Im 76 years old so when i think back to seeing FZ and the Mothers Live this is exactly how i see FZ in my minds eye,the big moustache and wide imperial with the wild long hair ,when its time for me to take the big dirt nap i pray ive lead the kinda life which will allow me to attend that great gig in the sky with FZ conducting.
America needs Frank Zappa now more than we did in the 70's ,I really miss Frank alot ,following Zappa tours across Michigan ,Ohio and Indiana was my wife and I's summer time fun from 1969 when I finished my final combat tour in Vietnam to the 88 tour ,he was so good to me that he signed all my Original masters albums and the YCDTOS collectors CD anvil case along with hand signed publicity photos from various tours ,my pride & joy is my Overnight Sensation album where I got every Mother to autograph with Frank being the last in 1992 ,his wife was so nice to me on the phone because she remembered when my wife & I danced onstage with Vito .
@@HakanTunaMuzik We seem to be talking a cross purposes. If she was nice on an off day as you suggest, that suggests that she was normally not nice, and I object to that.
I was at this festival all weekend it was like 20 mins from my house. That weekend was Frank Zappa, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, Tull, BS&T, Sly and Family Stones, Buddy Guy, and Ike & Tina Review plus so many more. Frank Zappa played at a woodshop section totally awesome. Check out the video totally an awesome time.
Not to mention, the last part of the film shows BB King jamming with Johnny Winter. That was back when hardly anybody outside of Texas knew who Johnny Winter even was.
When the Mothers played in San Francisco in 1968, I wrote in my memoir: "When BB King began his set, Frank called me over to stand with him and Ian (Underwood) by the side of the stage. "These are the people you should be watching. If you want to hear real music, listen to these guys. They should be topping the bill. We’re diddly-shit by comparison."
Funny... When I was a kid, I always thought of Frank as our patron saint to intellectual freedom. Not to mention he could do ANYTHING musical. I saw him on Steve Allen's show a few times and he was always so far ahead of EVERYBODY!! And this proves it again! Thanks so much for this!
So many friends... and very young too... Good to see Jimmy again, and Don with some hair left (and Kanzus playing tambourine, the crazy guy he is!). Great historic document, though incomplete (and one of the few with close ups of Frank's goldtop Les Paul in its final H/S/P90 incarnation, before it was stolen).
Near to impossible nowadays I think. FZ was also his own producer, wat most musicians nowadays bring out is heavily influenced by the producers, Frank didn’t had that problem.
When B.B.King played first at San Francisco, Frank made me stand by the side of the stage and listen. He said, 'If you want to hear real music, listen to these guys. They should be topping the bill. We’re diddly-shit by comparison.’
@@paulinebutcherbird That’s pretty interesting, considering that as great as Johnny and BB are/were they’re still playing nothing but three chord tunes strictly within a musical style, while Zappa’s music was completely its own thing, and the musicians that played it had to be incredibly skilled and adaptable to play such demanding music. I can’t even listen to blues anymore after playing it in Chicago for 20 years, it’s just boring to me now, but I never get tired of listening to Frank.
@@1965JB Your comment fits with what I say in my book. Many rock stars in 1960s looked at Frank as the rock stars' rock star. In other words, it takes a musician, such as yourself, to fully appreciate his music. All I am able to do is acknowledge that he seems to stand alone as a composer who could write and perform in all genres of music from doo-wop, jazz, blues, rock'n'roll, satire, politcal commentary, and classical. No one else, as far as I know has had that range.
@@paulinebutcherbird No, there’s nobody else anything like Frank. I still can’t figure out why he would say what he said to you when he and his band clearly were better musicians in every way. No disrespect to BB or Johnny! It must have been amazing to see them back then. I think I’ll buy your book now!
Frank + VOX wah pedal in the middle position is a very good thing indeed ;{- Pedals Frank Zappa used were : Oberheim Controlled Voltage Filter Dan Armstrong Green Ringer Mu-Tron Phase MXR Digital Delays Roland GP-8 Processor 12 Button Stereo Relay Switcher Mu-Tron III Envelope Filter MicMix Dynaflangers Electro- Harmonix Big Muff Rat Distortion Pedal Hush II B Noise Reduction Unit and the Electro Wagnerian Emancipator -- just to name a few!
So much great classic rock stuff from the 60's is mostly just head shots of the players as if their faces were making the music. A great find though. B.B. with Johnny Winter and a bit of Frank actually playing his guitar!
In 1968, the Mothers played San Francisco. I wrote in my memoir, 'When BB King began his set, Frank called me over to stand with him and Ian (Underwood) by the side of the stage. "These are the people you should be watching. If you want to hear real music, listen to these guys. They should be topping the bill. We’re diddly-shit by comparison."
oh it wasn't me, it was the work of good folks at Zappateers. I actually synced it myself (which was a nightmare) and was ready to upload it but then it appeared on zappateers tracker, in better quality, so i posted it here.
