Bobby Martin- unbelievable singer, even today. And such a great example of what a great band this was, playing an old bar-band favourite "legit" and proving they could rock out with the best of them.
Thank the gods I was born at the right time to see Frank live a number of times~😀 Bobby Martin joined Zappa's band in the summer of 1981. He recorded and toured with Zappa until December 1984. This DVD/Album was recorded at The Pier, NYC August 25-26, 1984...
The back story is that during concerts in the 70's, inevitably someone in the audience would shout out "Whipping Post!" in request. Frank always thought wouldn't it be great if we could just, "Yeah, OK here, F U" and tear into the song. When Bobby Martin came into the band it was learned he could sing the snot out of it, and there ya go.
@@zolaarczakle I believe you may be correct and my 60 year-old memory is wrong. Perhaps is was just once, but is stands true that Frank wished he could've just whipped it out on them. No pun intended.
Definitely one of my favourite live Zappa performance. The singer, Bobby Martin appeared on several albums from about 1982 through to 88. He also plays a mean sax!!
Robert "Bobby" Martin, 1984 at The Peir in NYC. Video marketed as "Does Humor Belong in Mucic." In Zappa's band '81 - '88 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Martin_%28singer%29?wprov=sfla1 Why did Zappa chose to play Whipping Post? A long time ago, he heard a guy in the audience yelled out "Whipping Post!" and he said to that guy "next time we're back we'll learn it for you". Once that boot was sufficiently circulated it really became a thing at all FZ shows, everyone yelling for wp. I'm sure I have that tape somewhere!
The almighty Bobby Martin. He played with Zappa from 1981 to 1988 and continued wth Banned from Utopia (who do a lot of Zappa covers) and are still rocking today. What a musician!
I enjoy Scott Tunes on bass, jumping around like a mad man. He was also in the band for several years. As for Bobby, he was often featured as the falsetto when Frank ordered up a doo-wop number.
Martin wasn’t singing falsetto according to him. Those high notes were part of his non-falsetto range. Recently The Zappa Band played at the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA. Three of the five in this band were in this video: Martin, Thunes and Ray White. Mike Keneally played keyboards and lead guitar while Joe (the vaultmiester) Travers played drums. Robert Martin still has it; vocally, on keys and saxophone!
The story goes this was the result of an audience member in Europe calling out a request for the song during one of Frank's shows. They could not fill the request at the time, but he made the band learn the song and next time they rolled through the town where they first encountered the request it was on the set list. Frank must have liked the song, as they played it fairly straight, as compared to their covers of "Purple Haze" and "I Am The Walrus."
So I was fortunate enough to be at this show. But me and a few friends had to watch from a side section over the fence we scaled. (We couldn’t get tickets so we improvised). But I was at the show at the Jones Beach theater the month prior. This was an amazing year for Zappa shows. And since you asked out of curiosity, Frank favored a reggae style vamp to solo over in later years. You can also find that rhythm imbedded in many songs.
Yes, I have this consert on VHS, brings back so many memories, the first real live thing with Zappa I bought, back then there wasn't any videos out with Zappa.
Saw frank perform whipping post twice in concert. I will never forget those shows. Zappa for Life+ Make the world a better place, hug a skateboarder. ♥️
I saw Frank Zappa in 1982 in Boulder Colorado USA, and to this Day the most amazing Concert I've ever experienced. His son Dweezil plays often around The World. Must See
Robert Martin (keyboards/Lead vocals) - Ike Willis (guitar) - Ray White (guitar) - Scott Thunes (bass) - Chad Wackerman (drums) Wackerman is one of the best drummers in the world (although I don't like the cold sound of the drums (typical from that era) There was another keyboard player (holding the blanket cooling off Bobby Martin) - but I forgot his name. Did you notice the reggae setting during the solo?
There’s a video called the Drummers of Frank Zappa from the Drumeo channel with Chad Wackerman, Terry Bozio, Chester Thompson, Ralph Humphrey, and Ruth Underwood talking together about Frank Zappa in between some drum playing together. Not music and too long for a reaction video but worth watching if you want to learn more about FZ.
