Reaction to Muffin Man by Frank Zappa! Incredible Guitar Solo - Technical Breakdown by Pro Guitarist

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  • @stevenmonte7397
    @stevenmonte7397 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    2/24/2023 is the first time I've ever actually listened to Frank Zappa!!! I'm 53. I knew his name, but, DAMN, I've been missing out! I am ready to dig into his work. I'm so interested in anybody considered a genius! (I just started learning the guitar last summer... this dude is now a HUGE inspiration.)

    • @Ervin-y9q
      @Ervin-y9q ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Never to late Peacheas and Regalia listen now😊

    • @davidskolik5303
      @davidskolik5303 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      “One Size Fits All” is a magic album. First listened to it in, Oct. 1976. Almost 50 years later, and it is my favourite album ever released.

  • @Seth-y8g5e
    @Seth-y8g5e ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow ! Have been listening to Zappa for years and it is good to see somebody appreciate his genius!❤👍

  • @teamuncle
    @teamuncle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “His spiritual force just made the music happen”. What an insightful thing to say. Very beautiful. You obviously love him and his music. As I and many others do. Frank would have loved that…Best reaction video about Frank I’ve seen.

    • @voidofbeeswax
      @voidofbeeswax ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every time I hear Frank come in during this performance I get goosebumps. That tone. The confidence. The presence. The strength of. It gets me every time.

  • @michaelmalm3649
    @michaelmalm3649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    What’s even more amazing is he never repeated live solos during live performances. This solo was the first and probably the last time it was ever played. Frank stands alone musically. No one was like him. He literally wrote sheet music for every part of every song. Greatest musician of the twentieth century.

    • @michaelmalm3649
      @michaelmalm3649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He also has to be admired for doing everything his way.

    • @kosta399
      @kosta399 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Zappa was filth

    • @amanzalocos
      @amanzalocos ปีที่แล้ว

      Except when his guitar solos

    • @stevebinning977
      @stevebinning977 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He improvised his solos, though

  • @BenHardy
    @BenHardy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What an excellent reaction video by someone who knows what he's talking about. Thank you Jack.

  • @arunb3713
    @arunb3713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Bongo Fury and especially this song were my introduction to Zappa and his musical universe. Been a fan ever since. Recall reading Frank's interview in which he explained that his aim in a guitar solo was to come up with a melody on the spot. I see that in his guitar playing all the time

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes every guitar solo really is a fresh composition with Frank

    • @kosta399
      @kosta399 ปีที่แล้ว

      Without shit ugly zappa, the music World would be much better 🤣

    • @kosta60
      @kosta60 ปีที่แล้ว

      Without the shit ugly zappa, the music World would be much better 🤣 🤣

    • @kosta929
      @kosta929 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whitout the shit ugly zappa, the music World would be much better😂😂

  • @simonwilsoncreative
    @simonwilsoncreative ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Franks guitar always sounded superb, such great tone, such an underrated guitarist. Nobody else is or will ever match his creativity.

    • @ilikezappa
      @ilikezappa ปีที่แล้ว

      Not underrated by other musicians ! They understand how amazing he was. This was 46 years ago and we are still talking about it !

  • @steveschmitz2839
    @steveschmitz2839 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Liked this, thanks! Give Adrian more love though for his fantastic intro for Frank.

  • @bennyemusic5182
    @bennyemusic5182 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful Jack. You really put this into words so well. It is indeed tearing, flying, visceral, romantic music. Quite obviously in the top branches of the electric guitar tree, perhaps above all because of how strongly he makes you FEEL it with him. It makes me choke up too - and I usually go to his album 'Shut and play your guitar' to get lift off. Thanks for a great video

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I'm glad you agreed this is true visceral guitar romance 🎸❤

  • @frankbreuer8849
    @frankbreuer8849 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He comes in like the Boss of Bosses, then he is the Boss of Bosses

  • @zwwwz12
    @zwwwz12 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In my opinion, there are only two live recordings of a guitar solo that come to this level. The first is Hendrix Band of gypsies and this one. I started with Hendrix and soon after that with Zappa when I was 12. I am 62 now and until this day I never heard better solos than this. Zappa is god on guitar.