A review of the **1969** Boston Globe Jazz Festival exists at www.afka.net/Articles/1969-05_Down_Beat.htm I was there! And believe me, I know what year that was... Zappa & the Mothers (plus Roland Kirk) blew the place away, doing material much like this clip at Newport later the same year. I've never been able to find any audio or video recording of the Boston show, and I kind of doubt any that recording was made. But perhaps we'll all get lucky.
Had no idea this footage existed. And we get a BB King / Johnny Winter bonus too! Are these scraps all that survives, or is there more to come? I know audio exists of FZ's set, in more or less complete form - I wish someone would upload it.
+Grithron2 this comes from a much longer footage featuring various artists, in short segments. It's really difficult to sync it with audio sources available from this festival. No doubt the rest will appear soon. For now, all we have from Zappa (sync'd) is this juicy bit :)
Ha, I tried to sync all of Amalie's footage from Newport Jazz Fest, she also filmed woodstock which I added sound to, this is basically all I came up with for Newport including that jam with BB King and Johnny at the end. I also managed to sync sound to a few shots of the Jeff Beck Group but deleted it unfortunately. Email me at Kieran.m.lefebvre@gmail.com if you want a link to a bunch of Woodstock 8mm I added sound too which previously didn't have sound!
at around 1:57 can anyone identify the song? Im so sure that its a cover of down by the river by neil young because its the same 2 chord progression and upon looking their names up together i found out that frank actually did list him as one of his contemporaries and inspirations. Its surprising to me because ive always seen him as mainly a jazz cat. its weird for me to imagine him listening to sabbath or something you know? anyways someone lmk if they think its something else.
This was before Neil Young did that song but, as it's claimed in that documentary "The Freak Out list" (I think), Frank liked to include signatures from classical pieces so, if not here, I'm sure he did it lots of other times with pop bands as a little inside thing him & the band enjoyed.
@SoftserveSodium if you want to hear that look up frank zappa stockholm 1973 duprees paradise. to me that whole mothers lineup/ era of franks playing and performance in particular is jazzy as hell but maybe thats just me.
In 1968, the Mothers played in San Francisco. I write in my memoir: 'When BB King began his set, Frank called me over to stand with him and Ian by the side of the stage. "These are the people you should be watching. If you want to hear real music, listen to these guys. They should be topping the bill. We’re diddly-shit by comparison."
Im 76 years old so when i think back to seeing FZ and the Mothers Live this is exactly how i see FZ in my minds eye,the big moustache and wide imperial with the wild long hair ,when its time for me to take the big dirt nap i pray ive lead the kinda life which will allow me to attend that great gig in the sky with FZ conducting.
Ahh, that's nice.
I've never heard anyone build and release tension on a guitar as well as Zappa.
Amen!🙏
that was just about all of his picking style, i doubt its was a conscience decision
@@mannyfragoza9652 thanks for the expert insight 👎
America needs Frank Zappa now more than we did in the 70's ,I really miss Frank alot ,following Zappa tours across Michigan ,Ohio and Indiana was my wife and I's summer time fun from 1969 when I finished my final combat tour in Vietnam to the 88 tour ,he was so good to me that he signed all my Original masters albums and the YCDTOS collectors CD anvil case along with hand signed publicity photos from various tours ,my pride & joy is my Overnight Sensation album where I got every Mother to autograph with Frank being the last in 1992 ,his wife was so nice to me on the phone because she remembered when my wife & I danced onstage with Vito .
That's really cool man. And thanks for your service.
Not many people write and say Gail was nice to them!
Wow!!!!! Do you have any pictures?
@@HakanTunaMuzik That is cruel. Did you know Gail? She could be charming to those she chose to be.
@@HakanTunaMuzik We seem to be talking a cross purposes. If she was nice on an off day as you suggest, that suggests that she was normally not nice, and I object to that.
I was at this festival all weekend it was like 20 mins from my house. That weekend was Frank Zappa, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, Tull, BS&T, Sly and Family Stones, Buddy Guy, and Ike & Tina Review plus so many more. Frank Zappa played at a woodshop section totally awesome. Check out the video totally an awesome time.
the last Summer of the original MOI.
Not to mention, the last part of the film shows BB King jamming with Johnny Winter. That was back when hardly anybody outside of Texas knew who Johnny Winter even was.
Thanks for that..I was dying to know who that white bor whuu.
When the Mothers played in San Francisco in 1968, I wrote in my memoir: "When BB King began his set, Frank called me over to stand with him and Ian (Underwood) by the side of the stage. "These are the people you should be watching. If you want to hear real music, listen to these guys. They should be topping the bill. We’re diddly-shit by comparison."
