Elwood "Jr." Madeo - Revision history

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Emdebe: removed Category:Supporting Cast = bandmember

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removed Category:Supporting Cast = bandmember

KillUglyRadio at 09:39, 20 September 2005

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Emdebe at 22:01, 11 June 2005

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Emdebe at 20:47, 12 May 2005

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Emdebe at 20:46, 12 May 2005

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Emdebe at 21:51, 10 May 2005

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 [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] was the leader of [[The Ramblers]], and is credited with firing Zappa from his first band for "riding the cymbals too much".
-<blockquote><p>By 1956 I was playing in a high school R&B band called [[The Ramblers|the Ramblers]]. We used to rehearse in the living room of the piano player, [[Stuart Congdon]] — his Dad was a preacher. I practiced on pots and pans, held between my knees like bongos. I finally talked my folks into buying a real drum set (secondhand, from a guy up the street, for about fifty dollars). I didn't take delivery on the drum set until a week before our first gig. Since I had never learned to coordinate my hands and feet, I was not very good at keeping time with the kick-drum pedal. The bandleader, [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo|Elwood "junior" Madeo]], had gotten us a job at a place called the [[Uptown Hall]], at 40th and Mead in the Hillcrcst district of [[San Diego]]. Our fee: seven dollars—for the whole band. On the way to the gig, I realized that I had forgotten my drumsticks (my only pair), and we had to drive back across town to get them. Eventually I was fired because they said I played the cymbals too much. It's hard to be a drummer-in-training, because there are very few apartments that are soundproof enough to practice in. (Where do good drummers really come from?)</p></blockquote><div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
+<blockquote><p>''"By 1956 I was playing in a high school R&B band called [[The Ramblers|the Ramblers]]. We used to rehearse in the living room of the piano player, [[Stuart Congdon]] — his Dad was a preacher. I practiced on pots and pans, held between my knees like bongos. I finally talked my folks into buying a real drum set (secondhand, from a guy up the street, for about fifty dollars). I didn't take delivery on the drum set until a week before our first gig. Since I had never learned to coordinate my hands and feet, I was not very good at keeping time with the kick-drum pedal. The bandleader, [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo|Elwood "junior" Madeo]], had gotten us a job at a place called the [[Uptown Hall]], at 40th and Mead in the Hillcrust district of [[San Diego]]. Our fee: seven dollars—for the whole band. On the way to the gig, I realized that I had forgotten my drumsticks (my only pair), and we had to drive back across town to get them. Eventually I was fired because they said I played the cymbals too much. It's hard to be a drummer-in-training, because there are very few apartments that are soundproof enough to practice in. (Where do good drummers really come from?)"''</p></blockquote><div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
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 [[Category:Bandmembers|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
-[[Category:Musicians|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
+[[Category:Singers|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]

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	[[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] is included in the [[:Category:Freak Out! (The List)\|list of names]] on the cover of [[Freak Out!]]		[[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] is included in the [[:Category:Freak Out! (The List)\|list of names]] on the cover of [[Freak Out!]]

		+	==External links==
		+	[http://www.columbusjazzsociety.com/musicians/elwood.htm Elwood Madeo]

	[[Category:Bandmembers\|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]		[[Category:Bandmembers\|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]

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-[[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] 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".
+[[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] was the leader of [[The Ramblers]], and is credited with firing Zappa from his first band for "riding the cymbals too much".
-He was the leader of [[The Ramblers]], and is credited with firing Zappa from his first band for "riding the cymbals too much".
+<blockquote><p>By 1956 I was playing in a high school R&B band called [[The Ramblers|the Ramblers]]. We used to rehearse in the living room of the piano player, [[Stuart Congdon]] — his Dad was a preacher. I practiced on pots and pans, held between my knees like bongos. I finally talked my folks into buying a real drum set (secondhand, from a guy up the street, for about fifty dollars). I didn't take delivery on the drum set until a week before our first gig. Since I had never learned to coordinate my hands and feet, I was not very good at keeping time with the kick-drum pedal. The bandleader, [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo|Elwood "junior" Madeo]], had gotten us a job at a place called the [[Uptown Hall]], at 40th and Mead in the Hillcrcst district of [[San Diego]]. Our fee: seven dollars—for the whole band. On the way to the gig, I realized that I had forgotten my drumsticks (my only pair), and we had to drive back across town to get them. Eventually I was fired because they said I played the cymbals too much. It's hard to be a drummer-in-training, because there are very few apartments that are soundproof enough to practice in. (Where do good drummers really come from?)</p></blockquote><div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
-<blockquote><p>By 1956 I was playing in a high school R&B band called [[The Ramblers|the Ramblers]]. We used to rehearse in the living room of the piano player, [[Stuart Congdon]] — his Dad was a preacher. I practiced on pots and pans, held between my knees like bongos. I finally talked my folks into buying a real drum set (secondhand, from a guy up the street, for about fifty dollars). I didn't take delivery on the drum set until a week before our first gig. Since I had never learned to coordinate my hands and feet, I was not very good at keeping time with the kick-drum pedal. The bandleader, [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo|Elwood "junior" Madeo]], had gotten us a job at a place called the [[Uptown Hall]], at 40th and Mead in the Hillcrcst district of [[San Diego]]. Our fee: seven dollars—for the whole band. On the way to the gig, I realized that I had forgotten my drumsticks (my only pair), and we had to drive back across town to get them. Eventually I was fired because they said I played the cymbals too much. It's hard to be a drummer-in-training, because there are very few apartments that are soundproof enough to practice in. (Where do good drummers really come from?)</p></blockquote>
+On "[[The Lost Episodes]]" there's a track called [[The Blackouts]], and in the liner notes, Junior Madeo is listed as a musician. It can only be assumed that Madeo's inclusion is either an error by FZ, or that this is yet another version of [[The Blackouts]].
 [[Category:Bandmembers|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]

