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
• Zappatistas: Live In Leeds
• Colin Towns + NDR Bigband: Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (And Funny Smells) as 2nd part of track 13
• Yahozna Band: 05

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).

The track on Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (And Funny Smells) is citing Carmen as well.