Sharleena 7. Who Needs the Peace Corps? I turned NEON RED and raised my hand sheepishly and said with a, squeaky, cracking voice "it was me". If youre looking for an introduction to Zappa that showcases all sides of his music and personality, this career-spanning release will deliver what youre after. All I said was that Zappa got fed up with the whole inter-band fighting by the end and called the vote. Yankee Doodle Boy), Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Trouble Every Day (q: Smoke On The Water), Penguin In Bondage (q: Jingle Bells), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (incl. Related: When Zappa sat in with Pink Floyd. FZ, Ike Willis, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Allan Zavod, Bobby Martin, Napoleon Murphy Brock (July 17 - August 1) . E: Well, there was one program that I had and I knew when I would bring that program that I was tied into the Synclavier. Anyhow, the band used my burps on the rest of the tour, making fun of the TV Evangelist, but interrupting their "speeches" and bullshit with my obnoxious burps. And with Steve Allen, he served as co-host of a benefit at the nightclub 4D for the Fundamentalists Anonymous Legal Task Force, an organization devoted to assisting disenchanted members of Jim and Tammy Bakker's PTL Club to get back their money. Theme From The Bartok Piano Concert No. However, it was not to be. AnyWHO, I let one rip and Frank (who had his back to the empty venue while he was conducting his band) turned around, leered at us, and said "which one of you did that?". But then it got transposed to C minor because Daniel couldn't sing it in G. [] And then Frank introduced Daniel Shorr and we went into about one and three- quarters bars of "Danny Boy" to accompany him walking onto the stage, which got a big laugh, and then Daniel made a voter registration pitch and then sang "It Ain't Necessarily So", and then left the stage while we played the bridge to "It Ain't Necessarily So" which I don't think was the real bridge, at which point we segued into "Summertime" and he came running back onto the stage to sing a few bars of "Summertime" and then he left. So it doesn't sound like Zappa had a problem with him. Dickies Such an Asshole 10. It's like this: there is the band and there is the guy who runs the band and then Frank. The album was one of four to be recorded during the 1988 world tour, along with Broadway the Hard Way, Make a Jazz Noise Here, and posthumously in 2021, Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show. &amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /><br />
I Ain't Got No Heart 4. . "I always liked Zappa since I was a kid. . With Frank spinning many plates including his home video business and his dabbling in foreign trade the job fell on bassist Scott Thunes. His playing style and his methods were etched in my brain. I can't believe this was anything other than inertia. " A big chunk of blame has to go with Zappa, though, because when things came to a head and the rest of the band started crapping on Scott, Zappa took a vote and only he and Mike Kenneally wanted to continue on, while Ed Mann (I believe) led the opposing faction within the band. Learn how your comment data is processed. M: But the thing was that we didn't actually ask if we could play with him. Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993), one of the world's most gifted musicians, toured with 'his own band' 1 for the last time in 1988. It was an incredible band and we had the right combination Louisiana Hooker Reprise) [parts on BTHW], Peaches En Regalia, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: T'Mershi Duween), Yo Cats, Packard Goose Medley, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Black Page (q: Bolero, Crimson & Clover), Dickie's Such An Asshole [parts on BTHW], When The Lie's So Big [parts on BTHW], Planet Of The Baritone Women [parts on BTHW], Any Kind Of Pain (q: Punky's Whips) [parts on BTHW], Texas Motel Medley, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Let's Move To Cleveland, Packard Goose Medley, King Kong (q: My Favorite Things) [parts on MAJNH], I Am The Walrus, Andy, Inca Roads, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Sharleena, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, The Illinois Enema Bandit (q: Chunga's Revenge), The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, The Untouchables, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Texas Motel Medley, Sharleena, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Untouchables, Strictly Genteel, Cruising For Burgers, The Untouchables, Dumb All Over, Heavenly Bank Account, Untouchables, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Dumb All Over, Heavenly Bank Account, America The Beautiful, Stinkfoot, Peaches En Regalia, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Texas Motel Medley, Sharleena, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Cruising For Burgers, Uncle Remus, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Any Kind Of Pain, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Texas