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Zappa was my first concert...1975,a mindblowing experience to say the least!

I saw him again in the early 80's (82 I think)...it was a LOT more jam oriented,Frank was on fire man,it was so fucking cool...Frank was really letting loose with his solos!

one of my all time fav guitarists

Was the 75 band the one with Chester Thompson and Ruth Underwood, etc? Because thats some of the most complex playing I've ever heard.

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I ended up getting Zappa in New York and it is nothing short of mind-blowing. I will definitely be getting heavily into Zappa. I never knew just how great a composer and guitar player he really was. Now I can hear his influence in a lot of things I wasn't aware of before. I think The Mars Volta must've been influenced by Zappa a lot.

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Zappa was my first concert...1975,a mindblowing experience to say the least!

I saw him again in the early 80's (82 I think)...it was a LOT more jam oriented,Frank was on fire man,it was so fucking cool...Frank was really letting loose with his solos!

one of my all time fav guitarists

Was the 75 band the one with Chester Thompson and Ruth Underwood, etc? Because thats some of the most complex playing I've ever heard.

I had to do some checking before answering...the line up was

FZ, Roy Estrada, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Andre Lewis, Norma Bell

I'm glad I did a search,because much to my delight I just discovered there is a bootleg of this show!

I MUST get it!

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Cool. Bozzio was Zappa's best drummer, in my opinion, closely followed by the aforementioned Thompson, who is so highly skilled.

I know Captain Beefheart was on part of the 75 tour, which was recorded as Bongo Fury, shame you didnt get to see that.

THAT would have been AMAZING...man,I'd love to see Captain Beefheart!

Have you ever seen the episode of SNL with Captain Beefheart?

Zappa did an episode of SNL as well...he was the music guest AND host!

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he was a genius.

his intellect, wit, and gift for composition and guitar was god-like.

'apostrophe' is one of the greatest albums ever. 'willie the pimp' from 'hot rats' is one of the best guitar oriented songs i've ever heard, its fucking superb.

he is soorly missed, no one is quite like him....well maybe weird al minus the musical talent.

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he was a genius.

his intellect, wit, and gift for composition and guitar was god-like.

'apostrophe' is one of the greatest albums ever. 'willie the pimp' from 'hot rats' is one of the best guitar oriented songs i've ever heard, its fucking superb.

he is soorly missed, no one is quite like him....

Couldn't have said it any better myself..

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Whats his best album to get/start with?

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apostrophe or shiek yerbouti. he has such a massive catalogue, its hard to pick where to start. hot rats has mind blowing guitar solos and instrumentals, apostrophe is a concept album based around eskimos and its just amazing (esp yellow snow and nanouk rubs it), shiek yerbouti has a few of the greatest zappa songs like 'broken hearts are for assholes' and 'bobby brown' which highlight his wit and skill for social commentary

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Whats his best album to get/start with?

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apostrophe or shiek yerbouti. he has such a massive catalogue, its hard to pick where to start. hot rats has mind blowing guitar solos and instrumentals, apostrophe is a concept album based around eskimos and its just amazing (esp yellow snow and nanouk rubs it), shiek yerbouti has a few of the greatest zappa songs like 'broken hearts are for assholes' and 'bobby brown' which highlight his wit and skill for social commentary

Overnight Sensation is a good starting point as well.

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im obsessed with zappa.

he was a true genius. his knowledge of music and how he orchestrated such busy music was astounding. his gift for guitar playing is up therer with the best.

you should look on youtube for some of his shows, there's some great clips. he also chose very carefully his musicians, which is evident and pays off when you see the concerts; they're flawless. they'd rehearse for something like 5 days a week solidly for about 5 months before touring.

anyway, 'apostrophe' is a masterpiece, as is 'hot rats'. an essential for people with good taste.

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