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[[Sting]], a/k/a "Mr. Sting," and born Gordon Sumner on 10/2/1951 in Wallsend, England, sat in with [[The Mothers]] on [[88/03/03-04 Chicago IL US Auditorium Theatre|3/3/1988 in Chicago, IL]] and provided vocal for ''[[Broadway The Hard Way]]'', singing the song "[[Murder By Numbers]]" which originally appeared on the Police album, ''Synchronicity''. In a thank-you note after the performance, Sting wrote, "Please mail me the sheet music for "[[The Idiot Bastard Son]]," you won't be sorry. Love, Mr. Sting." Recordings exist of Sting performing this on his '88 tour.
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Sting was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
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'''Sting''' was a bass guitarist and vocalist with [[wikipedia:The Police|The Police]] and then as a solo artist. In 1988 Zappa invited him to perform with the band [[88/03/03-04 Chicago IL US Auditorium Theatre| in Chicago]] .  He performed his song [[Murder By Numbers]] from the final album by The Police - [[wikipedia:Synchronicity (The Police album)| Synchronicity]]. This performance can be heard on ''[[Broadway The Hard Way]]''.  In a thank-you note after the performance Sting wrote, "Please mail me the sheet music for [[The Idiot Bastard Son]], you won't be sorry. Love, Mr. Sting."  Recordings exist of Sting performing this on his '88 tour.
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Sting is also included in the list of names on the cover of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.  
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*[[Wikipedia:Sting (musician)|Sting]]
  
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Latest revision as of 08:34, 19 October 2021

Sting

Sting was a bass guitarist and vocalist with The Police and then as a solo artist. In 1988 Zappa invited him to perform with the band in Chicago . He performed his song Murder By Numbers from the final album by The Police - Synchronicity. This performance can be heard on Broadway The Hard Way. In a thank-you note after the performance Sting wrote, "Please mail me the sheet music for The Idiot Bastard Son, you won't be sorry. Love, Mr. Sting." Recordings exist of Sting performing this on his '88 tour.

Sting is also included in the list of names on the cover of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album.


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