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

Zappa Albums & Side Projects

• The Grand Wazoo
• Joe's Domage as It Ain't Real So What's The Deal and Think It Over (some)/Think It Over (some more)
• Zappa Wazoo as The Grand Wazoo (Think It Over)

Tribute & Cover Albums

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

Notes About This Song

• FZ on "Think It Over": (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."

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