Frank Zappa - Persona Non Grata - 1979

12th February 1979 - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, England.

Band: FZ, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Warren Cucurullo, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf.

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Music

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• frank
• zappa
• guitar
• solo
• 1979

[danielmccar]

You get to really hear Arthur Barrow in this one too. Frank's soloing was at its best with Vinnie and Arthur I think.

[tomtiddler]

FZ continued throughout his varied career, to raise the bar of exellence with his "air sculptures" - Fantastic!

[snylax]

now listen to steve vai's Steve Vai - Rescue Me Or Bury Me - 2003

I wonder where Vai got his inspiration ?!?!

[62bluesman]

Your music will light the Universe for ever,RIP!

[cherryorchards]

is this piece on some of the shut up n play yer guitar trilogy by any chance:

[analyzingfunny]

He used to be nice boy, he used to cut the grass. He was a very nice boy. I have children SLEEPING in here. turn that down! Dont you boys know any *nice* songs? Swat team 4 move in...

[analyzingfunny]

@LightEye2012 no, you GRATA love this!

[LightEye2012]

Gotta Love this ;-)

[chickenthr33]

@DouglasWatts That is correct regarding the "He used to cut the grass". He has quite a few different names for it apparently, several versions out there. A lot of the guitar tracks including the one you mentioned from Joe's Garage were taken from live performances and overdubbed with new backing in odd time signatures that he wrote out for the band in the studio. I can't think of which album but the original "He Used to Cut the Grass" live performance can be found.

[FZappaTheBest]

FRANK ZAPPA IL PIU 'GRANDE GENIO DELLA STORIA DELLA MUSICA.

FRANK ZAPPA EL MAS GRANDE GENIO DE LA HISTORIA DE LA MUSICA.

FRANK ZAPPA THE GREATEST GENIUS OF THE HISTORY OF MUSIC.

[54herve]

arthur barrow mon bassiste prefere!! c est beau!!! zappa savais etre genereux avec son public bravo!!

[DoyafEELmee]

I thank God, YouTube, and Timmo1782 for leaving me in a 'wow' state after listening to this track. I'm really enjoying it and speechless after listening to it. F.Zappa is one of a kind. He and his band define those depths of music where only the strong at heart can survive/excel.