Frank Zappa has always been an underrated guitarist, but he is among the most technical to ever exist. His solos always have a lot of melody, harmony and a large dose of brilliant improvisation. He deserved to be more recognized for his virtuosity on his instrument.
Great guitarist, but not underrated, also not among the most technically accomplished to ever exist. FZ would tell you that himself if he were alive today.
I have a hard time with this song , it used to be one of my favorite Zappa songs but now it depresses me , I saw Dweezil Zappa play this at the Zappas Universe concert days before Frank's Death & much of the audience wept ,.including Dweezil as he played , which made me weep . I saw FZ a lot & have so many fond memories of the 60''s & 70's but this song makes me realize my Times nearly up , life's short kids & 60 yrs goes by in the blink of an eye . Last summer I was 15 & watching The Mothers play live , now today I've got 15 yr old grand kids .
Hello Micheal Ledford I'm 20 years old, and don't claim to understand your feelings at all. But Time is a very mysterious experience. We can't be sure that Time doesn't have something else for you after your death. Time seems to be infinite, and you are engraved in it. As Franck Zappa's music is, youre child are too. The feeling of time passing by is only a feeling. Are you sure your engraving will disapear one day? I think i'll apreciate my 60s like my 20s now. Have a nice day! Zappa Rules!
I don't like the improvisation of Zappa, I like more myself as improvisator, BUT HIS HARMONY AND MEOLDIES THEMES, TOTALLY RANDOM AND FULL OF SENSE, MAYBE THE TOP OF DODECAFONIC MUSIC OF TH XX CENTURY, HIGH LEVEL EVEN IF IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE AND COMIC SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW BECAUSE NOBODY CAN MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS TODAY, people just don't study so much music as in those days
Dans 1000 ans, monsieur Zappa sera toujours en avance à tout les niveaux sur tous les autres. Le génie est chose rare et désormais, c'est un mot qui ne veut plus rien dire. Monsieur Zappa était de la même espèce que Bach, Beethoven, Liszt et Messiaen... Il me manque à chaque instant de ma petite existence.
HAS to be one of the best live video performances of Frank’s playing, where we actually get to see him really get into the solo, and the cameraman actually panned out instead of just focusing on the finger work. FZ was a serious musician. Ugly guitar notes on a guitar that sounds like a chainsaw. Love it.
@@urbanbader4113I’d agree with you but St. Etienne has like a two minute stretch with no video because they had to sync up the audio. It’s a shame because that solo is one of my favorites.
@ZLcloud22 agree. I remember when I was a kid, the girl next door was about 15-16 and working part time at a radio station, they were switching away from records and going to tapes, and she would bring home massive boxes of records all the time, and she offered them to me, which ever ones I wanted. I rummaged through and picked out a few, ( I was maybe 8-10 yeas old) and I found this one with a yellow label with the word Zappa on it, so I grabbed it coz it looked cool. Man it blew me away.
If there is one musician, I could go back in time and see live. It's him, it always brings me to tears that I couldn't see him. He means so much to me and so does his music. Miss ya FZ
Frank is among the great guitarists of this genre like Hendrix and Page. He was truly a great guitarist and composer! I was lucky enough to see him live in Switzerland in the early eighties when I was nineteen. Just an unforgettable experience!
Leagues ahead of both Hendrix and Page. When you have an idea of what Frank did, you then realise how much more super advanced he was. Not just in compositional skills, but on guitar too. He could also write effortlessly for virtually any instrument, and way way more prolific.
Frank Zappa is synonymous with musical genius. His music has brought me joy for many decades. He is a master creator and sends us on a musical journey to far off places. Once you go Zappa, you never go back!!!
I've seen a ton of bands in my life starting with Alice Cooper in West Germany in 1972 when I was in grade 8. My biggest regret over the years (well one of my biggest regrets)was never getting to see Frank play. (the other is never having seen the Stones) As the years continue to go by that feeling of regret just seems to grow bigger and bigger. Thankfully Frank left a huge amount of work behind for us to bathe our ears in for years to come. Thanks Frank.
This man is his own category. It’s called Zappa. True original.Combined elements of everything he ever heard into this song.RIPWPIP Frank!! King Of The Freaks!!!
After all these years still a thrilling excitement! One man can do wonders to the world , he's a wizard! THX for all those hours with tones of sounds and phrasing ... I'm hooked!
