Tommy Mars - Revision history

Jason.Kreitzer at 21:52, 3 May 2026

2026-05-03T21:52:58Z

Jason.Kreitzer at 18:46, 2 August 2021

2021-08-02T18:46:39Z

Spider of Destiny: Added more categories

2020-09-24T20:49:33Z

Added more categories

Karlhenning: punctuation, mostly

2008-08-21T16:14:29Z

punctuation, mostly

Canard frappe: /* Tommy Mars' Performance Can Be Seen In These Zappa Films */

2008-08-14T18:12:21Z

Tommy Mars' Performance Can Be Seen In These Zappa Films

Canard frappe: /* Tommy Mars Played Keyboards And/Or Vocals On */

2008-08-14T18:09:51Z

Tommy Mars Played Keyboards And/Or Vocals On

Canard frappe: /* Tommy Mars Played Keyboards And/Or Vocals On */

2008-08-14T18:08:11Z

Tommy Mars Played Keyboards And/Or Vocals On

Canard frappe at 18:06, 14 August 2008

2008-08-14T18:06:44Z

Wazoo at 17:09, 21 December 2007

2007-12-21T17:09:35Z

Wazoo at 16:34, 22 July 2007

2007-07-22T16:34:49Z

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	Tommy Mars (Mariano) was born in Waterbury, CT, started playing piano in his youth, and graduated from the Hartt School of Music in 1974. By the mid 70's, Tommy was "striking out everywhere in the bars; getting fired was my middle name." Mars became a member of [[The Mothers]] in 1977 on a recommendation from [[Ed Mann]], who had played with Tommy back in Connecticut. For his audition, Frank put Mars through "the most stringent musical maze that I had ever confronted in my life. Frank had a toothache that day and I could sense that I was sinking lower and lower. My reading was only adequate for what he wanted, but my improvization saved me." Tommy had developed a unique form of "scatting" to the notes he would play on the piano. This impressed Frank very much during the audition, so much so, that he called Gail down to "listen to this guy's pipes." Finally Frank said, "I guess you won't have to work many Holiday Inns any more."		Tommy Mars (Mariano) was born in Waterbury, CT, started playing piano in his youth, and graduated from the Hartt School of Music in 1974. By the mid 70's, Tommy was "striking out everywhere in the bars; getting fired was my middle name." Mars became a member of [[The Mothers]] in 1977 on a recommendation from [[Ed Mann]], who had played with Tommy back in Connecticut. For his audition, Frank put Mars through "the most stringent musical maze that I had ever confronted in my life. Frank had a toothache that day and I could sense that I was sinking lower and lower. My reading was only adequate for what he wanted, but my improvization saved me." Tommy had developed a unique form of "scatting" to the notes he would play on the piano. This impressed Frank very much during the audition, so much so, that he called Gail down to "listen to this guy's pipes." Finally Frank said, "I guess you won't have to work many Holiday Inns any more."

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 *[[Uncle Meat]] '87 re-release
 *[[Jazz From Hell]]
-*[[Guitar]]
+*[[Frank Zappa: Guitar]]
 *[[As An Am (BTB)]]
 *[[Anyway The Wind Blows (BTB)]]

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	[[Category:Bandmembers\|Mars, Tommy]]		[[Category:Bandmembers\|Mars, Tommy]]
−	[[Category:~~Musicians~~\|Mars, Tommy]]	+	[[Category:Singers\|Mars, Tommy]]
		+	[[Category:Keyboardists\|Mars, Tommy]]

