Patrick O'Hearn

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Patrick O'Hearn, born 9/6/1954 in Los Angeles, CA (raised in Oregon), the son of working musicians, studied cello, violin, and flute, and gained early experience playing bass with his parents' lounge act. In early 1976, he won the audition to play bass in The Mothers.

O'Hearn provided bass and/or vocal for Zappa In New York, Sleep Dirt, Sheik Yerbouti, Joe's Garage Act I, Joe's Garage Acts II & III, Tinseltown Rebellion, Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar set, Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch, Baby Snakes, Them Or Us, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6, Läther, Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa, Halloween, and Quaudiophiliac; also for the Beat The Boots series disk Conceptual Continuity, the unreleased Trance-Fusion, and on the Zappa bootleg An Evening In Detroit.

Patrick can be seen in the Zappa movies Baby Snakes (The Film) and Video From Hell.