Franks music was so ahead of it's time it is still futuristic. The world will probably not experience another composer/ musician like Frank Zappa for hundreds of years or ever.......
I've watched the full show a couple of times, it's on here somewhere. Love this number. What an opener for a concert. Zappa had fantastic tone and of course taste when it came to improvising.
Wonderful and inspiring soloist. Tremendous. There's something essential in his best soloing, deep consolation, truth, power. Whatever it is, it is there. Zappa was a deeply moving and extremely passionate guitarist and musician.
Such a joy to still see my old hero doing his stuff. I loved Frank. Sooo much musical trivia bombarding our ears nowadays. FZ covered all musical genres, all quirky peoples traits, and all the fuckwit mentality in politics. That was his legacy to us all. And a sweet addition to his live numbers . . . he never played the same lead riffs twice. He WAS meticulous with his band, they had to perform to a very high standard, then he could do the goofy noodling lead stuff I love so much. Thanks FZ! x
Notes come to frank, like breath comes to most of us..........so blessed to have found him in my lifetime..........why can't folks these days. Help keep this stuff alive?!
This performance alone makes me so unbelievably sad to have been born in the late nineties. I missed out on hearing one of the most gifted musician to walk this planet grace my ears with his craft in person. RIP Zappa you truly are one of a kind.
I feel for ya. I'm 70 & grew up listening to Frank. Each of his albums (& his tours) marked a particular point in my life. I feel so lucky to have been around when he flourished. Thank you Frank.
As a 16 year old and only my 2nd concert ever, I got to witness Frank and his Band play 10 miles from my house @ Dillon Gym on the Campus of Princeton Univ. in Princeton NJ on 4/27/73. At my show, this was the song Frank and the Boys closed the show with. It was the end of an AMAZINGLY GREAT set!! Another FANTASTIC Saturday Night in the GREAT OLE DAYS in Central NJ!
Evan Rice And all the time he was 'Soundchecking'. They're all ideal for giving the crew the opportunity to get the sound of the band spot on before all hell breaks loose!
Give this dude a round of applause because there will never be another like him. Keep his Legacy going for another thousand years. He'll Still be ahead of this time
a friend gave me his Overnite Sensation Album around 1975 which remains my favourite FZ album and since then he became my favourite Musician. i own around 80 of his 120 or so studio albums and my ambition is to one day own all! my last 3 german shepherds have been called Zappa, Muffin and Diva who is with me now. people often misuse the word genius but in Frank's case it is wholly appropriate.
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La guitarra con más fuerza y sentimiento, sin dudas........Gracias Frank!!! Ya nos veremos. Y gracias por compartir una de las mejores canciones de Zappa, vv0422
I saw frank at my very first concert at cleveland public hall in 1977. Someone was throwing cherry bombs down on the stage and I think Frank got a little pissed off, so he played Black Napkins so loud I really thought the walls were going to cave in and my ears are still ringing today. I saw him again a year later, same place. He was like no one else and I he is a very under recognized guitarist.
Frank Zappa was and is all the difference between virtuoso heroes of the tasteless guitar and a composer who sculpted air molecules as he pleased by improvising freely with his guitar.
Wow this recording really shows what a spitting image of Frank Dweezil is Hey Dweezil you'll never see this but you should be very proud and happy with how much you are your father's son
Stupendous! One of the best FZ lic=ve performances with plenty of searing guitar for ANY buff. Long, intensely creative and mind blowing. Every guitar player is unique, yet many generally sound similar to someone else. Not this guy. Completely different, yet very much like Hendrix in the sense that he was all his own and can never be truly touched. Dweezil(of course) is the closest for obvious reasons, yet admittedly can't duplicate. The class is all Frank's own. Wonderful work.
It is not so much the fingering . It is that tone . For those of us who are just meat and potatoes and think 4 minutes is long enough for a song and we just don’t do jams that much , Zappa is one of the few who can pull you in , with that tone .
I always thought of Zappa's music was more political and satirical then anything, but he really knew his way around the fret board, my bad for just realizing!!
Also recommended are the albums Zoot Allures and One Size Fits All. Great albums that balance Frank's lyrical and musical sides with some great solos as well. Solos like Black Napkins, Zoot Allures and the solo in Inca Roads are among his best!