  • @kb4446
    @kb4446 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was a great analogy. Trying to break through something.

  • @jandejongh
    @jandejongh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It gets even better with a Camarillo Brillo segueing into Muffin Man... Thanks Jack!

  • @piauengali
    @piauengali 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Couldn't say it better than you did Jack ! I've been listening to Zappa for 30 years now, and still I love his music so much ! Another amazing solo is Black Napkins from Zoot Allures, maybe you will comment on that one one of these days ?

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I will do the Black Napkins from this concert at some point. Thanks for your comment mate

  • @ganazby
    @ganazby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nicely articulated, Jack. This solo absolutely floors me, too. I get the impression that Frank lived in the moment as much as he good, and boy, was this one of those moments. It’s a kind of cosmic event, and Frank knew the conditions were right to bring it into existence. The solo in ‘Black Napkins’ (from the same tour, I think), has similar power. Cheers.

  • @anthonymalovrh2912
    @anthonymalovrh2912 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved Frank; Had all Adrien Below's albums. Sad dead center 2nd row at a Zappa concert in Milwaukee in the early 70s. He did his own sound checks - it never got too loud.

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for that story must have been amazing too see him

  • @BarberMidnight
    @BarberMidnight ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember first hearing this on record so many years ago now and being absolutely blown away. Franks guitar sounded like a chainsaw carving its way through the track and to my soul and i still get goosebumps whenever i hear this song. It makes me sad i never got to see him live. Another great man gone far too soon.

  • @weeooh1
    @weeooh1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aside from Franks great soloing, he was a specialist in getting the precise sound he wanted from his equipment that would impact the listener the most. You could have another great soloist do this song with all the right notes but it would never sound as good as how Frank could make it sound.

  • @1630revelloify
    @1630revelloify 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was lucky enough to see Frank in one of his last live performances (Wembley 1988) and his playing was unlike anything I'd heard before. He had his patterns to fall back on as all guitarists do, but his managament of making lyrical playing to a variety of time signatures was just amazing. Of course he was a musical dictator, comfortable in knowing that his band was right where he wanted them to be, but he was never clinical. Viva Zappa

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes absolutely well said on his lyrical sense always being present

  • @AmiPersson
    @AmiPersson ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No tame bluesscales there..unik and pure beauty..faan from 70s still get hickups about the pure power

  • @bobwasp825
    @bobwasp825 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely brilliant .... Thank you, I really enjoyed watching this and hearing your break down of this incredible solo by Frank Zappa. I was fortunate enough to see FZ when I was a teenager on his last world tour. He was so unique the way he approached everything. Keep the videos coming .... Great work 👍

  • @geordietube102
    @geordietube102 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw franks son dweezil play at the sage in Gateshead around 10 years ago now..he finished his set with a huge screen at the back of the stage which had this video playing,someone even threw a toilet roll on stage which dweezil threw back just like his dad did..needless to say it was probably the best gig iv ever been to and met dweezil afterwards who stopped to talk to my son 16 at the time ,and me for about 20 minutes after the gig..great vid this solo always gives me goosebumps 👏🏻

  • @fredmichel7061
    @fredmichel7061 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Enjoyed your comments and observations...a compelling piece of music - this iteration of Zappa's band is amazing.

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes this is definitely one of his best bands 🎸✨️

  • @josephmcfarland8442
    @josephmcfarland8442 ปีที่แล้ว

    Must have have been on his game at the Palladium in 1977, Black Napkins and this which I very much recognize, saw him in 1981 Painters Mill Star Theatre. Blew that 17 year old away, much more than Dental Floss

  • @kashinewell6239
    @kashinewell6239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know its a good solo when you start laughing and shaking your head haha what a fun riff (and tone)! Reminds me of freaking out every time I see Alex Lifeson playing Villi LA Strangiato with a busted up fingertip and still plays it flawlessly!

    • @kashinewell6239
      @kashinewell6239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ps. When I hear people bash on Zappa all they can say is that his playing sounds sloppy... but in my opinion that's part of the rock style when you wanna melt faces off - and you still have to come back into perfect time and clean playing so I never really understood how that could be considered "bad". Same case with Jimmy Page, they're both masters of that "sloppy" style and it sounds awesome. You said it best, it just sounds right all the way through and builds up perfectly. Awesome solo thanks for sharing!

