Stuart Congdon - Revision history

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removed Category:Supporting Cast = bandmember

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[[Category:Musicians]]

Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood Madeo Jr.]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist (but, ya never know; "Joe's Frotage" maybe?).

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+[[Category:Pianists|Congdon, Stuart]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Congdon, Stuart]]

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−	Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist ~~(but, ya never know; "Joe's Frotage" maybe?)~~.	+	Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist.

	From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989):		From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989):

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 <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>
 [[Category:Bandmembers|Congdon, Stuart]]
 [[Category:Musicians|Congdon, Stuart]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Congdon, Stuart]]

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 Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist (but, ya never know; "Joe's Frotage" maybe?).
-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):
-[[Category:Supporting Cast]]
+[[Category:Supporting Cast|Congdon, Stuart]]
-[[Category:Bandmembers]]
+[[Category:Bandmembers|Congdon, Stuart]]
-[[Category:Musicians]]
+[[Category:Musicians|Congdon, Stuart]]
-[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
+[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Congdon, Stuart]]

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 Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist (but, ya never know; "Joe's Frotage" maybe?).
 [[Category:Supporting Cast]]
 [[Category:Bandmembers]]
 [[Category:Musicians]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]

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	Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist (but, ya never know; "Joe's Frotage" maybe?).		Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist (but, ya never know; "Joe's Frotage" maybe?).
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	Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist (but, ya never know; "Joe's Frotage" maybe?).		Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist (but, ya never know; "Joe's Frotage" maybe?).
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−	Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood ~~Madeo~~ Jr.]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist (but, ya never know; "Joe's Frotage" maybe?).	+	Stuart Congdon was the piano player in [[The Ramblers]], Zappa's first band, formed by [[Elwood "Jr." Madeo]] (guitar). No recordings of this group are known to exist (but, ya never know; "Joe's Frotage" maybe?).