Re: Zappas' guitar playing: was: What a loop has to say

[mungenast@earthlink.net]

I saw him on one of his several "I was just kidding about quitting, folks, 
I can still play, honest!" tours, circa 1986, and boy was he ever making a 
point to the Berklee kids in the audience: don't count me out, I'm still 
baaaaad.

Seriously, I'd have to be reincarnated 3 times to play that well.

~Tim


-----Original Message-----
>From: "loop.pool" <looppool@cruzio.com>
>Sent: Mar 21, 2006 10:35 PM
>To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>Subject: Zappas' guitar playing:  was:  What a loop has to say
>
>Per wrote about Frank Zappa:
>"No. He couldn't really play the guitar properly. That's what I like
>with his guitar solos. He knew it and just did it way over the top,  "
>
>
>
>Man,  Per,  I saw Zappa play an all instrumental gig at the Fillmore 
>Auditorium
>once with the classic  George Duke, Underwoods band with Tom Fowler
>playing electric trombone instead of a bassist.
>
>You could a' fooled me.   His guitar playing was off the hook and 
>fantastic.
>To say he couldn't play guitar properly didn't match anything I know 
>about 
>guitar
>playing from having played with excellent guitarists all of my life.
>
>He may have not been up to Al DiMeola technical skills but that was much 
>to
>my delight, I have to say. 
>