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 On "[[The Lost Episodes]]" there's a track called [[The Blackouts]], and in the liner notes, Junior Madeo is listed as a musician. It can only be assumed that Madeo's inclusion is either an error by FZ, or that this is yet another version of [[The Blackouts]].
 [[Category:Bandmembers|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
 [[Category:Musicians|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]

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 He was the leader of [[The Ramblers]], and is credited with firing Zappa from his first band for "riding the cymbals too much".
-From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989): ''By 1956 I was playing in a high school R&B band called [[The Ramblers|the Ramblers]]. We used to rehearse in the living room of the piano player, [[Stuart Congdon]] — his Dad was a preacher. I practiced on pots and pans, held between my knees like bongos. I finally talked my folks into buying a real drum set (secondhand, from a guy up the street, for about fifty dollars). I didn't take delivery on the drum set until a week before our first gig. Since I had never learned to coordinate my hands and feet, I was not very good at keeping time with the kick-drum pedal. The bandleader, [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo|Elwood "junior" Madeo]], had gotten us a job at a place called the [[Uptown Hall]], at 40th and Mead in the Hillcrcst district of [[San Diego]]. Our fee: seven dollars—for the whole band. On the way to the gig, I realized that I had forgotten my drumsticks (my only pair), and we had to drive back across town to get them. Eventually I was fired because they said I played the cymbals too much. It's hard to be a drummer-in-training, because there are very few apartments that are soundproof enough to practice in. (Where do good drummers really come from?)''
+From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989):
 On "[[The Lost Episodes]]" there's a track called [[The Blackouts]], and in the liner notes, Junior Madeo is listed as a musician. It can only be assumed that Madeo's inclusion is either an error by FZ, or that this is yet another version of [[The Blackouts]].

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 On "[[The Lost Episodes]]" there's a track called [[The Blackouts]], and in the liner notes, Junior Madeo is listed as a musician. It can only be assumed that Madeo's inclusion is either an error by FZ, or that this is yet another version of [[The Blackouts]].
-[[Category:Supporting Cast]]
+[[Category:Supporting Cast|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
-[[Category:Bandmembers]]
+[[Category:Bandmembers|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
-[[Category:Musicians]]
+[[Category:Musicians|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
-[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]
+[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]
-[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
+[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Madeo, Elwood "Jr."]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:01, 11 June 2005
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−	Elwood "Jr." Madeo was the leader of [[The Ramblers]], and is credited with firing Zappa from his first band for "riding the cymbals too much".	+	[[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] 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".
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		+	He was the leader of [[The Ramblers]], and is credited with firing Zappa from his first band for "riding the cymbals too much".

	From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989): ''By 1956 I was playing in a high school R&B band called [[The Ramblers\|the Ramblers]]. We used to rehearse in the living room of the piano player, [[Stuart Congdon]] — his Dad was a preacher. I practiced on pots and pans, held between my knees like bongos. I finally talked my folks into buying a real drum set (secondhand, from a guy up the street, for about fifty dollars). I didn't take delivery on the drum set until a week before our first gig. Since I had never learned to coordinate my hands and feet, I was not very good at keeping time with the kick-drum pedal. The bandleader, [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo\|Elwood "junior" Madeo]], had gotten us a job at a place called the [[Uptown Hall]], at 40th and Mead in the Hillcrcst district of [[San Diego]]. Our fee: seven dollars—for the whole band. On the way to the gig, I realized that I had forgotten my drumsticks (my only pair), and we had to drive back across town to get them. Eventually I was fired because they said I played the cymbals too much. It's hard to be a drummer-in-training, because there are very few apartments that are soundproof enough to practice in. (Where do good drummers really come from?)''		From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989): ''By 1956 I was playing in a high school R&B band called [[The Ramblers\|the Ramblers]]. We used to rehearse in the living room of the piano player, [[Stuart Congdon]] — his Dad was a preacher. I practiced on pots and pans, held between my knees like bongos. I finally talked my folks into buying a real drum set (secondhand, from a guy up the street, for about fifty dollars). I didn't take delivery on the drum set until a week before our first gig. Since I had never learned to coordinate my hands and feet, I was not very good at keeping time with the kick-drum pedal. The bandleader, [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo\|Elwood "junior" Madeo]], had gotten us a job at a place called the [[Uptown Hall]], at 40th and Mead in the Hillcrcst district of [[San Diego]]. Our fee: seven dollars—for the whole band. On the way to the gig, I realized that I had forgotten my drumsticks (my only pair), and we had to drive back across town to get them. Eventually I was fired because they said I played the cymbals too much. It's hard to be a drummer-in-training, because there are very few apartments that are soundproof enough to practice in. (Where do good drummers really come from?)''