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah at the end of the day this is art. And Zappa was more creative and expressive than 99.9% of all guitar players.

    • @markusantonio4866
      @markusantonio4866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kashinewell6239 I agree, when shredding was the thing in the 80s I couldn’t do the things that EVH, Vai, Satriani, Malmsteen did on the guitar. Neil Young and Zappa made me realize in the early 90s it’s not about being technical and flashy. Shut up N Play Yer Guitar is a great album

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marlon-jl4ge oh hi thanks so much it's really great to know there's another huge Zappa fan out there. I'm really glad you're enjoying these videos looking forward to seeing you on the next one. Looks like you're an even bigger Zappa fan than me.

    • @kashinewell6239
      @kashinewell6239 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marlon-jl4ge you don't have to like the same stuff dude? What guitarists are you into?

  • @michaelsmithson9352
    @michaelsmithson9352 ปีที่แล้ว

    Truly tremendous solo.

  • @TheUtke
    @TheUtke ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it! I’ve enjoyed many reactions, but your stop-‘n-go second time around really works. I apreciate your insight and love for it. It’s spot on!

  • @piscator57
    @piscator57 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you want to hear what Frank's soloing was in the beginning, listen to the solo on Hungry Freaks, Daddy 1966

  • @GoodCorporateRobot
    @GoodCorporateRobot 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I appreciate your passion for FZ. I typically don’t like when people do Zappa reactions and then you find out they’ve heard the song as many times as any other real fan. But you have a way of doing that. Keep up the Zappa love!

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks very much I will return to some more Zappa solos soon 😀

  • @kb4446
    @kb4446 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoy your channel because you are actually knowledgeable on the Frank topic.thank you.

  • @johnmagor4494
    @johnmagor4494 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was lucky enough to see Zappa quite a few times, from 1968 to 1988. This video perfectly captures what it was like when Frank took a solo - straight up God tone, and God volume. Nearly out of the mix, but not. But the power of his guitar work was crushing. His level of intention, and control, was out of this realm. From stuff like this, which is just off the charts with power, to quiet, melodic pieces, Frank had total command of his guitar. And, his concerts were consistently the loudest, with the cleanest sound. He did three shows in one night at Constitution Hall in DC, all three shows were different, and his guitar work was never the same. The first show it was all atonal solos, just weird shit, and hard to listen to. A mix in the second show of that and more 'recognizable' stuff, and the third show was just wicked gut-bucket blues/jazz solos.
    Great video, gracias!

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for sharing its so great to hear from someone who was was there seeing him live. Amazing stories

  • @robertobrasini5294
    @robertobrasini5294 ปีที่แล้ว

    his best solo,for me..and the best formation

  • @hackupboulders
    @hackupboulders ปีที่แล้ว

    You get it! Great reaction, thumbs up.

  • @beauregarde
    @beauregarde ปีที่แล้ว

    Remember that rush in the crowd when Frank took his guitar ?

  • @gordiannot77
    @gordiannot77 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Frank♥️

  • @strawberrylove5706
    @strawberrylove5706 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sleazette was my first Zappa song and it's still one of my favorites along with Bongo Fury. Frank has had a huge impact on my guitar playing and so have you through teaching Indian music so it's really cool seeing you talk about him

  • @RemcoLamberts
    @RemcoLamberts ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Jack, nice reaction, enjoyed that! I have been a huge Zappa fan since I was 13, which is more then 40 years (ouch). I enjoyed many era's and stages of his work, but this is a particularly striking one. Footage is from the 'Baby Snakes' concert movie, still available on DVD I believe, and the concert is from his legendary Halloween 1977 show in the Palladium NYC. We are very blessed that the Zappa Family Trust (since some time dismantled and all music rights sold to the UMG) has actually issued a special Halloween 77 box set (all 6 shows on USB + a 3 CD sampler (this version ofMuffin Man on cd 3). Luckily the full set of concerts can be also found on streaming services. So anyone looking for remastered high re audio, it is available.
    The show recorded on video was actually the 4th show on Oct 31 1977 (the actual Halloween show).
    I share you emotions about this particular track, however this is an equally mesmerising final encore of Black Napkins in the same show, the only time Black Napkins was played during this concert series. I have been lucky to have seen FZ live twice, Rotterdam NL in 84 and 88). The 88 band and tour is overal probably my favourite, but from a rock and guitar perspective (incl some crazy synth work and drum solos) this line up is unique an very very attractive! (PS I am not a guitar player, but used to be a aspiring keyborad player). Cheers and regards from Brisbane Oz.

