Here comes our bullet! The ZappaCast is back, and this time we’re serving up a heaping helping of Vaudeville Band (or the Flo & Eddie era of The Mothers) for you over the course of three episodes. In this episode we chronicle the formation of the Flo & Eddie-era band with lots of rare music […]
Go all the way (back) with the ZappaCast! In this episode, we take a look at the earliest (musical) workings of FZ with the help of Zappa scholar extraordinaire Greg Russo. Lots of rare music abounds in this one, folks. And we get the first installment of Mick Ekers’ new segment ZAPPA’S GEAR–looking at the […]
More hard stuff! There is so much 1988 Zappa goodness here that it’s impossible to know where to begin. Tons of rare audio goodness abounds as we complete what wound up being a four-hour look at the 1988 FZ Broadway The Hard Way tour. We also hear guest spots from Mats & Morgan and the […]
It’s ZappaCast The Hard Way!!! In the second episode of ZappaCast, we take a look a the 1988 Broadway The Hard Way tour, the final concert tour Frank Zappa would undertake. This episode is designed to call your attention to a book written by our very own Andrew Greenaway, ZAPPA THE HARD WAY, which is […]
In the premiere edition of ZappaCast–a Frank Zappa podcast–Scott Parker (author of several books about the work of FZ) examines the new “Alternate Freak Out!” bootleg, featuring an unreleased mix of the Freak Out! album. In addition, Andrew Greenaway provides the news and FZ gives a history lesson.
This folio features note-for-note transcriptions with tab for all seven tracks from Zappa's watershed 1973 release: Camarillo Brillo Dinah-Moe Humm Dirty Love Fifty-Fifty I'm the Slime Montana Zomby Woof Includes a foreword by Zappa guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, also of Missing Persons and Duran Duran fame. Transcriptions by Paul Pappas. Publisher: Hal LeonardPublication Date: January 1, […]
Complete, note-for-note tab transcriptions for Frank Zappa's epic 1974 tour de force, featuring over-the-top zany lyrics and subject matter, searing guitar virtuosity, and tight arrangements veering between rock and jazz fusion. Includes all 9 songs that have become classics of the Zappa legacy: Apostrophe' Cosmik Debris Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Excentrifugal Forz Father O'Blivion […]
This folio features note-for-note transcriptions of Frank Zappa's influential 1969 jazz-rock fusion masterpiece, which also featured guest appearances by Captain Beefheart and Jean-Luc Ponty. Music transcriptions by Andy Aledort. Includes: The Gumbo Variations It Must Be a Camel Little Umbrellas Peaches in Regalia Son of Mr. Green Genes Willie the Pimp Includes lots of […]
The legendary Frank Zappa, one of the most influential, innovative and controversial musical artists for the past 20 years, takes us on a wild, funny trip through his life and times. Along the way, Zappa offers his inimitable views on many things such as art, politics and beer. Frank Zappa with Peter Occiogrosso Originally Published: […]
In 1984 FZ self-published Them or Us, a 351 page book created with a dot matrix printer. A facsimile paperback edition was released in 2010. ForewordThis cheesy little home-made book was prepared for the amusement of people who already enjoy Zappa music. It is not for intellectuals or other dead people. It is designed to answer […]