FZ was WAY more of a musician/composer than he was a political satirist. He just used that medium as a lyrical content and marketing aspect for (some) of his albums.
The master. I don't think I have seen Frank so animated during a guitar solo - particularly the headbanging around the 3.30 mark. The greatest improviser on the guitar I've heard.
My all time favorite Composer and Guitarist....... Do not miss Franks Son Dweezil Zappa Live. Father Frank is looking down Proudly on his Son Dweezil 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Ahhhhhh.....another Zappa to add to the collection. Not only was he insanely creative with material, voicing, and arranging, this clip demonstrates that he is right up there with the best guitarists. Listening to his work is always a very intense artistic and intellectual exercise. Once you finally kinda "get it", you get blown away by the fact that all of what you hear from Frank is ........written down! What a true monster who is sorely missed.
Started to listen to FZ in 1968 i was 16 and when i see him play like this i know why I've been a FZ fan for all these years. Taken from us too early....R.i.P. Frank Zappa
+J-J G G O Germaux C'est peut être Zappa qui est allé sur le lit de mort de Rubinstein?... ceci est fort peu probable... la video sur youtube est introubable.
Since hearing his Son of an Orange Country solo on Roxy & Elsewhere I've personally rated him as one of the greatest guitarists ever. His ability to electrify with his performances is second to none. As for uniqueness & originality... look no further.
One of the VERY few available guitar prominent vids w/out filler. Great audio as well. This is the stuff to send to friends who expect guitar players to get-to- business. Excellent display w/ great close-ups of his phrasing. A quintessential example of Frank's one-of-a-kind execution on the instrument.
And to think Frank was a drummer, who picked up the guitar and taught himself at age 18 or so. A self taught musical genius. Composer, conductor, and instrumentalist. Zappa kicks ass on this solo here. Who else can compare?
grande personalite , prolifique et d une vertuosite sans egale dans les basses lors de ses solos vraiment genial ce mec et en plus il a une vraie gueule
Cant really figure out the correlation between his titles and the instrumentals. Perhaps just some inside joke or happening around the time he composed it. SHUT UP AND PLAY YOUR GUITAR album a good example. What was going thru his mind when he titled DEATHLESS HORSEY?
As a guy who immigrated from Switzerland in 1964 and started living in the Inland Empire, things just couldn't have been better than to be able see The Mothers play on his own turf. New Years Eve events were really grand. I'd be a different person if not for Frank. Thanks
Great performance - band sounds great as always. When this band came out, I was less excited about it than previous groups but now at 60 years old, it sounds so good to me. Frank’s guitar work was highly involved and creative. Just wondering whatever became of drummer, Dave Logemann, and why he only lasted a little while with the group? Maybe Vinnie called again and rejoined …
Once you're hooked on his music, you can never let it go. It's like a f****** drug man. I can't go a day without listening to his music.. If I don't listen to it, I'm going to withdraw especially his live stuff. I mean, and I'm absolutely addicted to finding Zappa bootLegs like I guess Grateful Dead fans are. Dave logeman was no vinny chester chad or my favorite Terry. Don't know how he managed that gig of course. He wasn't there long. Frank went back to Vinnie for another tour and then Chad for the rest of the time.
Frank was so unique in his way to play guitar, his solos were so deep and complicated at the same time and his guitar sound was impossible to not recognize. We will always love you Dear Uncle Frank
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I loved his music back in 1968, now I'm 72 years young and I still love that shit. He should have lived longer!!!
I'm so happy I was able to see him twice, once on my 16th birthday in October 75 🎂🤠
Its timeless, I'm 68, been listening to Frank for 50 years and I still crank it to 11
I was 14 years old in 1973 when I heard Zappa first timem. My life was never same again. Gate to understand good was open.
I was born 2 years after he died. His music still lives on. RIP to the GOAT.
Maybe...but he did write as much music for us as one could imagine possible...kinda like BB King's number of live shows played in his life.
Frank Zappa has always been an underrated guitarist, but he is among the most technical to ever exist. His solos always have a lot of melody, harmony and a large dose of brilliant improvisation. He deserved to be more recognized for his virtuosity on his instrument.
underrated by who?
not anyone who knows anything?
Ultimately who gives a fuck anyway?