Motel Medley, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven [TFZAAABB], Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Untouchables, America The Beautiful, Chunga's Revenge (q: Penguin In Bondage, Bolero, Carmen), Packard Goose Medley, Andy, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Big Swifty (q: Bolero), Penguin In Bondage (q: Bolero), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (q: Bolero), When The Lie's So Big [parts on BTHW], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Heavy Duty Judy, Find Her Finer, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven (q: Punky's Whips), America The Beautiful, Chana In De Bushwop, Nig Biz, Bolero, The Untouchables (q: Dragnet, Theme from Sea Hunt), Cosmik Debris (q: Bolero), Why Don't You Like Me?, Can't Afford No Shoes, Chana In De Bushwop, The Black Page, Dickie's Such An Asshole, Any Kind Of Pain, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Advance Romance [parts on MAJNH], Bobby Brown, Stolen Moments, When The Lie's So Big (q: What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? Inca Roads 06. When it was announced there would be a 1988 tour, there was much excitement. Lohengrin, Carmen, 1812 Overture) [parts on MAJNH], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage (q: Lohengrin), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel [solo on BTHW], Who Needs The Peace Corps? Saying 'It was 'not sufficient that he hated him, he turned everyone else against him' (para). Scott has a way of expressing dissatisfaction which is not particularly tactful. It's just a different way of looking at things. the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. Everything else I said jibed with what you said regarding Mann. you know you wait that long to play with Frank, I just wanted to continue. MG: Mats, how did you manage to play with Zappa's band? He put the sheet music in front of me and I started playing it from memory, since I can't sight read. And so I just spent the last six weeks of the tour trying to wend my way through this garbage that was going on onstage. He was just starting to get I would just talk to him and see what was up. It didn't really collapse. We should increase registration by as much as 250,000 to 300,000 voters. When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, Last week [FZ] attended a performance by the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra of his composition, "The Perfect Stranger," which was composed for the 1984 album, "Boulez Conducts Zappa." Frank Zappa hadn't toured since 1984, when his seven-man band played 109 shows, 36 in the U.S., 32 in Europe, and another 41 back in the States, all from July through December. The newly mixed selections feature a short-lived band of 11 multi-instrumentalists that is widely regarded as one of Zappas best and that showcases everything from saxophone, trumpet and flugelhorn to clarinet, synthesizer and marimba. After several displays of a complete lack of maturity on the part of the accusing musicians (culminating in someone scraping Scotts name off of a cake that was presented to the band by a promoter in Germany), Frank asked the offending players if they couldnt try to get along until the end of the summer leg of the tour. The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life is a double-disc live album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in 1991. Another 40 or so have followed posthumously and theres no end in sight. At first, I was enjoying playing the guitar again. III; Trouble Every Day in the European performances always includes a Thirteen vamp; Who Needs The Peace Corps always includes I Left My Heart In San Francisco at the end; Why Don't You Like Me is a revised version, with different lyrics, of Tell Me You Love Me. Mystery Song #4, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes riff, Zoot Allures), FZ tries out tonight's loops (incl. Just that, kind of like everybody was, it was kind of falling apart as far as personalities, I guess. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. It will be available digitally or in a two-CD set. Scott Thunes, interviewed by Thomas Wictor. When it was announced there would be a 1988 tour, there was much excitement. And then I'd look out into the audience and I'd look up at the lights, and I would just suddenly reflect on the fact that this was really happening. The Black Page (New Age Version) 3. For more information, please see our Jazz From Hell (Track). Unfortunately, the tour proved to be a turbulent experience for FZ due to conflicts among the band members, and this ultimately cut short the existence of this lineup. No musician alive or dead has ever been more versatile than Zappa, and this concert set proves it. Previously listed as 1988 02 12
When Frank was off in the early part of the day doing interviews or whatever, it would be [bassist Scott] Thunes' job to rehearse the band. But my primary function as a keyboard player was that I have a feel, especially for the old RnB stuff that Frank loves so much. M: Well, we talked for a long time actually. When I asked him about this, he told me that the first stroke on the bass drum pedal was considerably louder than the volume Chad had been using. ), Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, I Am The Walrus, Crew Slut (q: Smoke On The Water), The Black Page, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Eric Dolphy Memorial [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Advance Romance, Let's Move To Cleveland, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Heavy Duty Judy, Why Don't You Like Me?, Any Kind Of Pain, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Texas Motel Medley, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Stinkfoot, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Bacon Fat [BTHW], Stolen Moments [parts on BTHW], When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Texas Motel Medley, What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? [] The burps came from Frank's Synclavier, which was only used sporadically (rarely)[some of] those samples were done by Eric Bogosian and Frank's nephew [Jade Teta] from North Carolina who could mega-burp in a controlled way on command. Best Instrumental Composition 3 Any Kind of Pain Dupree's Paradise Inca Roads Advance Romance TAUK & Kanika Moore with Another Great Song: Deal Breaker. It will also be available as a four-LP 180-gram vinyl box, on black vinyl or as a limited-edition purple vinyl variant exclusively through the official Frank Zappa online store or uDiscover. [parts on BTHW], The Closer You Are, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Any Kind Of Pain, Why Don't You Like Me? wanted to play with him because of the way he acted. I sheepishly added "Um, it's gotta be DIET Coke for it to work". finest band that I was involved in with Frank. so . Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) Chances are good youll enjoy this album. This video, while not authorized by the Zappa Family Trust is a cool document of the short-lived 1988 Zappa big band. CalledZappa 88: The Last U.S. Show, the album offers two-and-a-half hours of previously unreleased music, including 28 tracks from the Long Island event and two from earlier concerts that same month in Rhode Island and Maryland. I haven't touched the guitar since we came off the road. 2015-2021 Copyright Best Classic Bands. I have a mobile truck that goes on the road with me. Florentine Pogen), The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Find Her Finer, Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH], Stevie's Spanking [MAJNH], Any Kind Of Pain, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [incl. Whatever Happened to Stephen Talbot, Leave It to Beavers Gilbert? Whipping Post 10. 8. That first U.S. run was primarily all over the Northeast, with eight shows in the Midwest. The Black Page (New Age Version) 03. Dot". It was the band we II 19. so obnoxious that nobody wanted to be around him. to be used, you know? Dot's Blog, May 27, 2006, "Frank Zappa," Recording Academy Grammy Awards, Matt Galaher, "Just Another Band From Ume: Zappsteetoot,", Mike Keneally, "Really, Keneally?,"keneally.com. Frank Zappa hadnt toured since 1984, when his seven-man band played 109 shows, 36 in the U.S., 32 in Europe, and another 41 back in the States, all from July through December. RM: That was for the monitor mixer, Marqueson. I Left My Heart In San Francisco], What's New In Baltimore?, Inca Roads [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Advance Romance, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, The Torture Never Stops Medley [parts on TBBYNHIYL], I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Stairway To Heaven, Ring Of Fire, Bolero, Bobby Brown, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Ring Of Fire, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Black Page, Advance Romance, Any Kind Of Pain, Find Her Finer, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown [parts on When Yuppies Go To Hell, MAJNH], Cosmik Debris, Cruising For Burgers, Keep It Greasey, Sofa, Bolero, Crew Slut, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Heavy Duty Judy, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain [parts on BTHW], Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty (q: My Sharona, The Radio Is Broken), Bamboozled By Love (q: When Yuppies Go To Hell), Bolero, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, The Black Page (q: Handsome Cabin Boy), Dickie's Such An Asshole [parts on BTHW], Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights (q: Did You Ever See A Dream Walkin'? That was the last time I worked for Frank. Bolero 11. [parts on TBBYNHIYL, incl. Music and lyrics [ edit] The new album, to be released June 18, will also include two extras. "He says, 'Anyone who has a coat like that must know something,' and he hired me," laughs Harry Andronis, house mixer for Frank Zappa since the 1988 Broadway the Hard Way tour. Actually it was something that I didn't tell them to put on stage, but the alto sax player had it hanging off of his stand. What made you decide to tour at this point in time? Jesus Thinks Youre a Jerk 12. "In 1987, when I was living in San Diego, I heard that Frank was rehearsing a new band to do another tour, something he hadn't done since 1984. In the band for the first (and last) time was Mike Keneally, stunt guitar, keyboards, vocals. It was the first time, or the only tour that I did, where we carried a full horn section, with great players, as all the players always were, but it was also the first time that I was the primary keyboard player. It was the greatest thing in the world. Peaches En Regalia 07. NR NEUWERTIG. I don't have the chops of a Tommy Marsnot many people dobut I'm no slash; you don't get into Frank's band if you can't really play. The rest of the time they're playing really complicated parts that are challenging to them, so that keeps 'em on their toes. in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! and I spent a few years trying to figure that out, until I finally realized that the only logical thing for me to do is to place the majority of my heart and my musical attentions to my own music. I exhaled so strongly I almost fainted. 4 min read. According to The Crux of the Biscuit: By the 88 tour, Zappa would appoint band members to act as a rehearsal leader or Klonemeister to rehearse the rest of the band in his absence. MG: Wow, that's wild. The show was originally billed to have a Jefferson Airplane reunion as the warm up, but only Jack and Jorma showed up. ", "All the way up to L.A., I had my brother drive while I practiced songs like "Sinister Footwear 2" and "What's New in Baltimore?" FZ: Yeah. So Daniel Shorr was in on it, and we discussed tempos and cues with him, and found out what would be the best key for him "It Ain't Necessarily So" and "Summertime". I mean obviously there were moments where I was hyperventilating with glee, but if you'd asked me a couple of years before that happened, "How would you react if you went from complete obscurity to playing in Frank Zappa's band?" it has to be you, Dot! And I said, "No." I knew what keyboards Bobby Martin used, so for me it was just a matter of telling Frank what sounds I wanted to play. Watch the clip at the head of the post. affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network, and he said, in an annoyed, sarcastic tone. I changed the words to reflect his frustration. Frank Zappa Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, NY - Mar 21, 1988 Mar 21 1988 Frank Zappa Towson Center Arena, Towson, MD - Mar 23, 1988 Mar 23 1988 Mar 25, 1988 Frank Zappa Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - Mar 25, 1988 Mar 25 1988 Following concerts Frank Zappa Printemps de Bourges 1988 - Apr 9, 1988 Apr 09 1988 I considered him my greatest influence. I told Frank and co. that I would massage them for free and my payment would be the honor to see every sound check and show for free. Then, at the end of the tour, this war broke out between the bass player and the drummer. I know there was some sort of fighting within the band and FZ called the whole tour off, but what did it all stem from? have happened. But as I saw it, all he cared about was the band knowing their stuff, and he wasn't trying to make friends in the process, which I respected, and we became good friends during this phase. Also other data will not be shared with third person. Engineer Bob Stone House Mix Harry Andronis Lightning Designer and Director Mike Keeling Monitor Mix Marque Coy Synclavier The following day, after months of painstaking rehearsal, Zappa would begin a series of concerts comprising an overview of his collected workmore than 50 albums' worth of some of the most challenging arrangements ever written for rock instrumentation, spanning nearly a quarter of a century. The 1988 tour was my favourite tour, by far. However, the memory of "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life" has stayed alive with the help of tapes and FZ's three official releases of material from the tour. The heart was a pedal board that had hundreds of little relays, quarter-inch jacks, and little circuit boards wrapped up in duct tape just piled in there, nothing labelled, nothing documented. It's one of the things I've been interested in since the 27th Amendment passed in 1971. SCENE: You haven't toured since 1984. Before the concert, I was so nervous my hands were shaking badly. 08. We have the option to vote for members of our government, we have fought for hundreds of years for this right, while other countries do not have any rights at all, we should be grateful and use this opportunity to express our popular opinion. Frank Zappa Tour 88Broadway The Hard Way, 1988, p. 3 Management WEG/Tom Hulett 11111 Santa Monica Blvd., 20th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90025 (213) 477-8900 Road Manager Dwayne Taylor Stage Manager Ray Upton Remote U.M.R.K. (incl. I've only ever read the Real Frank Zappa Book (which is a ****in' riot!) So anyway, I don't know . Stevie's Spanking), q: Envelopes, Mr Green Genes (incl. Interesting, hadn't read this before. At the end of the tour, Frank decided he wasn't going to play anymore, because the rest of the band had told him they wouldn't go out with me again. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling) [incl. Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival Schedules: WHA??? I got to the audition and Frank told me to play, "Cheapness." For those interested in such things, when Morgan sat in with Zappa in 1988, Chad left the drum chair in such a way that Morgan was able to continue the drum beat without interruption. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Frank Zappa was as prolific as he was idiosyncratic. This tour is one of the most memorable, musically and otherwise. It's currently maintained by Oscar Bianco. . MI; Vienna; and Florence. On my 10th birthday I got his Fillmore East album, which is when the PMBC would probably say that I was "corrupted." I just came up with the perfect title for this tour. There were a lot of laughs on stage, in the hotels, on the planes; we laughed a lot all the time. Cookie Notice 1984: 20th Anniversary World tour; 1988: The last tour; Orchestral concerts; Pre-tour Rehearsals (1977-1987) Unreleased, radio, and weird stuff; 1984: 1984 North . We're going to record every concert and it looks as though there should be a live album called, Broadway The Hard Way, later this year. It wasn't the band it was Scott Thunes. So Bobby just said (impersonating Robert Martin) 'There is French horn on the DX5 and there is an acoustic piano sound on the Roland digital piano, and good luck'. Witness Zappas Beatles medley, which makes its first official appearance on this album. <br />
From the time that I was nine years old, Frank was my musical hero. Setlists; Artists; Festivals; Venues . Frank Zappa's Band, July - December 1984. FZ: Oh, just a whole bunch of stuff. By the '88 tour, Zappa would appoint band members to act as a rehearsal leader or "Klonemeister" to rehearse the rest of the band in his absence. . Another aspect of that tour was Ike and I would always be trying to guess where Frank was going to go with the lyrics tonight and a lot of times, we all hit it together and guessed the same thing at the same time. They have to brew. 3, MAJNH], Any Kind Of Pain, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, I Am The Walrus, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, The Illinois Enema Bandit, FZ guitar workout (incl. different day and Frank was in a different mood I'm sure that would Pound for a Brown 05. I know that's what I said, tooMann did. Scott himself was not warned beforehandthe first time he heard anything of the burgeoning anti- Scott movement was during this meeting. Here's the interview I was thinking of -- w/ guitarist Mike Keneally. Scott ruled rehearsals with an iron fist and rubbed a few of the horn players the wrong way. I was named after her and so most called me Dot. What makes this tour so interesting is that we are making available for all those who see my concerts the opportunity to register to vote. Frank's guitar rig was very old. . Well that doesn't fit in with what Zappa says (the point of this post) that Ed Mann had in Franks words a 'Vendetta' against him. In the meantime, I spent all my time learning everything Frank had done on guitar. I could also play the Bartok. because I wanted to play like . King Kong vamp, Danny Boy*, It Ain't Necessarily So* / Summertime*, Royal March from Aida, Lohengrin, Carmen, 1812 Overture / There Goes My Baby, Peaches En Regalia, Dickie's Such An Asshole (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: It Ain't Necessarily So), Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH], Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Porn War Jam, What's New In Baltimore?, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Trouble Every Day (q: Big Swifty), Penguin In Bondage (q: Bacon Fat), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Stairway To Heaven, Strictly Genteel. I had never heard the Best Band . So like in the middle of the '88 tour, I mean, I understood everybody's side, you know, and I just let Frank know that whatever happens, I'm still ready. Then, at the end of the tour, this war broke out between the bass player and the drummer. . It was Zappa's first tour in nearly three years, a major musical event, yet when asked why he was going on the road again, the outspoken musician explained, "It's an election year. . Listen to Peaches en Regalia from Zappa 88. For fans, of course, there is also an additional emotional dimension to the tour. There is the magic story of the death of the best band you never heard in your life. There was a little friction in the band between certain members, I mean I was not without friction, but I resolved most of my stuff before I got on the road with who ever I had a problem with. Zappa archivist Joe Traverswho co-produced the set with the artists son, Ahmetand drummer Chad Wackerman provide liner notes. Could you give us an idea what that means? Also Frank's very last rock show. For three months I was a wreck, and the music suffered because of my mistakes. 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