Great Musician! And 'woman being'! In the present days "Ruth devotes her spare time to giving free music lessons to children who could not otherwise afford to study." (from Wikipedia) God bless her!
This band started on the road in 1973. I saw them at Wembley just a few months before the Roxy concerts. Astonishing performance from a remarkable line up of musicians. Ian Underwood was with them at that point too just to make it even better!!
Ruth was such a pleasure to watch hammer those mallets & have fun ,her & Napoleon always seemed to be having the most fun ,she was so beautiful in those hip huggers & halter tops ,she's still very pretty .
Ruth, I now own a Mexican Marimba that used to belong to Frank Zappa. It can be seen at youtube under Steve Chavez Marimbas and video "5 of 38" which is my collection of Marimbas from around the world. The story is that Frank gave it to CalArts but he used to have it in his kitchen and placed plants on top of it. Then CalArts/John Bergamo gave it to a student who then tried to rebuild it but the bars were taken. Given to me in 1985 and rebuilt. Did you play it, where did Frank get it? Steve
They are technically “Chinese letters” (here “letters” being also a misnomer; Hanzi glyphs are actually ideographs, i.e. entire words or, when used for transliteration, syllables), in the sense that they are CJK [Chinese/Japanese/Korean] glyphs derived from Chinese characters, but that’s not Chinese writing. That’s a mix of Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji, i.e. Japanese. You should educate yourself a bit on alphabets and writing systems before spewing nonsense on RUclips, yes? That blunder is like confusing Cyrillic with Greek; just because they share some commonalities, they are *not* the same. Also, I see what you’re getting at, but this was likely posted by a Zappa fan from Japan, hence the Japanese title and description on it. Please show some respect. Anyway, I’m not posting here to bash you, but to educate instead; Hiragana, those very distinctive-looking curly glyphs (which are none other than the script versions of simpler Hanzi - yes, Chinese - glyphs picked for their phonetic values), being unique to Japanese, are the dead giveaway (Chinese writing is much denser, and even simpler glyphs like those found in Katakana are somewhat rare).
I loved it, and wish you were there too. Used to listen to "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" upstairs in a friend's attic while posing nekkid for his drawings...
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Ruth‘s performance in Inca Roads is outstanding...
I listen to it every day and marvel at it every time...
Inca roads, uncle meat, the black page, the Bebop tango... she was part of so many of his beautiful tunes
I cannot grow tired of Ruth. She was phenomenal on her marimba, and she knows how to tell stories
Ruth Underwood a fantastic musician and lady... just finished watching the Roxy Movie (concert)... and still enjoyed it as much as ever!
Ruth was so gutsy getting her Marimba done!
Great Musician! And 'woman being'! In the present days "Ruth devotes her spare time to giving free music lessons to children who could not otherwise afford to study." (from Wikipedia) God bless her!
I can just see him. Well evoked, Ruth.
Its quite touching how lovingly she speaks of Frank...
Ruth is so awesome. She should write a book
That video always brings a tear to my eye love it
Cool man, the one and only Ruth Underwood , dig it man
Oh Man! A chunk of music history! Wonderful!
Ruth is great and very easy on the eyes !!
What a beautiful story. My heart strings...
This little video felt HUGE
She is awesome
We love you Ruth, and grateful to you, to The Great Uncle Frank♥️✨
Great interview
It amuses me that so many of Frank's band came from the NYC area.
On Ruth!
I would give the left balo of all of you to go back in time and attend a 74 Zappa gig with this terrific line up
This band started on the road in 1973. I saw them at Wembley just a few months before the Roxy concerts. Astonishing performance from a remarkable line up of musicians. Ian Underwood was with them at that point too just to make it even better!!
Oh, that's beatiful!!!
wonderful
Very gifted woman I wonder if she ever met or played together with Gary Burton who is a master on mallet playing He plays the vibraphone
I don't know what "important marimba pulls the microphone" means, but that was one fantastic story. She should tell more!
Previously you would have had to have miked the marimba directly. By using an induction coil, you could dispense with the mike
I ❤ RUTH
Ruth was such a pleasure to watch hammer those mallets & have fun ,her & Napoleon always seemed to be having the most fun ,she was so beautiful in those hip huggers & halter tops ,she's still very pretty .
凄い！
The whole time I'm sitting here listening but the only thing i can hear is st. alfonzos pancake breakfast.
Ruth, I now own a Mexican Marimba that used to belong to Frank Zappa. It can be seen at youtube under Steve Chavez Marimbas and video "5 of 38" which is my collection of Marimbas from around the world. The story is that Frank gave it to CalArts but he used to have it in his kitchen and placed plants on top of it. Then CalArts/John Bergamo gave it to a student who then tried to rebuild it but the bars were taken. Given to me in 1985 and rebuilt. Did you play it, where did Frank get it? Steve
I love You Ruth
How did 4 people dislike this?
One was Lou Reed
WHAT is this from?!
Looks like it's from the new "Zappa" documentary by Alex Winter.
What is with the Chinese letters. It's beginning already
They are technically “Chinese letters” (here “letters” being also a misnomer; Hanzi glyphs are actually ideographs, i.e. entire words or, when used for transliteration, syllables), in the sense that they are CJK [Chinese/Japanese/Korean] glyphs derived from Chinese characters, but that’s not Chinese writing. That’s a mix of Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji, i.e. Japanese.
You should educate yourself a bit on alphabets and writing systems before spewing nonsense on RUclips, yes? That blunder is like confusing Cyrillic with Greek; just because they share some commonalities, they are *not* the same. Also, I see what you’re getting at, but this was likely posted by a Zappa fan from Japan, hence the Japanese title and description on it. Please show some respect.
Anyway, I’m not posting here to bash you, but to educate instead; Hiragana, those very distinctive-looking curly glyphs (which are none other than the script versions of simpler Hanzi - yes, Chinese - glyphs picked for their phonetic values), being unique to Japanese, are the dead giveaway (Chinese writing is much denser, and even simpler glyphs like those found in Katakana are somewhat rare).
I would give the left balo of all of you to go back in time and attend a 74 Zappa gig with this terrific line up
I loved it, and wish you were there too. Used to listen to "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" upstairs in a friend's attic while posing nekkid for his drawings...