Difference between revisions of "Ray White"
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− | '''Ray White''': "I'd never heard of Zappa in 1976, but one day a guy asked me over to his house in the San Francisco projects and listen to this record. He put on 'Montana' and I thought, the guy who wrote this has to be the craziest white boy on the face of the planet. A week later, purely by coincidence, I was invited to audition with Frank. I walked in wearing my clogs, white beach pants, dashiki, and an | + | '''Ray White''': "I'd never heard of Zappa in 1976, but one day a guy asked me over to his house in the San Francisco projects and listen to this record. He put on 'Montana' and I thought, the guy who wrote this has to be the craziest white boy on the face of the planet. A week later, purely by coincidence, I was invited to audition with Frank. I walked in wearing my clogs, white beach pants, dashiki, and an Afro about the size of Manhattan. He thought I was a Black Panther. I think I got the gig because I didn't know who he was." |
Ray White provided guitar and/or vocals for: | Ray White provided guitar and/or vocals for: | ||
*[[Zappa In New York]] | *[[Zappa In New York]] | ||
*[[Tinseltown Rebellion]] | *[[Tinseltown Rebellion]] | ||
− | *[[Shut Up ' | + | *[[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar]] set |
*[[You Are What You Is]] | *[[You Are What You Is]] | ||
*[[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]] | *[[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]] | ||
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*[[Does Humor Belong In Music?]] | *[[Does Humor Belong In Music?]] | ||
*[[Jazz From Hell]] | *[[Jazz From Hell]] | ||
− | *[[Guitar]] | + | *[[Frank Zappa: Guitar]] |
*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]] | *[[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. 3]] | ||
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*[[Buffalo]] | *[[Buffalo]] | ||
*[[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]] | *[[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]] | ||
− | *[[Beat The Boots]] series disks | + | *[[:Category:Beat The Boots|Beat The Boots]] series disks |
:*[[As An Am (BTB)|As An Am]] | :*[[As An Am (BTB)|As An Am]] | ||
:*[[Conceptual Continuity (BTB)|Conceptual Continuity]] | :*[[Conceptual Continuity (BTB)|Conceptual Continuity]] | ||
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− | In summer 2007 Ray White joined [[Dweezil Zappa]] as a special guest for the [[Zappa Plays Zappa]] Tour. | + | In summer 2007 Ray White joined [[Dweezil Zappa]] as a special guest for the [[Zappa Plays Zappa]] Tour. He wrote the liner notes in the sleeve of the album ''[[Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]]'' in 2018. |
==Links== | ==Links== |
Latest revision as of 15:23, 30 November 2021
Ray White: "I'd never heard of Zappa in 1976, but one day a guy asked me over to his house in the San Francisco projects and listen to this record. He put on 'Montana' and I thought, the guy who wrote this has to be the craziest white boy on the face of the planet. A week later, purely by coincidence, I was invited to audition with Frank. I walked in wearing my clogs, white beach pants, dashiki, and an Afro about the size of Manhattan. He thought I was a Black Panther. I think I got the gig because I didn't know who he was."
Ray White provided guitar and/or vocals for:
- Zappa In New York
- 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
- Them Or Us
- Thing-Fish
- Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention
- Does Humor Belong In Music?
- Jazz From Hell
- Frank Zappa: 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
- Läther
- Trance-Fusion
- Buffalo
- The Dub Room Special
- Beat The Boots series disks
- Zappa bootleg An Evening In Detroit
Ray can be seen in the following Zappa Movies:
In summer 2007 Ray White joined Dweezil Zappa as a special guest for the Zappa Plays Zappa Tour. He wrote the liner notes in the sleeve of the album Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition in 2018.