That’s Bobby Martin absolutely spanking it, 88 concert and Chad Wackerman one of the best drummers on the planet, now try ‘Bamboozled by Love’ 84 concert with Steve Vai, Bobby singing 🎤🎹 and yes he plays 🎷 as well,
Zappa-esque. I find great humor in how Frank would have the whole band drop completely out of the song and give him some twisted pedestrian reggae beat to solo to, then dump right back into the song. He did that a lot. Blessings.
Robert Martin is around and still singing. He's an accomplished multi instrumentalist and, of course, singer. Frank spared nothing for quality. it's enthralling that you and now many other young people are re-discovering FZ. The re-surgence is wonderful and you get major kudos for recognizing him. keep going, youve barely scratched the surface with him👍
Yeh, Zappa's like 'I'll play any note I want! But you guys better play every note I wrote. Haha, Dan you made me laugh. Great performance. Great reaction.
Zappa wanted to be able to respond to "Whipping Post!" in '74, but Bobby Martin gets in the band in '81 and this is part of his repertoire, so no problem
Frank played at the Ritz in NYC in '81 and they played a reggae version of this song which was amazing. A lot of bootlegs of this concert is out and I am waiting patiently for Ahmet to put it out. The best concert ever.
My joke - with my wife (37 years now) when we went to the alter was this song - i quietly sung it as we went up and she just giggled - it was a favorite for us both! truth!
Robert Martin played horn with the fucking DELFONICS!!! Unless there's another Robert Martin I'm not aware of... "Robert Martin, from Philadelphia, Curtis Institute graduate, 1971 Let's hear it for him!" (FZ, "Planet Of The Baritone Women", 1988)
Robert Martin is singing and does an excellent job at it and is a personal friend of mine on fakebook messenger!! Great guy and also the drummer is Chad Wackerman I believe.
The great Bobby Martin on vocals. This was from The Pier in Manhattan. One of the last times I saw Zappa live. Of course it was an amazing show. On the ABBs Live At The Fillmore East album you can hear someone yelling "Whipping Post!" and it became a thing at many concerts afterwards but Frank's the only one who ever made it happen! That's Chad Wackerman on drums.✌❤🤘
I believe you guys saw Crimson last time around. I think the "Zappa Band", including Bobby Martin and Scott Thunes opened for the Crim that night up there ? They did down here in Philly, thought that was the next stop on the East for them...
This was on Pier 84 New York City, it was Aug 1984 and really hot that night. I was lucky enough to attend that show. Frank came out and told everyone to sit down it's going to be a long show. And 3 hrs. later he finished with Whipping Post Frank has also covered I am the Walrus by the Beatles, and Stair Way to Heaven by Led Zeppelin,. Worth checking out. Once again great reaction, love hearing how you perceive Frank's music ✌️❤️😃
I was lucky enough to be at the show. Still have the stub. And Freaked Out when the video of the Pier show came out. A dream come true. A show I was at was good enough to be released. Not the whole show, but hey, ya take what ya can get
@@markofrontz1343 ya, me too. I also got The Torture Never Stops from the Palladium, & Baby snakes also from the Palladium. If you don't have them look them up they were great shows too.
Awesome concert, Bobby Martin is the singer and keyboard player here... if you can check out some of the other cuts from this concert in particular "Be in my video" because another vocalist Ray White does vocals on that and he's incredible too.... a great reaction from you guys, you were energised but this performance and it shows.... Thanks!
Conceptual Continuity. Check out the release You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol 2. “The Helsinki Concert”. You will find there the Whipping Floss version of Montana.
I have been waiting for your reaction to this! Frank is a blur on his guitar.... Great jam, amazing vocal! Gave the Allman Brothers serious competition.