Agree with everything you said but
Underrated ??? Not by anyone that knew great guitar playing when they heard it
Great guitarist, but not underrated, also not among the most technically accomplished to ever exist. FZ would tell you that himself if he were alive today.
@@eldoabrahamson he has his own unique style he ain’t no slouch.
One of the most talented and gifted musician, composer and guitarist of all times! RIP Frank!!
Best solo ever, indeed
There was no other like Frank. He refused to conform to society and paved his own road.
Simply a genious!!
*genius*
I have a hard time with this song , it used to be one of my favorite Zappa songs but now it depresses me , I saw Dweezil Zappa play this at the Zappas Universe concert days before Frank's Death & much of the audience wept ,.including Dweezil as he played , which made me weep .
I saw FZ a lot & have so many fond memories of the 60''s & 70's but this song makes me realize my Times nearly up , life's short kids & 60 yrs goes by in the blink of an eye .
Last summer I was 15 & watching The Mothers play live , now today I've got 15 yr old grand kids .
weep? why???
Hello Micheal Ledford
I'm 20 years old, and don't claim to understand your feelings at all.
But Time is a very mysterious experience.
We can't be sure that Time doesn't have something else for you after your death.
Time seems to be infinite, and you are engraved in it.
As Franck Zappa's music is, youre child are too.
The feeling of time passing by is only a feeling.
Are you sure your engraving will disapear one day?
I think i'll apreciate my 60s like my 20s now.
Have a nice day!
Zappa Rules!
20 years old I'd gladly trade your years for mine.
Mr.ledford, embrace what you have experienced rather than lament about a future that you can't control!
So you're blessed in many ways
His purity to his music is so opposite to so many of today's musicians.
Opposite to so many musicians period
That shirt guitar colour co-ordinated combo is a knockout.
That guitar♥️
“I’ve never met an ex-Zappa fan. Once you get it you’re in for life.-Gail Zappa
yes but close your apostrophe ;) arf arf
Not a fan but she nailed that quote!
@@stevearle wt fuck
I don't like the improvisation of Zappa, I like more myself as improvisator, BUT HIS HARMONY AND MEOLDIES THEMES, TOTALLY RANDOM AND FULL OF SENSE, MAYBE THE TOP OF DODECAFONIC MUSIC OF TH XX CENTURY, HIGH LEVEL EVEN IF IT SEEMS SO SIMPLE AND COMIC SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW BECAUSE NOBODY CAN MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS TODAY, people just don't study so much music as in those days
@@foxmolder3496 did you just say you prefer your improvisation over zappas
Dans 1000 ans, monsieur Zappa sera toujours en avance à tout les niveaux sur tous les autres.
Le génie est chose rare et désormais, c'est un mot qui ne veut plus rien dire.
Monsieur Zappa était de la même espèce que Bach, Beethoven, Liszt et Messiaen...
Il me manque à chaque instant de ma petite existence.
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HAS to be one of the best live video performances of Frank’s playing, where we actually get to see him really get into the solo, and the cameraman actually panned out instead of just focusing on the finger work. FZ was a serious musician. Ugly guitar notes on a guitar that sounds like a chainsaw. Love it.
Yep but St. Etienne drowning witch tops this by a lill
Absolutely love the guitar compositions on the Spring 80' Tour.
@@urbanbader4113I’d agree with you but St. Etienne has like a two minute stretch with no video because they had to sync up the audio. It’s a shame because that solo is one of my favorites.
Man, he really was 20 years ahead of his time. I had all but forgotten about Zappa, and somehow remembered him. I can imagine him on G3
@ZLcloud22 agree. I remember when I was a kid, the girl next door was about 15-16 and working part time at a radio station, they were switching away from records and going to tapes, and she would bring home massive boxes of records all the time, and she offered them to me, which ever ones I wanted. I rummaged through and picked out a few, ( I was maybe 8-10 yeas old) and I found this one with a yellow label with the word Zappa on it, so I grabbed it coz it looked cool. Man it blew me away.
Way more than 20 buddy
20 is an insult, it just gets better with time
True craft is perpetual.
How can you forget Frank? Music isn't music without him...he was music.
Brain waves of pure genius coming through guitar and out of amplifiers at max loud. Simply the greatest.
