Bass Exerpts/Solo from The Gumbo Variation By Frank Zappa

[TheJourneyAgent]

@jackeminor y u no use little finger?

[lou240689]

yessssss lord!

[silverflute22]

Ah God I love you.

I-I'm still an amateur bassist (I know my username has "flute" in it but I play three instruments. . xD)and I'm actually doing a solo for the jazz band. And the kids there all know me as this amazing bassist, and the song I'm doing a solo in is in gumbo rock, a style I've never. . . done.

So this really gave me some awesome ideas for soloing ; ;!

Thank you so much <3

[jackeminor]

Thanks a whole helluva lot. That means a great deal to me to hear that. Good luck with the jazz band project. Keep it up and never give up on the dream.

[JayVanDeLay]

Okay, you're obviously a good bass player.

Where's the fucking amp?

[p1p2p2p3]

Hi! could you show me the tab of this part? or where I would find it?thx!!

[autoarbitaster]

Borrow the score for 'Hot Rats' by Frank Zappa at a library.

[wheatgurm]

LOVE FRANK!! Nice playin. You live in the PNW? haha

[escodongato]

very good, i really liked it

[tomrv107]

How's abouts re-recording this with better sound quality? Then we could truly appreciate both it and your bass skills.

Better still, could you not also post the original track? Go on! It's my favourite. If you could do the vinyl rather than the CD version I would be very much in your debt.

[bongolicious]

What's the deal with the vinyl mix of Hot Rats?

Everybody says the cd mix is inferior, in what way?

[zappafan79]

The CD mix has some added embellishments not present on the vinyl version. For example, on "Willie the Pimp," there's a lot of clicks and rhythmic effects that don't exist on the LP. When FZ remastered everything for CD, he added a few things on.

[thegreatNEb]

Im pretty sure they then re-re-released everything as it originally was before that first re-release where he added new bass/drum parts....

so any CD version you get now should be the original arrangements and recordings, just remastered for CD

[autoarbitaster]

Nah it's not. I prefer the CD version also

[jasmincar]

in my opinion i find ''little unbrellas'' and ''it must be a camel'' better on the original

[Mungo10]

Cool. Thanks for posting this.

[jackeminor]

Thank you!

[Stratman1920]

Steely Dan, Yes, and now FZ. I was way into Zappa in high school, even played some of it, may have to post some here. Who influenced your taste in music, did your dad have anything to do with it? I influenced my daughter to some extent, see my subscriptions (beachangel83) is my duaghter.

[Serafusion]

Pretty good mate, keep it up.

By the way, excellent to see

people apreciating Frak Zappa

[Trampaz]

true, i love to see so many people here on youtube playing covers and keeping zappa's music alive, not only the old fans but new generations too

[vivalapsych]

I'd love hear a band tackle this sucker live.