Love this track, shows the class of the whole band. If you watch the whole video and from the '88 tour also I think it puts to bed the ridiculous notion that the '74 band had more fun/humour. Great selection Wayne.
word about the drummer, the incomparable Chad Wackerman. yes, that's his actual name. Terry Bozzio said that Chad makes everyone he plays with sound good. A wonderful player, my favorite living drummer.
See "Whipping Floss" from the Helsinki concert on 1988's You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.2, where the audience member was calling out for "Whipping Post" as they were about to play "Montana". So Frank inserted mention of a whipping post into "Montana".
Hi, great choice, Bobby Martin mean sax player too. Drums Chad wakerman went on to play with one of franks favourite guitarist Allan holdsworth, now there's a path to take, sadly no longer with us, his early playing with soft machine/Bruford a good place to start Keep well Keep calm and carry on
With some of Frank's bands, he could merely use a hand signal to change up any song. One story says that Frank was in such a reggae mode that he turned almost every song of his into a reggae version, at least partially. Adlibs were a part of his concert performance, even for his band.
Robert Martin according to the huge recent book about FZ "The Big Note" by Charles Ulrich pg 52 "Martin has a four octave range. He can sing as high in his natural voice as in falsetto ." If you have an addiction to FZ music buy it as it has 754 pages of info.
Good evening my fantastic and the best people from New York. Hope you are well. What are you think about doing reaction on "Zappa" documentary? Dan you already watched the film, what do you think about it? Or maybe you can do both reaction on Zappa book? It's just crazy idea comes today to my head. It's always big joy and pleasure to see you both reacting on music. I wish you a peaceful and calm evening.
That’s awesome! Must’ve missed it cause he wasn’t at the front of the stage and there was no camera on him. The bass player here definitely looks familiar though
Bobby Martin Singing/Keyboards. Zappa changed bandmembers practically every tour. And those Simmons drums sound dated, but the Player is Chad Wackerman. a great drummer in the line of Zappa drummers.
Some of Frank's best were with balls out singers, Ricky Lancelotti on Wonderful Wino (Lost Episodes) and Zomby Woof (Overnite Sensation), his schoolmate Don Van Vliet, on Hot Rats, Lisa Popeil on Teenage (um) 'Professional' (Ship Arriving) and that mild mannered drummer Terry Bozzio on Punky's Whips. I'm probably forgetting some. For added interest Bobby Martin is the son of two opera singers, has been on tour with a ton of big names including Bette Midler, Paul McCartney, Bonnie Rait etc and recorded with Prince etc. Best of all he made the music for Cybil Shepherd's "Cybil' and was engaged to her for about four years, an eternity in the biz. If Cybil didn't ask for Whipping Post before a night of merriment at least once, she loses my respect.
That is the high pitched singer. Anytime you hear a high-pitched voice it's him. Tensile town album I remember. Yes, I don't know his name. I am an asshole. And I am four weeks late to this party.
For a couple of hours of Zappa lore, check out 'The Drummers of Frank Zappa'. Terry Bozzio leads a conversation with Chester Thompson, Chad Wackerman, Ruth Underwood, and Ralph Humphrey. ruclips.net/video/mIsAB_MzUtc/видео.html
At the legendary Helsinki Concert Frank asked the audience what they should play next. Somebody in the audience shouted: "Whipping Post". Frank said: "Oh sorry, we don't know that one. Anything else?" One of the rare instances that he played somebody else's music (like Stairways To Heaven or Bolero)
Frank and the band did a killer cover of stairway to heaven live too. On the best band you never heard in your life set. He covered purple haze on that set too. Killer stuff. Most bands couldn’t do what these guys did so well.
