Frank Zappa - Andy - 1980, Santa Monica (audio)

Andy, as played by the fall -80 band. Soundboard recording from the late show in Santa Monica, L.A, 1980-12-11.

Frank Zappa - lead guitar, lead vocals, band leader
Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, vocals
Ray White - rhythm guitar, vocals
Steve Vai - guitar
Tommy Mars - keyboards
Bob Harris - keyboards, trumpet, vocals
Arthur Barrow - bass
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums

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[brucenator]

Main riff: bass (4-string).

Invented (type) notation: a=low A (open 3rd string); A=middle A (2nd string 7th fret).

Number=fraction-note, e.g., a16 = low A played as 16th note.

/ a16-a16 dotted-half-rest A8 /

/ dotted-quarter-rest a-8 A16-A16 dotted-quarter-rest /

/ a16-A16-A16-A16 quarter-rest 16th-rest-A16-A32-A32-A32-A32 16th-rest-A16-A8 /

/ A32-A32-a16-A16-A16 a16-A16-A32-A32-A16 half-rest /

Those 32nd notes at this tempo (124 bpm) are a bitch!

(I can only play this at around 96 bpm.)

[forksmuggler]

Goddamn I love this fucking song. The whole show is great, one of my very, very favorites.

Thanks for posting!

[CommBreakDown]

@grant1r youtube it for free

[CommBreakDown]

@meanbrew the DVD is awsome. and has a wide range of songs.

[meanbrew]

I saw ZPZ last year and wasn't impressed. Dweezil does a good approximation of Frank's guitar playing but really has no appreciation for the actual music. This was most evident in the choice of material covered. Zappa's music ranges from genious to dreck (mainly post '77 material) and Dweezil mainly went with the dreck.

I've seen two other Zappa cover bands (Bogus Pomp and The Grandemothers) and they were both awesome. The Grandemothers in fact were awe-inspiring. The Brock rocks!

[grant1r]

@FZmustacheFZ

No but the music of Zappa is equally comprised of its members and I would rather see Ike Willis and Ray White do their stuff.

[FZmustacheFZ]

@grant1r I'd like to know what band you're going to see, mate. Frank didn't really change things ALL that drastically for the live shows. Just the usual "add this in here", which ZPZ does some of as well. And I'd rather see good musicians play "studio" versions of the songs and play interesting solos and whatnot than go see a band who takes the basic frame of Frank's songs and changes all kinds of things inside of that frame. The Mona Lisa is no longer composed by Da Vinci if it has a mustache..

[WazWarptonMyspace]

@FZmustacheFZ Most certainly do! Frank Composed his music for a reason,it was meant to be played the way he wrote it and it was up to Him to change it whenever he damn well felt like it,and that's why ZPZ doesn't take liberties with his Compositions!!!

[jancivil]

@jubilman 'the thing i like the less is Frank guitar solo / of course Vai or Keneally have much more guitar technique'. the thing is, Vai or Keneally wouldn't agree with your approach to this music at all. FZ built these songs so he could solo his way in them, so you're kind of missing something essential comparing them to other guitarists who have a more cut-and-dried approach. You should see Dweezil or Keneally faithfully executing an improvised FZ solo, as it's a gem, and try to get the idea

[grant1r]

@FZmustacheFZ

Yeah if you want to go in and watch them play studio versions of the song.