If there is one musician, I could go back in time and see live. It's him, it always brings me to tears that I couldn't see him. He means so much to me and so does his music. Miss ya FZ
Frank is among the great guitarists of this genre like Hendrix and Page. He was truly a great guitarist and composer! I was lucky enough to see him live in Switzerland in the early eighties when I was nineteen. Just an unforgettable experience!
He is leagues ahead of Hendrix
Actually, bro, you have no clue what you're talking about. Go and study the history of Rock!
Leagues ahead of both Hendrix and Page. When you have an idea of what Frank did, you then realise how much more super advanced he was. Not just in compositional skills, but on guitar too. He could also write effortlessly for virtually any instrument, and way way more prolific.
Frank Zappa is synonymous with musical genius. His music has brought me joy for many decades. He is a master creator and sends us on a musical journey to far off places. Once you go Zappa, you never go back!!!
I've seen a ton of bands in my life starting with Alice Cooper in West Germany in 1972 when I was in grade 8. My biggest regret over the years (well one of my biggest regrets)was never getting to see Frank play. (the other is never having seen the Stones)
As the years continue to go by that feeling of regret just seems to grow bigger and bigger. Thankfully Frank left a huge amount of work behind for us to bathe our ears in for years to come. Thanks Frank.
If Dweezil ever comes back out on tour you got to see him Frank would be proud!
Is alike once you go... / ya ain't gonna find way back. (abbreviated cos / is south states existing.. 6 / 26
This man is his own category. It’s called Zappa. True original.Combined elements of everything he ever heard into this song.RIPWPIP Frank!! King Of The Freaks!!!
Agreed. Well said. Every inch of avant-garde music thats made exists on the platform that Zappa created.
Cet homme n'appartient à aucune catégorie, il est sa propre catégorie.
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Excellemment bien dit !!!
Didn't know how great a guitarist he really was....true Genius!!!!
Sleep dirt
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Он смешон
Foreal... unbelievable 🎼🎷🎼✨️✨️
There's never been a performer and composer who was a perfectionist like FZ. He was the GOAT.
Maybe robert fripp
yes
@@kacperfornal5998 fripp is close but nothing like frank IMO
He wasn't a perfectionist at all he embraced natural live playing and recording
After all these years still a thrilling excitement! One man can do wonders to the world , he's a wizard!
THX for all those hours with tones of sounds and phrasing ... I'm hooked!
Franks music was so ahead of it's time it is still futuristic. The world will probably not experience another composer/ musician like Frank Zappa for hundreds of years or ever.......
G7flat5 hermeto pascoal is still alive tho
how so?
Marvelous!
.... says every generation 😎
I was born after he died and I agree
I've watched the full show a couple of times, it's on here somewhere. Love this number. What an opener for a concert. Zappa had fantastic tone and of course taste when it came to improvising.
Any idea where to find it. Where is it recorded, do you know?
@@parshakamarsh boom th-cam.com/video/DCcrNJ_AD6g/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Doctor Gonzo!
the god of improvised guitar solo. Nobody came close.
Someone did! Sir Richard Bishop. (I was shocked too!)
@@bernhardsart i would check it out
Trey Anastasio disagrees
Try Allan Holdsworth
Genius
La Classe! Quelle intro! Et, juste après: "hello Welcome to the Show". Thank you Mister Frank Zappa. Thank you so much.
4x in 2 days must illustrate how much i internally think his genius is missed. Seriously absolutely brilliant. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wonderful and inspiring soloist. Tremendous. There's something essential in his best soloing, deep consolation, truth, power. Whatever it is, it is there. Zappa was a deeply moving and extremely passionate guitarist and musician.
Such a joy to still see my old hero doing his stuff. I loved Frank. Sooo much musical trivia bombarding our ears nowadays.
FZ covered all musical genres, all quirky peoples traits, and all the fuckwit mentality in politics. That was his legacy to us all. And a sweet addition to his live numbers . . . he never played the same lead riffs twice. He WAS meticulous with his band, they had to perform to a very high standard, then he could do the goofy noodling lead stuff I love so much. Thanks FZ! x
I listen to this almost every day! Massive sound brilliant ideas , what an unique style, impossible to emulate! Nobody come close!
I miss frank zappa he was in his own leauge nobody will never takes his place
Glad I was able to see Frank twice and Diesel Zappa plays Zappa with Steve Vai oh yeah
Notes come to frank, like breath comes to most of us..........so blessed to have found him in my lifetime..........why can't folks these days. Help keep this stuff alive?!