Always brightens my day to watch the beautiful Miss Graffiti and Dan 'The Man' Berg (hopefully not related to Friedrich Berg!) experiencing some great Zappa tunes for the first time.😎 I don't think Sifa looks "stoic", she seems to me to be listening intently (while she smartly leaves all the mugging for Dan to do as that is definitely more his thang😗) Keep exploring Zappa's vast discography and Stay Safe over there! 💉😷👍
4 octave range B.Martin..plays all horns instruments and keyboard...i believe he led his school in all horn instruments..sax/french horn/trombone..Alan Zavod from Australia. on other keys...he ended up writing orchestral scores for ochestra/rock band concerto's....Was also the musical accompaniment to recently decease Bert Newton on morning show Australia...can play any style.Before his short spell with Zappa.He was a professor of music in Boston ..and was picked up by Duke Ellington to study at Berklee.Boston campus...so was no slouch..don't think he handled the discipline of Zappa but springboarded to other great things.Scored 40 movies and Tv shows and composed for orchestra's Australia ,Europe and US...HAD DOCTORATE IN MUSIC...hE IS SO BROAD MUSICALLY HE WOULD BLOW YOUR MIND TO SEE WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN HIS LIFE...go for a look yourself....he was a dynamo musically..composed for Olympic games..ect ect
That song was the reason I bought the album. 🙂 The US has plenty of culture. A lot of the countries that dispute that is usually based on arrogant jealousy. As an Australian I can attest to that.
Recently touring was "The Zappa Band", including Bobby Martin, Ray White, Mike Keneally and Scott Thunes, from original Zappa bands, and with Joe "Vaultmeister" Travers on the drums (from Zappa Plays Zappa). Also added to that is Jamie Kime, who player rhythm guitar for Dweezil. They all have considerable talent, and I particularly like Keneally's precision and flow, on guitar. Both singers still have potent voices and Travers is impeccable on drums. There are some RUclips videos. I don't think they are as practiced as ZPZ, but their interpretations are more free-flowing.
I wouldn't say they are less 'practiced' - it's rather that they know the stuff so damn well that they are able to perform it almost as freely as they did on actual Zappa shows back then, instead of trying to exactly replicate an old recording.
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Bobby Martin- unbelievable singer, even today. And such a great example of what a great band this was, playing an old bar-band favourite "legit" and proving they could rock out with the best of them.
He is on RUclips, he actually replied to one of my comments on another FZ reaction video. Super nice guy, goes simply by "Robert Bobby Martin"
As amazing a musician as his shorts are tiny.
And his voice blends so beautifully with Ike Willis' and Ray White's voice! Not on this song, obviously, but on a lot of the 80s Zappa stuff.
His main ax is a French horn, he also plays the saxophone, and has a three octave range in his voice. Incredible talent …
@@thewaldfe9763 The 84 band had some superb vocal chops. And with Frank they could do Doo Wop harmonies. Frank's best vocal lineup.
The bass playing during the solo is completely unique and outrageous. What a phenomenal musician Scott thunes is!!
Indeed!
Thank the gods I was born at the right time to see Frank live a number of times~😀 Bobby Martin joined Zappa's band in the summer of 1981. He recorded and toured with Zappa until December 1984. This DVD/Album was recorded at The Pier, NYC August 25-26, 1984...
♥️thanks for the info Charlie!
And he was in the '88 band too. And currently along with other alumni as "The Zappa Band". Amazing dude!
The back story is that during concerts in the 70's, inevitably someone in the audience would shout out "Whipping Post!" in request. Frank always thought wouldn't it be great if we could just, "Yeah, OK here, F U" and tear into the song. When Bobby Martin came into the band it was learned he could sing the snot out of it, and there ya go.
You can hear one such instance on YCDTOSA V2, The Helsinki Concert
Is that real? I thought it just happened in Helsinki, never heard it on any other live recording, officials or bootlegs, au contraire of Louie Louie.
@@zolaarczakle I believe you may be correct and my 60 year-old memory is wrong. Perhaps is was just once, but is stands true that Frank wished he could've just whipped it out on them. No pun intended.
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😆thanks Fred Zeppelin! We love your name!
The drummer is Chad Wackerman.brings drumming to another level 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Scott Thunes is incredible here playing bass, especially during Frank's solo.
Definitely one of my favourite live Zappa performance. The singer, Bobby Martin appeared on several albums from about 1982 through to 88. He also plays a mean sax!!
Great to know, thanks!
