudiophiliac]] (Sep 2004)
-*[[Funky Nothingness]]
+*[[Zappa/Erie]] (2022) (during the audience participation, Zappa answers a question from a fan where Aynsley Dunbar is? This also inspired the title of the article ''[[Frank Zappa: 'Frenk! Frenk! Ees Aynsley playeeng?']]'')
 As a member of bands on FZ's [[:Category:Beat The Boots|Beat The Boots]] series:
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 *[[John Lennon]] & [[Yoko Ono]]; Plastic Ono Band: [[Some Time In New York City]] (1972 Apple)
-==Links==
+==External links==
-[[wikipedia:Aynsley Dunbar|Aynsley Dunbar - Wikipedia]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Aynsley Dunbar]]
 *[http://www.aynsleydunbar.com Official website]
-[[Category:Bandmembers|Dunbar]] [[Category:Tributes & Cover Bands|Dunbar]]
+[[Category:Bandmembers|Dunbar]]
 [[Category:Drums|Dunbar]]

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 *[[Quaudiophiliac]] (Sep 2004)
-As a member of bands on FZ's [[Beat The Boots]] series:
+As a member of bands on FZ's [[:Category:Beat The Boots|Beat The Boots]] series:
 *[[Freaks & Motherfuckers (BTB)]] (Jul 1991)
 *[[Disconnected Synapses (BTB)]] (Jun 1992)
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 *[http://www.aynsleydunbar.com Official website]
-[[Category:Bandmembers|Dunbar, Aynsley]] [[Category:Tributes & Cover Bands|Dunbar, Aynsley]]
+[[Category:Bandmembers|Dunbar]] [[Category:Tributes & Cover Bands|Dunbar]]
-[[Category:Drums|Dunbar, Aynsley]]
+[[Category:Drums|Dunbar]]

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 *[[Swiss Cheese/Fire! (BTB)]] (Jun 1992)
-As a member of an FZ band on other artists albums:
+As a member of an FZ band on other artists' albums:
 *[[John Lennon]] & [[Yoko Ono]]; Plastic Ono Band: [[Some Time In New York City]] (1972 Apple)

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−	*John & Yoko; Plastic Ono Band: ~~Sometime~~ In New York City (1972 Apple)	+	*[[John Lennon]] & [[Yoko Ono]]; Plastic Ono Band: [[Some Time In New York City]] (1972 Apple)