This performance alone makes me so unbelievably sad to have been born in the late nineties. I missed out on hearing one of the most gifted musician to walk this planet grace my ears with his craft in person. RIP Zappa you truly are one of a kind.
I feel for ya. I'm 70 & grew up listening to Frank. Each of his albums (& his tours) marked a particular point in my life. I feel so lucky to have been around when he flourished. Thank you Frank.
Hey at least you werent born in 05 lol
Relax, you really didn't miss that much unless you are a fan of noise
@@philnovo1832 compared to the “noise” put out today his resonates with me on a different level. So yes I’m a fan of noise, his noise.
Holy Blistering Fuck he sounds great with that Les Paul.
True genius, genuine artist...never been truly imitated!
Buckethead
@@alexharms9145 not even close, zappa was leagues above as a composer.
If rock music could ever make it into the future it is this , he is getting beyond pop music here .
Bless the video director! He leaves the shot on Frank so we can see what he's doing. Most think they have to cut every 5 seconds.
As a 16 year old and only my 2nd concert ever, I got to witness Frank and his Band play 10 miles from my house @ Dillon Gym on the Campus of Princeton Univ. in Princeton NJ on 4/27/73. At my show, this was the song Frank and the Boys closed the show with. It was the end of an AMAZINGLY GREAT set!! Another FANTASTIC Saturday Night in the GREAT OLE DAYS in Central NJ!
Frank always opened with some killer guitar number at that stage in his career. deathless horsie and watermelon in Easter hay come to mind.
Evan Rice And all the time he was 'Soundchecking'. They're all ideal for giving the crew the opportunity to get the sound of the band spot on before all hell breaks loose!
"Black Napkins" was another favourite opener of his around that time
lost count of how many times I've watched this solo - thanks for uploading it!
Love this soulful groove the band is playing as Zappa is working through his ripper solo
Give this dude a round of applause because there will never be another like him. Keep his Legacy going for another thousand years. He'll Still be ahead of this time
Frank was always the genius musician and writer. No one wrote and played better than frank. Always the best at everything he touched!!!!!!
Holy freaking phenomenal batman! Watching FZ shred like that is like the second coming of christ.
The whole band is so tight! Love what Mars is doing on the board in this.
a friend gave me his Overnite Sensation Album around 1975 which remains my favourite FZ album and since then he became my favourite Musician. i own around 80 of his 120 or so studio albums and my ambition is to one day own all! my last 3 german shepherds have been called Zappa, Muffin and Diva who is with me now. people often misuse the word genius but in Frank's case it is wholly appropriate.
J'ai vu 5 fois Zappa en concert de très grands moments, mais le pauvre est mort jeune 52ans JF Gleyze
**G R E A T !**
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Flies all green and buzz'n in his dungeon of dispair.
La guitarra con más fuerza y sentimiento, sin dudas........Gracias Frank!!! Ya nos veremos.
Y gracias por compartir una de las mejores canciones de Zappa, vv0422
Frank's guitar was always saying something. Not shredding for the sake of it. A consummate musician.
I also been listening to Zappa since 1968 and also age 72, Zappa was the best composer of the last century and still is the best.
c'est une merveille. Heureusement qu'on a ce bonheur . J'étais là, devant...
I saw frank at my very first concert at cleveland public hall in 1977. Someone was throwing cherry bombs down on the stage and I think Frank got a little pissed off, so he played Black Napkins so loud I really thought the walls were going to cave in and my ears are still ringing today. I saw him again a year later, same place. He was like no one else and I he is a very under recognized guitarist.
Frank Zappa was and is all the difference between virtuoso heroes of the tasteless guitar and a composer who sculpted air molecules as he pleased by improvising freely with his guitar.
Wow this recording really shows what a spitting image of Frank Dweezil is
Hey Dweezil you'll never see this but you should be very proud and happy with how much you are your father's son
I just saw him on Long Island, he freakin killed it! Dweezil is such a phenomenal musician and amazing improviser. I’m sure Frank would be proud
Stupendous! One of the best FZ lic=ve performances with plenty of searing guitar for ANY buff. Long, intensely creative and mind blowing. Every guitar player is unique, yet many generally sound similar to someone else. Not this guy. Completely different, yet very much like Hendrix in the sense that he was all his own and can never be truly touched. Dweezil(of course) is the closest for obvious reasons, yet admittedly can't duplicate. The class is all Frank's own. Wonderful work.