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	From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989): ''By 1956 I was playing in a high school R&B band called [[The Ramblers\|the Ramblers]]. We used to rehearse in the living room of the piano player, [[Stuart Congdon]] — his Dad was a preacher. I practiced on pots and pans, held between my knees like bongos. I finally talked my folks into buying a real drum set (secondhand, from a guy up the street, for about fifty dollars). I didn't take delivery on the drum set until a week before our first gig. Since I had never learned to coordinate my hands and feet, I was not very good at keeping time with the kick-drum pedal. The bandleader, [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo\|Elwood "junior" Madeo]], had gotten us a job at a place called the [[Uptown Hall]], at 40th and Mead in the Hillcrcst district of [[San Diego]]. Our fee: seven dollars—for the whole band. On the way to the gig, I realized that I had forgotten my drumsticks (my only pair), and we had to drive back across town to get them. Eventually I was fired because they said I played the cymbals too much. It's hard to be a drummer-in-training, because there are very few apartments that are soundproof enough to practice in. (Where do good drummers really come from?)''		From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989): ''By 1956 I was playing in a high school R&B band called [[The Ramblers\|the Ramblers]]. We used to rehearse in the living room of the piano player, [[Stuart Congdon]] — his Dad was a preacher. I practiced on pots and pans, held between my knees like bongos. I finally talked my folks into buying a real drum set (secondhand, from a guy up the street, for about fifty dollars). I didn't take delivery on the drum set until a week before our first gig. Since I had never learned to coordinate my hands and feet, I was not very good at keeping time with the kick-drum pedal. The bandleader, [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo\|Elwood "junior" Madeo]], had gotten us a job at a place called the [[Uptown Hall]], at 40th and Mead in the Hillcrcst district of [[San Diego]]. Our fee: seven dollars—for the whole band. On the way to the gig, I realized that I had forgotten my drumsticks (my only pair), and we had to drive back across town to get them. Eventually I was fired because they said I played the cymbals too much. It's hard to be a drummer-in-training, because there are very few apartments that are soundproof enough to practice in. (Where do good drummers really come from?)''
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		+	On "[[The Lost Episodes]]" there's a track called [[The Blackouts]], and in the liner notes, Junior Madeo is listed as a musician. It can only be assumed that Madeo's inclusion is either an error by FZ, or that this is yet another version of [[The Blackouts]].
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	[[Category:Supporting Cast]]		[[Category:Supporting Cast]]

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−	Elwood "Jr." Madeo was the leader of [[The Ramblers]], and is credited with firing Zappa from his first band for "riding the ~~cymbols~~ too much".	+	Elwood "Jr." Madeo was the leader of [[The Ramblers]], and is credited with firing Zappa from his first band for "riding the cymbals too much".

		+	From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989): ''By 1956 I was playing in a high school R&B band called [[The Ramblers\|the Ramblers]]. We used to rehearse in the living room of the piano player, [[Stuart Congdon]] — his Dad was a preacher. I practiced on pots and pans, held between my knees like bongos. I finally talked my folks into buying a real drum set (secondhand, from a guy up the street, for about fifty dollars). I didn't take delivery on the drum set until a week before our first gig. Since I had never learned to coordinate my hands and feet, I was not very good at keeping time with the kick-drum pedal. The bandleader, [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo\|Elwood "junior" Madeo]], had gotten us a job at a place called the [[Uptown Hall]], at 40th and Mead in the Hillcrcst district of [[San Diego]]. Our fee: seven dollars—for the whole band. On the way to the gig, I realized that I had forgotten my drumsticks (my only pair), and we had to drive back across town to get them. Eventually I was fired because they said I played the cymbals too much. It's hard to be a drummer-in-training, because there are very few apartments that are soundproof enough to practice in. (Where do good drummers really come from?)''
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		+	[[Category:Supporting Cast]]
	[[Category:Bandmembers]]		[[Category:Bandmembers]]
		+	[[Category:Musicians]]
		+	[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]