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−	Tommy Mars (Mariano) was born in Waterbury, CT., started playing piano in his youth, and graduated from the Hartt School of Music in 1974. By the mid 70's, Tommy was "striking out everywhere in the bars; getting fired was my middle name". Mars became a member of [[The Mothers]] in 1977 on a recommendation from [[Ed Mann]], who had played with Tommy back in Connecticut. For his audition, Frank put Mars through "the most stringent musical maze that I had ever confronted in my life. Frank had a toothache that day and I could sense that I was sinking lower and lower. My reading was only adequate for what he wanted, but my improvization saved me." Tommy had developed a ~~very~~ unique form of "scatting" to the notes he would play on the piano. This impressed Frank very much during the audition, so much so, he called Gail down to "listen to this guy's pipes". Finally Frank said, "I guess you won't have to work many Holiday Inns any more".	+	Tommy Mars (Mariano) was born in Waterbury, CT, started playing piano in his youth, and graduated from the Hartt School of Music in 1974. By the mid 70's, Tommy was "striking out everywhere in the bars; getting fired was my middle name." Mars became a member of [[The Mothers]] in 1977 on a recommendation from [[Ed Mann]], who had played with Tommy back in Connecticut. For his audition, Frank put Mars through "the most stringent musical maze that I had ever confronted in my life. Frank had a toothache that day and I could sense that I was sinking lower and lower. My reading was only adequate for what he wanted, but my improvization saved me." Tommy had developed a unique form of "scatting" to the notes he would play on the piano. This impressed Frank very much during the audition, so much so, that he called Gail down to "listen to this guy's pipes." Finally Frank said, "I guess you won't have to work many Holiday Inns any more."

	==Tommy Mars Played Keyboards And/Or Vocals On==		==Tommy Mars Played Keyboards And/Or Vocals On==

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 *[[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]]
-==Tommy Mars' Performance Can Be Seen In These Zappa Films==
+==Tommy Mars' Performances Can Be Seen In These Zappa Films==
 *[[Baby Snakes (The Film)]]
 *[[Dub Room Special]]

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 *[[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]
 *[[Tinseltown Rebellion]]
-*[[Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar]]
+*[[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (The Series)]]
 *[[You Are What You Is]]
 *[[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]]

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 *[[You Are What You Is]]
 *[[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]]
-*[[The Man From Utopia]], [[Baby Snakes]]
+*[[The Man From Utopia]]
 *[[Them Or Us]]
 *[[Thing-Fish]]
 *[[Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention]]
-*[[Uncle Meat]] '87 re-release,
+*[[Uncle Meat]] '87 re-release
-*[[Jazz From Hell]], [[Guitar]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]]
+*[[Jazz From Hell]]
 *[[As An Am (BTB)]]
 *[[Anyway The Wind Blows (BTB)]]
 *[[Saarbrücken 1978 (BTB)]]
 *[[At The Circus (BTB)]]
 *[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]]
 *[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]]

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 Tommy Mars (Mariano) was born in Waterbury, CT., started playing piano in his youth, and graduated from the Hartt School of Music in 1974. By the mid 70's, Tommy was "striking out everywhere in the bars; getting fired was my middle name". Mars became a member of [[The Mothers]] in 1977 on a recommendation from [[Ed Mann]], who had played with Tommy back in Connecticut. For his audition, Frank put Mars through "the most stringent musical maze that I had ever confronted in my life. Frank had a toothache that day and I could sense that I was sinking lower and lower. My reading was only adequate for what he wanted, but my improvization saved me."  Tommy had developed a very unique form of "scatting" to the notes he would play on the piano.  This impressed Frank very much during the audition, so much so, he called Gail down to "listen to this guy's pipes".  Finally Frank said, "I guess you won't have to work many Holiday Inns any more".
-Tommy Mars provided keyboards and/or vocal for [[Sheik Yerbouti]], [[Joe's Garage Act I]], [[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]], [[Tinseltown Rebellion]], [[Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar]] set, [[You Are What You Is]], [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]], [[The Man From Utopia]], [[Baby Snakes]], [[Them Or Us]], [[Thing-Fish]], [[Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention]], [[Uncle Meat]] '87 re-release, [[Jazz From Hell]], [[Guitar]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]], [[The Lost Episodes]], [[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]], [[Halloween]], [[Quaudiophiliac]], [[Trance-Fusion]], [[Buffalo]] and [[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]]; also for the [[Beat The Boots]] series disks [[As An Am (BTB)]], [[Anyway The Wind Blows (BTB)]], [[Saarbrücken 1978 (BTB)]], & [[At The Circus (BTB)]].
+==Tommy Mars Played Keyboards And/Or Vocals On==
-Tommy's performance can be seen in the Zappa movies [[Baby Snakes (The Film)]], [[Dub Room Special]], and [[Video From Hell]].
+==Tommy Mars' Performance Can Be Seen In These Zappa Films==
-Tommy Mars is a band member of [[The Band From Utopia]].
+==Tommy Mars Works In The Following Bands==
 [[Category:Bandmembers|Mars, Tommy]]
 [[Category:Musicians|Mars, Tommy]]