Bobby Martin
Robert Martin, nicknamed Bobby Martin was a singer and multi-instrumentalist who joined The Mothers in the summer of 1981.
Contents
Album contributions
- 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
- Frank Zappa: Guitar
- You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1
- Broadway The Hard Way
- You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3
- The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
- Make A Jazz Noise Here
- 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
- As An Am (BTB)
- Trance-Fusion
- The Dub Room Special
- Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
Video appearances
Later career
Bobby Martin is a member of The Band From Utopia. He wrote liner notes for the album Frank Zappa - Halloween 81 (2020). He also played on Purple Cucumber - A Tribute.
Zappa about Bobby Martin
Frank Zappa: "Bobby Martin has a habit of forgetting the words to certain songs, rather consistently.
Den Simms:: He has to stay after school afterwards.
Frank Zappa:: Well ... the ... .
Den Simms: "I remember you saying that, I believe in Hartford or somewhere. I think later on, you made a mistake, and somebody in the audience passed you a note that said something like, "Are you gonna have to stay after school after this one", or something like that happened, didn't it?"
- Frank Zappa, They're Doing the Interview of the Century, Part 1, Den Simms, Eric Buxton, Rob Samler, Society Pages, April 1990.
