Tommy Mars - Revision history

Spider of Destiny at 21:12, 11 August 2026

2026-08-11T21:12:35Z

Spider of Destiny: /* Interviews */

2026-06-29T23:11:21Z

Interviews

Spider of Destiny: /* Interviews */

2026-06-29T23:10:49Z

Interviews

Spider of Destiny at 22:53, 29 June 2026

2026-06-29T22:53:52Z

Spider of Destiny: /* Interviews */

2026-06-29T22:46:18Z

Interviews

Spider of Destiny: /* Tommy Mars Works In The Following Bands */

2026-06-29T22:45:07Z

Tommy Mars Works In The Following Bands

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

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 [[File:Tommymars.jpg|right]]
-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."
-==Tommy Mars Played Keyboards And/Or Vocals On==
+==Frank Zappa==
 *[[Sheik Yerbouti]]
 *[[Joe's Garage Act I]]

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 * ''[[A Mars A Day]]'' (1991)
 * ''[[Urban Leader]]'' (1991)
-* Peter Wolf is interviewed in ''[[The Zappa Legacy]]'' (1994).
+* Tommy Mars is interviewed in ''[[The Zappa Legacy]]'' (1994).
 * ''[[Mars Needs Evil Princes.]]'' (1997)

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 * ''[[A Mars A Day]]'' (1991)
 * ''[[Urban Leader]]'' (1991)
 * ''[[Mars Needs Evil Princes.]]'' (1997)

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 ==Interviews==
 * ''[[A Mars A Day]]'' (1991)
 * ''[[Mars Needs Evil Princes.]]'' (1997)

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 ==Interviews==
 * ''[[A Mars A Day]]'' (1991)
-* ''[[Mars Needs Evil Princes]]'' (1997)
+* ''[[Mars Needs Evil Princes.]]'' (1997)
 [[Category:Bandmembers|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 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]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:14, 21 August 2008
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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==