The Frank Zappa Guitar Book

Some of Zappa's most virtuosic guitar solos lie in these pages — brilliant transcriptions and an introduction by Steve Vai (FZ’s official transcriptionist until 1981.)  

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

  • Five-Five-FIVE
  • Hog Heaven
  • While You Were Out
  • Treacherous Cretins
  • Heavy Duty Judy
  • Soup 'n Old Clothes

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More

  • Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression
  • Gee, I Like Your Pants
  • The Deathless Horsie
  • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
  • Pink Napkins

Return Of The Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

  • Stucco Homes

Joe's Garage Acts II & III

  • Watermelon In Easter Hay
  • Packard Goose
  • Outside Now
  • He Used To Cut The Grass

Sheik Yerbouti

  • Sheik Yerbouti Tango
  • Rat Tomago
  • Mo' Mama (unreleased selection)

Zoot Allures

  • Black Napkins

Also includes an afterword by FZ, along with full page B&W photos.

Munchkin Music, Los Angeles USA
1982
302 pp, paperback, 30 x 22,5 cm
English