He looks so mellowed and happy...blown away by the other footage too.
Funny... When I was a kid, I always thought of Frank as our patron saint to intellectual freedom. Not to mention he could do ANYTHING musical. I saw him on Steve Allen's show a few times and he was always so far ahead of EVERYBODY!! And this proves it again! Thanks so much for this!
So many friends... and very young too...
Good to see Jimmy again, and Don with some hair left (and Kanzus playing tambourine, the crazy guy he is!).
Great historic document, though incomplete (and one of the few with close ups of Frank's goldtop Les Paul in its final H/S/P90 incarnation, before it was stolen).
I've just seen this. And like your comment.
Making his guitar feedback at any given moment was impressing.
Such a *filthy* guitar tone. Love it.
I would love to see a band today dare to attempt some of this on stage.
I'm trying to get a band together to do some of this type of thing (as well as some other stuff).
Near to impossible nowadays I think.
FZ was also his own producer, wat most musicians nowadays bring out is heavily influenced by the producers, Frank didn’t had that problem.
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore
It was great to see Zappa, but the B.B. King/Johnny Winter jam is the real gem here.
rare footage the following night
When B.B.King played first at San Francisco, Frank made me stand by the side of the stage and listen. He said, 'If you want to hear real music, listen to these guys. They should be topping the bill. We’re diddly-shit by comparison.’
@@paulinebutcherbird That’s pretty interesting, considering that as great as Johnny and BB are/were they’re still playing nothing but three chord tunes strictly within a musical style, while Zappa’s music was completely its own thing, and the musicians that played it had to be incredibly skilled and adaptable to play such demanding music. I can’t even listen to blues anymore after playing it in Chicago for 20 years, it’s just boring to me now, but I never get tired of listening to Frank.
@@1965JB Your comment fits with what I say in my book. Many rock stars in 1960s looked at Frank as the rock stars' rock star. In other words, it takes a musician, such as yourself, to fully appreciate his music. All I am able to do is acknowledge that he seems to stand alone as a composer who could write and perform in all genres of music from doo-wop, jazz, blues, rock'n'roll, satire, politcal commentary, and classical. No one else, as far as I know has had that range.
@@paulinebutcherbird No, there’s nobody else anything like Frank. I still can’t figure out why he would say what he said to you when he and his band clearly were better musicians in every way. No disrespect to BB or Johnny! It must have been amazing to see them back then. I think I’ll buy your book now!
Was just listening to a bootleg of Zappa at this festival and googled it and found this!
been looking for that all over, where did you get it? share brother share :D
@@koaik They still haven't shared!!
This is for Roy Estrada where ever he is 🤷♂️😉
PFFFFF yes... I hope he's ok.
@@gepmrk you do know where he is right? 🤔
I hate to tell you this, but Roy’s doing time for messing around with kids.
@@1965JB I know John, I was taking the piss😁
@@spikeybaby1735 Sorry man!
The most tasteful wah-wah pedal pusher ever.
He thought of it as sculpting air.
the Inca roads solo,,, jeezus !!!
It's been reported that Frank turned Jimi onto the existence of the wah-wah pedal...
Frank + VOX wah pedal in the middle position is a very good thing indeed ;{- Pedals Frank Zappa used were :
Oberheim Controlled Voltage Filter
Dan Armstrong Green Ringer
Mu-Tron Phase
MXR Digital Delays
Roland GP-8 Processor
12 Button Stereo Relay Switcher
Mu-Tron III Envelope Filter
MicMix Dynaflangers
Electro- Harmonix Big Muff
Rat Distortion Pedal
Hush II B Noise Reduction Unit
and the Electro Wagnerian Emancipator -- just to name a few!
I was there.
Wow, at about 1:30 Roy is soloing like he's the lead! This is very cool footage, thank you!
After the 3 1/2 minute mark, you can see the Psychedelic Lightshow background of French Artist Jacques Kaszemacher, z"lb.
Amazing! Thank you. Before this I’d only seen the silent version. 🤘
So far ahead of their time.
Fantastic .
Wow! Now this is amazing!!!!!
So much great classic rock stuff from the 60's is mostly just head shots of the players as if their faces were making the music. A great find though. B.B. with Johnny Winter and a bit of Frank actually playing his guitar!
In 1968, the Mothers played San Francisco. I wrote in my memoir, 'When BB King began his set, Frank called me over to stand with him and Ian (Underwood) by the side of the stage. "These are the people you should be watching. If you want to hear real music, listen to these guys. They should be topping the bill. We’re diddly-shit by comparison."
Serious great fricken stuff!!!!
