Grand Mother - Revision history

Spider of Destiny at 12:26, 25 May 2026

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Spider of Destiny at 11:30, 25 April 2026

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Jason.Kreitzer at 16:06, 14 September 2021

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Jason.Kreitzer at 00:48, 18 July 2021

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Emdebe: fixed Royal Albert Hall

2007-03-13T19:03:49Z

fixed Royal Albert Hall

Emdebe: fixed Don "Sugarcane" Harris

2007-03-13T19:01:33Z

fixed Don "Sugarcane" Harris

Emdebe: link to zircon encrusted tweezers

2007-03-13T18:53:15Z

link to zircon encrusted tweezers

Propellerkuh at 20:42, 25 January 2007

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Propellerkuh at 13:38, 24 January 2007

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Propellerkuh at 13:26, 24 January 2007

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 He gave a sly look: "I think the Stones get away with far more than we do – because they can afford it."
-How about other lyrics? What was this fixation on the same album with [[Tweezers|zircon encrusted tweezers]].
+How about other lyrics? What was this fixation on the same album with [[ZIRCON|zircon]] encrusted [[Tweezers|tweezers]].
-"I first discovered the zircon in 1957. When the piano player in this band I had in high school decided that in order to really play like [[wikipedia:Fats Domino|Fats Domino]] he had to have the same amount of weight on his hands that Fats Domino had. You know, Fats had that big diamond ring on his finger.
+"I first discovered the [[ZIRCON|zircon]] in 1957. When the piano player in this band I had in high school decided that in order to really play like [[wikipedia:Fats Domino|Fats Domino]] he had to have the same amount of weight on his hands that Fats Domino had. You know, Fats had that big diamond ring on his finger.
 "Well, Wimberly couldn't afford a diamond, so he saw an ad in a comic book said he could get a zircon as big as yer fist for £10." Between laughter, he went on: "So the zircon has always seemed to me the symbol of complete cheapness."

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	What about the future then? "I sure can't say. That's another one of my anomalies. We're working on a television special which we're gonna film as soon as we get back to Los Angeles. It'll be something you never say before. That's all I'm gonna say. I don't wanna give away the surprise," he smiled.		What about the future then? "I sure can't say. That's another one of my anomalies. We're working on a television special which we're gonna film as soon as we get back to Los Angeles. It'll be something you never say before. That's all I'm gonna say. I don't wanna give away the surprise," he smiled.
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 "We're involved in a law suit with them still. Y'know what happens in the courts. They f--- you off for three years and then somebody calls you up and says 'You now have a court date. You appear; When that happens I'll go over."
-The touring line-up of the current Mothers consists of [[Ruth Underwood]] on percussion, [[George Duke]] on keyboards, rhythm guitarist [[Jeff Simmons]], [[Chester Thompson]] behind the drums, bassist [[Tom Fowler]], and [[Napoleon Murphy Brock]] on lead vocals and tenor sax.
+The touring line-up of the current Mothers consists of [[Ruth Underwood]] on percussion, [[George Duke]] on keyboards, rhythm guitarist [[Jeff Simmons]], [[Chester Thompson]] behind the drums, bassist [[The Fowler Brothers|Tom Fowler]], and [[Napoleon Murphy Brock]] on lead vocals and tenor sax.
 He met Ruth in '67 when she recorded on "[[Uncle Meat]]," and Tom Fowler is the brother of Bruce Fowler, former trombone player with The Mothers.

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 He gave a sly look: "I think the Stones get away with far more than we do – because they can afford it."
-How about other lyrics? What was this fixation on the same album with [[Tweezers (CC)|zircon encrusted tweezers]].
+How about other lyrics? What was this fixation on the same album with [[Tweezers|zircon encrusted tweezers]].
 "I first discovered the zircon in 1957. When the piano player in this band I had in high school decided that in order to really play like [[wikipedia:Fats Domino|Fats Domino]] he had to have the same amount of weight on his hands that Fats Domino had. You know, Fats had that big diamond ring on his finger.

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 "No I don't think your National Health Service is such a good deal. You get what you pay for."
-With that subject dispensed like a dirty swab, he got onto the other matter in England – the ban by the [[Albert Hall]].
+With that subject dispensed like a dirty swab, he got onto the other matter in England – the ban by the [[Royal Albert Hall|Albert Hall]].
 "We're involved in a law suit with them still. Y'know what happens in the courts. They f--- you off for three years and then somebody calls you up and says 'You now have a court date. You appear; When that happens I'll go over."

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 "I like variety and I like all different kinds of music. Not every musician can play every style of music so if I want to do a song in a certain style I'll get people who are good for that style."
-Some names, though, cropped up almost as if they were Zappa fixtures – [[Jean-Luc Ponty]], [[Sugar Cane Harris]] and Ian and [[Ruth Underwood]].
+Some names, though, cropped up almost as if they were Zappa fixtures – [[Jean-Luc Ponty]], [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Sugar Cane Harris]] and Ian and [[Ruth Underwood]].
 "As a matter of fact, I haven't worked with Ian for over a year and Jean-Luc has been out of the group for six or eight months. And Sugar Cane never did tour with us. He worked a couple of local jobs in Los Angeles.

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	By Chris Lloyd<br>		By Chris Lloyd<br>
	Melody Maker, July 20, 1974<br>		Melody Maker, July 20, 1974<br>
		+	(Similar interview: [[Frank Zappa – Funny Mother]] (Beetle, 1974-12, Chris Lloyd)<br>

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 A sense of humour must be one of the basics to be a Mother: "It's at least as important as being able to play. Because if ya don't have a sense of humour ya can't play the music correctly. No matter how many of the right notes ya hit, ya still can't play correctly."
-As for toning down, hadn't I heard something about him re-enacting "[[Dinah-Moe Hum]]" in public.
+As for toning down, hadn't I heard something about him re-enacting "[[Dinah-Moe Humm]]" in public.
-"No. It was a situation that happened in Australia where a girl requested that we act out "Dinah-Moe Hum" while the song was played on a cassette machine, and I just announced to the audience listening you'd be surprised how fast you have to go to make the events happen as fast as they're being described on he record, ya know."
+"No. It was a situation that happened in Australia where a girl requested that we act out "Dinah-Moe Humm" while the song was played on a cassette machine, and I just announced to the audience listening you'd be surprised how fast you have to go to make the events happen as fast as they're being described on he record, ya know."
-How did he overcome the problem of censors, especially since the lyrics appeared in full on the sleeve of the "[[Over-Nite Sensation]]" album. "Well, what's wrong with "Dinah-Moe Hum?" I think its a very wholesome, conservative sort of appraisal of what was really going on."
+How did he overcome the problem of censors, especially since the lyrics appeared in full on the sleeve of the "[[Over-Nite Sensation]]" album. "Well, what's wrong with "Dinah-Moe Humm?" I think its a very wholesome, conservative sort of appraisal of what was really going on."
 He gave a sly look: "I think the Stones get away with far more than we do – because they can afford it."