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello and thanks for your comment. The Baby snakes film is amazing I would always show that to people at party's when I was a teenager....... funny times. The Black Napkins solo from that concert is unbelievable as well yes.

  • @lawrenceliebman9079
    @lawrenceliebman9079 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was the last song I saw him play live. (6th time I saw him.)

  • @gavinspence2381
    @gavinspence2381 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching Frank on stage there seems like times where his fingers couldn't keep up with his brain. HE knew what he wanted to play as he was always many steps ahead in his mind, just the physical movements were probably impossible for ANY human to play. He ripped at it 100% though and if there was a mistake then that was part of the uniqueness of all his guitar solos.

  • @sea6bear
    @sea6bear ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine Frank ending the concert with this song….your mind is blown!

    • @kosta399
      @kosta399 ปีที่แล้ว

      Without shit ugly zappa, the music World would be much better 🤣

  • @Frustino
    @Frustino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome solo, one of my other FZ favourites is Yo Mama from Sheik Yerbouti, live with 'overdubs'.

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah that's a good one

    • @kosta399
      @kosta399 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zappa was an ugly boring asshole and his music too
      Without shit ugly zappa, the music World would be much better 🤣

  • @Joe-t4j4p
    @Joe-t4j4p 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good for you.

  • @b.a.7228
    @b.a.7228 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love Zappa; loved the video.
    But given your background with guitar and Indian music, I'd love to hear you react to Shawn Lane's Guitar Solo Improv (San Diego 2001). All the best.

  • @zamplify
    @zamplify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fuzz on the tone though.

  • @jgreber1790
    @jgreber1790 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really love Adrian Belew, and he was really scorching on the guitar. But, from Frank’s first note, the audience was hammered with this seismic riff. It made it seem like Adrian was playing a toy guitar with a crank on it. I have been to shows where even the security guards couldn’t take their eyes off of Frank! They realized they were experiencing a force of nature.! really great review!

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I agree. Adrian was great here but Frank is like God talking through a guitar solo.

    • @jgreber1790
      @jgreber1790 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JackJenningsGuitarist
      There’s a video on TH-cam of the song “city of tiny lights“. The band lineup is the same as this show only Adrian Belew has a larger part as he sings the lead vocals on the song, he really nailed it! Of course, Frank dishes out, another mind blowing solo!

  • @abiliomoreiradasilva7329
    @abiliomoreiradasilva7329 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    and all improvised🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸😎😎💪

  • @jammygitt
    @jammygitt ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite solos too! Zappa played with so much feeling and total freedom of expression. It is true he was not as polished as someone like Steve Vai (hence why FZ hired him as "Stunt Guitar") but I'd rather listen to Frank play guitar any day over anybody (except Jeff Beck).

  • @SalamaSond
    @SalamaSond ปีที่แล้ว

    The muscles of his left hand are terrifying.

  • @OldManBadly
    @OldManBadly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rule 1 in the land of Zappa: Franks guitar is ALWAYS thick and much louder than everyone else. His solos in person would about pin your ears back.

  • @bjrgjohannessen5184
    @bjrgjohannessen5184 ปีที่แล้ว

    And most of todays super speedy guitarist can not replicate it!

  • @germanocolla2667
    @germanocolla2667 ปีที่แล้ว

    not live video but disco version ,in Bongo Fury, are the REAL version of this song....

  • @muffinman4353
    @muffinman4353 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You're listening to the wrong version. Great solo no doubt, but the classic and signature solo is on the, "Bongo Fury" album.