Thank you forever for syncing this.
oh it wasn't me, it was the work of good folks at Zappateers. I actually synced it myself (which was a nightmare) and was ready to upload it but then it appeared on zappateers tracker, in better quality, so i posted it here.
PastowanyKaban ahhhh. Cool. I remember when the vid surfaced but I must have missed the synch-up on Zappateers.
Anyone have footage or sound from Zappa/Kirk at '68 Boston Globe Jazz Festival? I'm dying to see that stuff.
A review of the **1969** Boston Globe Jazz Festival exists at www.afka.net/Articles/1969-05_Down_Beat.htm I was there! And believe me, I know what year that was... Zappa & the Mothers (plus Roland Kirk) blew the place away, doing material much like this clip at Newport later the same year. I've never been able to find any audio or video recording of the Boston show, and I kind of doubt any that recording was made. But perhaps we'll all get lucky.
@@yuriandropov2114 It's been found!!!
I wish that last mix had zappa in it
Audio is from an audience recording synced up to video
Clever.
Had no idea this footage existed.
And we get a BB King / Johnny Winter bonus too!
Are these scraps all that survives, or is there more to come?
I know audio exists of FZ's set, in more or less complete form - I wish someone would upload it.
+Grithron2 this comes from a much longer footage featuring various artists, in short segments. It's really difficult to sync it with audio sources available from this festival. No doubt the rest will appear soon. For now, all we have from Zappa (sync'd) is this juicy bit :)
I edited/synced this with sound then deleted that account. But it's cool that someone kept it.
Ha, I tried to sync all of Amalie's footage from Newport Jazz Fest, she also filmed woodstock which I added sound to, this is basically all I came up with for Newport including that jam with BB King and Johnny at the end. I also managed to sync sound to a few shots of the Jeff Beck Group but deleted it unfortunately. Email me at Kieran.m.lefebvre@gmail.com if you want a link to a bunch of Woodstock 8mm I added sound too which previously didn't have sound!
FZ, the Best!!
Thanks for the post. I would like to see the whole show...
FRANKUS GOODUS ZAPPUS!!!!
good...............................................
Any chance of a full release of Frank at Newport?
Rare mon anniversaire
You should get in touch with Alex Winter.
Coloca esse show completo
nice synching!
Is their a video of this performance in its entirety??
so Frank played drums on Some Ballet Music??????
at around 1:57 can anyone identify the song? Im so sure that its a cover of down by the river by neil young because its the same 2 chord progression and upon looking their names up together i found out that frank actually did list him as one of his contemporaries and inspirations. Its surprising to me because ive always seen him as mainly a jazz cat. its weird for me to imagine him listening to sabbath or something you know? anyways someone lmk if they think its something else.
That's the solo section for "Sleeping in a Jar". I think it's probably a coincidence because The Mothers had played that section like that since 1968.
This was before Neil Young did that song but, as it's claimed in that documentary "The Freak Out list" (I think), Frank liked to include signatures from classical pieces so, if not here, I'm sure he did it lots of other times with pop bands as a little inside thing him & the band enjoyed.
@SoftserveSodium if you want to hear that look up frank zappa stockholm 1973 duprees paradise. to me that whole mothers lineup/ era of franks playing and performance in particular is jazzy as hell but maybe thats just me.
THANK YOU!! Where the hell did you GET this!!??
I didn’t know this footage existed.
What’s the story behind it, and why was it edited so much?
From Zappa to Johnny Winter, BB etc.
Is the full show available online?
not as a video, but you can find an audience recording of the show on Zappateers website
ahh a matrix twin j/k
Never seen this before. Is it available anywhere?
No commercial potential
jerry garcia, jimi hendrix, pete townshend, jimmy page.. thank you all for trying
hendrix is genius
was.. :P
fuck phish as well
Yeah but, did Garcia really try? Just sayin...
Who's the guy bashing the tambourine? He doesn't look like Motorhead Sherwood. Any guesses?
it's Art Tripp
That's not Art Tripp, I'm stumped too
He's Kanzus J. Kanzus, the Mother's roadie
Vdnn!
@@PastowanyKaban No, it's Kansas.
camera men and directors that don´t play an instrument should be banned from filming concerts.......
Who needs drugs?
me
@@RommelEGH Right behind you Eric
For the whitest man on the planet, Johnny Winter had a hell of a lot of soul.
I'd rather see more of the BB King & Johnny Winter footage than that shit that Zappa attempted to play
In 1968, the Mothers played in San Francisco. I write in my memoir: 'When BB King began his set, Frank called me over to stand with him and Ian by the side of the stage. "These are the people you should be watching. If you want to hear real music, listen to these guys. They should be topping the bill. We’re diddly-shit by comparison."