The Grand Wazoo (1972 - Paramount Studios)

For other versions of this song, see: The Grand Wazoo (The Track).

Lyrics

Instrumental

Players On This Song

WOODWINDS Mike Altschul Earle Dumler Tony "Bat Man" Ortega JoAnn Caldwell McNab Johnny Rotella Fred Jackson BRASS Sal Marquez (trumpet solo) Malcolm McNab Bill Byers (trombone solo) Ken Shroyer (contractor and spiritual guidance) Ernie Tack

PERCUSSION Bob Zimmitti Alan Estes MINIMOOG Don Preston GUITARS Frank Zappa (opening solo) Tony Duran (bottle-neck solo) BASS Erroneous DRUMS Aynsley Dunbar

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Singles

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Zappa Albums & Side Projects

• The Grand Wazoo

Tribute & Cover Albums

• Zappatistas: Live In Leeds as Grand Wazoo
• Le Bocal: Oh No ! ... Just Another Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue

Notes About This Song

• Recorded at the Paramount Studios, Hollywood on April 14th, 1972.
• FZ, from The Complete History Of The Few Last Weeks Of The Mothers Of Invention (1972):

"About six weeks ago, I finished the book and lyrics for a science fiction musical called Hunchentoot (which may never be staged), and under the title "Think It Over," this piece is used as an aria, sung by a religious fanatic con man of the future, as an instruction to his Alpha-meditating followers:

If Something Gets in Your Way,
Just think it over
And it will fall down, etc.

But, as an instrumental item, it goes under the title-disguise of "The Grand Wazoo." It doesn't require too much in the way of scientific explanation. It's just a shuffle."