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes I heard that one first too but this one has video so was a better option. Also this version is amazing as well

  • @jeffreynichols9684
    @jeffreynichols9684 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I thoroughly enjoyed your Analysis of Muffin Man. But, Frank, "Fff the Road" spent 6 Months "In Studio, Mixing Editing, Producing the Next Record, Including 6 - 8 Weeks at the End to Rehearse/Practice with the Band... Frank Rehearsed and Refined the Compositions in 4 hours per day Practice with the Band. The Band-Leader, in the end, Joe Travers would take Frank's "NOTES" and Rehearse the Band another 4 hours per day! Plus they had "Homework", LOL. Frank Zappa's Music Both had Structure, and "Live" Spontenaity! Live is Improv on top of a Groove or a Dissonant structure of Composition Difficult to explain Briefly. But, YES Frank practiced. But he could, "Compose" on Guitar, Piano and later, "Synclavier."

  • @donkraus1991
    @donkraus1991 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just too hot , sizzle, with teeth. RIP Frank!

  • @DWHarper62
    @DWHarper62 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    LIterally face melting... Frank love to get IN FRONT of the mains at concerts to get the full effect of his huge guitar in the mix and even some feedback from the column of air his guitar was producing...

  • @kb4446
    @kb4446 ปีที่แล้ว

    I call it doing ripouts! Like when youre taking off in youre car ang give it the gas and lose traction and say' what the heck' and wail on it and fishtail outte there instead of letting off the gas. And speeding off into infinity and beyond.

    • @kb4446
      @kb4446 ปีที่แล้ว

      With the sound of angry chickens.

    • @kb4446
      @kb4446 ปีที่แล้ว

      Frankus Goodus Zappus

  • @globextradingsystemsllc1740
    @globextradingsystemsllc1740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Zappa true prime = mid 75 - early 78.

  • @kb4446
    @kb4446 ปีที่แล้ว

    Frank was the only Frank i ever knew.

  • @martinkamans2831
    @martinkamans2831 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it's just gonna come out...
    and that is what happened.

  • @salmoonyousaf4050
    @salmoonyousaf4050 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    😍😍😘😍😍

  • @Alix777.
    @Alix777. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just do Truck Driver Divorce and you will hear a real solo...

  • @nelsonx5326
    @nelsonx5326 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did Zappa invent shredding?

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not exactly but he did a lot to lay the path for the 80's guys I think

  • @mikemiller7957
    @mikemiller7957 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's just so,so out of key ? He sounds a lot like Ace Frehley which is strange because they are at opposite ends of the musical spectrum Frank being a musical genius and Ace being a mid level garage band musical illiterate with a flair for showmanship. The main riff is absolutely killer and the tone he gets is incredible. Makes me wish he would have written his solos out like the rest of his brilliant music 🎶

  • @tixximmi1
    @tixximmi1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Joey Psychotic. Security Guard.

  • @kb4446
    @kb4446 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wreckless abondement at its finest.

  • @eljayr517
    @eljayr517 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Stop talking and listen comment AFTER silly man !

  • @AmiPersson
    @AmiPersson ปีที่แล้ว

    And thank you for wery good analysis.
    you understand the thing
    tomorrow you say somethi

  • @marlon-ih5tc
    @marlon-ih5tc ปีที่แล้ว

    With shit zappa trolls, its like with mushrooms, keep them in the dark and feed them shit 🤣

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you do this on every Zappa themed video or just mine? By the way what made you want to become a troll?

    • @marlon-ih5tc
      @marlon-ih5tc ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont get your hopes up, you are nothing special, i am also on other Videos, troll, hahahaha

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@marlon-ih5tc Wow so you must be really busy with this

    • @JackJenningsGuitarist
      @JackJenningsGuitarist  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maby you should take time to think about Life, People, Nature, Philosophy, God perhaps, whatever your soul needs. Peace be with you Bro 🙏

    • @marlon-ih5tc
      @marlon-ih5tc ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JackJenningsGuitarist this is just the beginning of my journey 🤣

  • @kosta60
    @kosta60 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fake reactors everywhere 🤣🤣🤣