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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 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''': "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 | + | 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]] | ||
| + | *[[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]] | ||
| + | *[[Beat The Boots]] series disks | ||
| + | :*[[As An Am (BTB)|As An Am]] | ||
| + | :*[[Conceptual Continuity (BTB)|Conceptual Continuity]] | ||
| + | *Zappa bootleg [[An Evening In Detroit]] | ||
| − | Ray can be seen in the Zappa Movies [[Dub Room Special ]] | + | Ray can be seen in the following Zappa Movies: |
| + | *[[Dub Room Special ]] | ||
| + | *[[Does Humor Belong In Music? (The Film)]] | ||
| + | *[[Video From Hell]] | ||
| − | {Any hard biographical data on Ray? Anyone?) | + | <!-- {Any hard biographical data on Ray? Anyone?) --> |
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. | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 21 November 2007
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
- 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
- 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.