I think my face just melted…just like that I find myself sitting in a smoke filled dorm room, listening to Frank and the Mothers…
It is not so much the fingering . It is that tone . For those of us who are just meat and potatoes and think 4 minutes is long enough for a song and we just don’t do jams that much , Zappa is one of the few who can pull you in , with that tone .
Truly a master of feel. Anyone could play this song, but only Frank could play it like this.
Zappa rules. Great song. Great solo. Great concert.
I always thought of Zappa's music was more political and satirical then anything, but he really knew his way around the fret board, my bad for just realizing!!
Check out albums Sleep Dirt and Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar if you're into some advanced soloing.
Fyloeu
I am and I will, thanks!
Also recommended are the albums Zoot Allures and One Size Fits All. Great albums that balance Frank's lyrical and musical sides with some great solos as well. Solos like Black Napkins, Zoot Allures and the solo in Inca Roads are among his best!
FZ was WAY more of a musician/composer than he was a political satirist. He just used that medium as a lyrical content and marketing aspect for (some) of his albums.
The torture nerver stops...
With my 74 years I still love this music. And I am sure I will love this music til the end of my life.
The master. I don't think I have seen Frank so animated during a guitar solo - particularly the headbanging around the 3.30 mark. The greatest improviser on the guitar I've heard.
My all time favorite Composer and Guitarist....... Do not miss Franks Son Dweezil Zappa Live. Father Frank is looking down Proudly on his Son Dweezil 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
damn, I wish they'd do another triple album like 'shup up..' from solos from this time - they're all brilliant
Thankyou for this video....We all owe our understanding of music to him..zappa...
Ahhhhhh.....another Zappa to add to the collection. Not only was he insanely creative with material, voicing, and arranging, this clip demonstrates that he is right up there with the best guitarists. Listening to his work is always a very intense artistic and intellectual exercise. Once you finally kinda "get it", you get blown away by the fact that all of what you hear from Frank is ........written down! What a true monster who is sorely missed.
Started to listen to FZ in 1968 i was 16 and when i see him play like this i know why I've been a FZ fan for all these years. Taken from us too early....R.i.P. Frank Zappa
That tone at 2:44, and the way he hits the string to get that fantastic sustain ... just a master of his instrument in every regard
true
ive been hypnotized by that single note since the first time i watched this video
On long rides home on the interstat I put this on and the ride seems so smooth and before long your there
Pour moi, Frank Zappa est des maître en improvisation. Pionnier du free Jazz. Arthur Rubinstein est venu sur son lit de mort. Quel hommage
+J-J G G O Germaux Arthur Rubinstein venu sur son lit de mort vous êtes sur? Son fantome alors... Rubinstein est décédé en 1982, Frank Zappa en 1993.
+motard811 J'ai pourtant vu sur You tube les 2 hommes ensembles. L'un étant fort malade....et alité...
+J-J G G O Germaux C'est peut être Zappa qui est allé sur le lit de mort de Rubinstein?... ceci est fort peu probable... la video sur youtube est introubable.
pour le moment seul Johnny est alité
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Since hearing his Son of an Orange Country solo on Roxy & Elsewhere I've personally rated him as one of the greatest guitarists ever. His ability to electrify with his performances is second to none. As for uniqueness & originality... look no further.
Terrific artist, so expressive!!
quel plaisir ! un génie, accompagné comme d'hab' des meilleurs...
A unique guitar player and a big loss at a young age.
I just can't get enough Zappa. Seen him play at the UIC in Chicago The Jerry Garcia Band was back-up. Awesome Show...
One of the VERY few available guitar prominent vids w/out filler. Great audio as well. This is the stuff to send to friends who expect guitar players to get-to- business. Excellent display w/ great close-ups of his phrasing. A quintessential example of Frank's one-of-a-kind execution on the instrument.
Un génie, je l'ai vu 5 fois en concert!!
And to think Frank was a drummer, who picked up the guitar and taught himself at age 18 or so. A self taught musical genius. Composer, conductor, and instrumentalist. Zappa kicks ass on this solo here. Who else can compare?
