Big Swifty

Lyrics

Instrumental

Players On This Song

• Frank Zappa guitar & percussion
• Tony Duran slide guitar
• George Duke ring-modulated & echoplexed electric piano
• Sal Marquez many trumpets & chimes
• Erroneous electric bass
• Aynsley Dunbar drums

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Zappa Albums

In order of recording.

• Waka/Jawaka
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2
• Studio Tan and Läther, cited in (The Adventures Of) Greggary Peccary
• Make A Jazz Noise Here

Tributes & Cover Albums

• Meridian Arts Ensemble: Smart Went Crazy
• The Muffin Men: Muffinz as Big Swifty and Big Swifty, (Reprise)
• Ensemble Ambrosius: The Zappa Album
• Colin Towns + NDR Bigband: Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (And Funny Smells) as 2nd part of track 13

CC Clues In This Song

The track on Make A Jazz Noise Here is citing Carmen (Georges Bizet), Lohengrin (Richard Wagner) and 1812 Overture (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky).