Frank Zappa

John Mayer, Jack White, Frank Zappa, Rory Gallagher, Joe Bonamassa, Bernie Marsden, Eilidh McKellar, Jonny Lang, Steve Cropper, Robert Cray, Dave Edmunds, Eric Gales, Steve Lukather, Nita Strauss, Jeff Beck, Jennifer Batten, Brian May, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai. They are the Guitar Virtuosi selected among the 290 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are […]

Frank Zappa’s ‘Broadway the Hard Way’ is a live album recorded during his 1988 and final world tour and released on October 14, 1988 by Barking Pumpkin. Track Listing : 1.Elvis Has Just Left The Building (Frank Zappa) – 02:24 . 2.Planet Of The Baritone Women (Frank Zappa) – 02:48 . 3.Any Kind Of Pain […]

October 13, 1978 – Frank Zappa gives a concert at Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ

October 12, 1980 – Frank Zappa gives a concert at Johnson Gym in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Donna Summer, Robert Palmer, Chaka Khan, David Bowie, Blondie, Mitch Ryder, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Genesis. They are the ’70s Throwback’ performers selected among the 277 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . Donna Summer – Spring Affair Lifted […]

Joe Satriani, Steve Morse, Frank Zappa, Jan Akkerman, Vlatko Stefanovski, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Hackett, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Peter Frampton, Robben Ford, Pat Martino . They are the Guitar Virtuosi selected among the 277 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . Joe Satriani […]

‘Bongo Fury’ by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart is an album released on October 2, 1975 by Discreet. Track Listing : 1.Debra Kadabra (Frank Zappa) – 03:54 . 2.Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy (Frank Zappa) – 05:59 . 3.Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top (Don Van Vliet) – 02:51 . 4.Poofter’S Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (Frank […]

This day (September 29, 1942), in Avranches, France, is born Jean-Luc Ponty, a French violinist and jazz composer.

Frank Zappa’s ‘You Are What You Is’ is a double album released on September 23, 1981 by Barking Pumpkin. Track Listing : 1.Teen-Age Wind (Frank Zappa) – 03:02 . 2.Harder Than Your Husband (Frank Zappa) – 02:28 . 3.Doreen (Frank Zappa) – 04:44 . 4.Goblin Girl (Frank Zappa) – 04:07 . 5.Theme From The 3Rd […]

The end of the Sixties and the beginning of the Seventies mark the real start of Jean-Luc Ponty‘s international stardom. Hooking up with 23 years old George Duke. Recording his own “King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa” album. Recording the “Open Strings” album in Germany with Philip Catherine and Joachim Kühn. […]

Frank Zappa’s ‘Joe’s Garage’ is a rock opera, originally released on September 17 and November 19, 1979 as two separate studio albums by Zappa Records. Track listing : 1.The Central Scrutinizer (Frank Zappa) – 03:28 . 2.Joe’s Garage (Frank Zappa) – 06:10 . 3.Catholic Girls (Frank Zappa) – 04:26 . 4.Crew Slut (Frank Zappa) – […]

September 17, 1992 – Frank Zappa is at Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Germany with the Ensemble Modern for the first performance of his orchestral composition “The Yellow Shark.” Due to illness, he will only conduct certain parts.

Frank Zappa’s ‘Studio Tan’ is an album released on September 15, 1978 by Discreet. Track Listing : 1.Greggery Peccary (Frank Zappa) – 20:40 . 2.Let Me Take You To The Beach (Frank Zappa) – 02:44 . 3.Revised Music For Guitar & Low-Budget Orchestra (Frank Zappa) – 07:36 . 4.Redunzl (Frank Zappa) – 08:12 Gary Panter […]

Michael Buble & Blake Shelton, UB40 & Chrissie Hynde, Clarence Gatemouth Brown & Canned Heat, Branford Marsalis & Grateful Dead, Elvin Bishop & Jim McCarty, Carl Perkins & George Harrison, Rihanna & Elton John, Michael Jackson & Slash, Aerosmith, Run Dmc & Kid Rock, AC/DC & Axl Rose, David Bowie & Arcade Fire, Pink Floyd […]

1973 is one of Frank Zappa’s busiest years. Think about it : in one year, he records three albums, releases one and plays seventy-seven concerts throughout the world. From March till the end of May, he is at Bolic Sound in Inglewood and Whitney Studios in Glendale to complete his seventeenth studio album “Over-Nite Sensation” […]

‘Roxy & Elsewhere’ by Frank Zappa & The Mothers is a live album released on September 10, 1974 by DiscReet. Track listing : 1.Penguin in Bondage (Frank Zappa) – 06:48 . 2.Pygmy Twylyte (Frank Zappa) – 02:13 . 3.Dummy Up (Napoleon Murphy Brock, Jeff Simmons,Frank Zappa) – 06:02 . 4.Village of the Sun (Frank Zappa) […]

Rickie Lee Jones, Santana, David Bowie, Gary Numan, John Lennon, Frank Zappa, The Who, Ramones, Pretenders, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd. They are the ’70s Throwback’ performers selected among the 239 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . Rickie Lee Jones – Young Blood […]

‘Over-Nite Sensation’ by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention is their seventeenth studio album released on September 7, 1973 by DiscReet Track listing : 1.Camarillo Brillo (Frank Zappa) – 04:01 . 2.I’m the Slime (Frank Zappa) – 03:35 . 3.Dirty Love (Frank Zappa) – 03:00 . 4.Fifty-Fifty (Frank Zappa) – 06:08 . 5.Zomby Woof […]

This day (September 6, 1943), in Great Bookham, Surrey, England, is born George Roger Waters , English singer, bassist and songwriter, co-founder of Pink Floyd

August 27, 1974 – Frank Zappa with George Duke, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Ruth Underwood, Tom Fowler and Chester Thompson tape a special TV show at at KCET in Hollywood