When living in LA, i met Tommy Mars, whe were late night friends, wonderfullll time. He show me what and why Zappa and band are the TOP rock
A fabulous guitarist, so original. My preferred musician when I was seventeen. Each record was a lasting fireworks.
This guy was far more than a guitarist of astronomical realms.
He was one of, if not the greatest musical composer of the 20th century.
grande personalite , prolifique et d une vertuosite sans egale dans les basses lors de ses solos vraiment genial ce mec et en plus il a une vraie gueule
Hum! Ça veut dire quoi une vraie gueule? Peut-être une belle gueule...
Graduate Peabody Institute of Music ..... Druid extraordinaire .... master of time and flatulence .... da man, da legend ,,,,
Who was Chunga? And why did they require , , ,REVENGE?
Hands down best comment on TH-cam 2014.
you should ask Frank when he´s alive
this reads like a norm macdonald joke
Cant really figure out the correlation between his titles and the instrumentals. Perhaps just some inside joke or happening around the time he composed it. SHUT UP AND PLAY YOUR GUITAR album a good example. What was going thru his mind when he titled DEATHLESS HORSEY?
Ed Hunt
Chunga was a friend of Bobby Brown and he wanted revenge for the thieves that robbed Joe's Garage!
You watch and listen to FZ and then you wonder "What else do you need in your life?"
Makes me cry everytime I see it. So fantastic. Imagine, a show just starts and than this...
What happens when you hear it ?
Frank was playing chess and everyone else was playing checkers.
It’s a crime that more people never discovered or ( got ) his brilliance.
Palais des Sports - Paris, 1980. And I was there... :)
Lickiest Sob he is
@@alexanderkalinchenko4038 I'm SO jealous but I hope you had a great time seeing him!!
Thanks for the date & locale.
"There is no hell. There is only France."
As a guy who immigrated from Switzerland in 1964 and started living in the Inland Empire, things just couldn't have been better than to be able see The Mothers play on his own turf. New Years Eve events were really grand. I'd be a different person if not for Frank. Thanks
Long live Frank...Zappa will NEVER die!!!
Jeezus, what a way to open the show...with a scorching solo by Frank.
Remember this concert in Paris, I was 18
Moi aussi
@@manu4manu4 moi aussi
"There is no hell. There is only France."
If you ever attended a FZ concert then yo will know what 'presence' means. This 'presence' will make your hair stand on end.
Great performance - band sounds great as always. When this band came out, I was less excited about it than previous groups but now at 60 years old, it sounds so good to me. Frank’s guitar work was highly involved and creative. Just wondering whatever became of drummer, Dave Logemann, and why he only lasted a little while with the group? Maybe Vinnie called again and rejoined …
From what I heard, Frink hired another drummer that he refused to work with, so he quit.
My favourite guitarist ❤❤❤
I can't say the same but he's very good!
non non he is awfull, why do you post ?
You're a tres terrible troll, mon ami.
alaincrouzat you are deft and dumb
mine too
cosmic debris, inca roads, Montana, been to Kansas city, stink foot, yellow snow, dogs breath, black napkins, zoot alures.
so many masterpieces
Miss you FZ... the world lost FZ on this day, (Dec 4) in 1993.
Once you're hooked on his music, you can never let it go. It's like a f****** drug man. I can't go a day without listening to his music.. If I don't listen to it, I'm going to withdraw especially his live stuff. I mean, and I'm absolutely addicted to finding Zappa bootLegs like I guess Grateful Dead fans are. Dave logeman was no vinny chester chad or my favorite Terry. Don't know how he managed that gig of course. He wasn't there long. Frank went back to Vinnie for another tour and then Chad for the rest of the time.
Vinnie was my personal favorite. His synergy with Frank on Inca Roads Manchester England 1979 is unbelievable. God I wish I was alive back then….
We only live once. I was lucky in my turn to know the music that He created.
A 63ans j écoute frank tout les jours +je les découvert a15ans khôl et merci zappa
QU'IMPORTE QUAND ON A CONNU LE MAÎTRE, L'ESSENTIEL EST DE CONTINUER À LE CONNAÎTRE, CAR SON ŒUVRE CACHE BIEN DES SURPRISES, HAFID
Frank was so unique in his way to play guitar, his solos were so deep and complicated at the same time and his guitar sound was impossible to not recognize.
We will always love you Dear Uncle Frank