Robert "Bobby" Martin, 1984 at The Peir in NYC. Video marketed as "Does Humor Belong in Mucic."
In Zappa's band '81 - '88
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Martin_%28singer%29?wprov=sfla1
Why did Zappa chose to play Whipping Post? A long time ago, he heard a guy in the audience yelled out "Whipping Post!" and he said to that guy "next time we're back we'll learn it for you". Once that boot was sufficiently circulated it really became a thing at all FZ shows, everyone yelling for wp. I'm sure I have that tape somewhere!
Thanks Richie!
I absolutely LOVE watching your Zappa reactions, you both get it and it is f@#ckin' fantastic fun!
Thanks Greg, we appreciate you!
The almighty Bobby Martin. He played with Zappa from 1981 to 1988 and continued wth Banned from Utopia (who do a lot of Zappa covers) and are still rocking today. What a musician!
I enjoy Scott Tunes on bass, jumping around like a mad man. He was also in the band for several years. As for Bobby, he was often featured as the falsetto when Frank ordered up a doo-wop number.
"High vocal trumpet"
Martin wasn’t singing falsetto according to him. Those high notes were part of his non-falsetto range. Recently The Zappa Band played at the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA. Three of the five in this band were in this video: Martin, Thunes and Ray White. Mike Keneally played keyboards and lead guitar while Joe (the vaultmiester) Travers played drums. Robert Martin still has it; vocally, on keys and saxophone!
That was Bobby Martin- this is either 84 or 88. Great vocalist.
84. I saw Frank in France about a month after this show. It was the 3rd and last time...RIP Frank, we miss you so much !
I was fortunate enough to have seen Frank Zappa in concert twice and no matter what material he did it was always an experience you did not forget.
Great performance, this is 1984 from "Does humor belong in music?" live show.
By the way guys, you Americans, do have culture, for sure.
Have that on Video, many years without a Video player, second hand shop here I come!
I'm lucky, I'm old. I saw Duane/Greg, Muddy Waters & Zappa play this song live in the 70's. Three great shows.
Nice
Robert Martin from Philadelphia....Curtis Institute graduate 1971, let's hear it for him 🙏
The story goes this was the result of an audience member in Europe calling out a request for the song during one of Frank's shows. They could not fill the request at the time, but he made the band learn the song and next time they rolled through the town where they first encountered the request it was on the set list. Frank must have liked the song, as they played it fairly straight, as compared to their covers of "Purple Haze" and "I Am The Walrus."
This happened during a concert in Helsinki, Finnland.
@@JoachimPaulNE Funny enough, I just listen to the Helsinky concert last week. The guy shouting that request is on the record.
@@mrkv4k yeah, and it must have been during the song Montana, the guy misunderstood the text phrase "whipping floss" or so.
YCDTOSA 2
@@JoachimPaulNE No, it is just before Montana, and Zappa changes the lyrics and put some whipping floss in it.
So I was fortunate enough to be at this show. But me and a few friends had to watch from a side section over the fence we scaled. (We couldn’t get tickets so we improvised). But I was at the show at the Jones Beach theater the month prior. This was an amazing year for Zappa shows. And since you asked out of curiosity, Frank favored a reggae style vamp to solo over in later years. You can also find that rhythm imbedded in many songs.
Thanks for sharing Rob!
Yes, I have this consert on VHS, brings back so many memories, the first real live thing with Zappa I bought, back then there wasn't any videos out with Zappa.
I heard this song played by Allmab Brothers at Fillmore East. The last concert of Gregg Allman. Season greetings to you two and your followers
Thanks, to you as well Brindled Boxer!
What a band. What a performance. Bobby Martin’s vocal! Frank’s ‘up yours’ solo. Rock out!
Saw frank perform whipping post twice in concert. I will never forget those shows. Zappa for Life+ Make the world a better place, hug a skateboarder. ♥️
I saw Frank Zappa in 1982 in Boulder Colorado USA, and to this Day the most amazing Concert I've ever experienced. His son Dweezil plays often around The World. Must See
Always great to see such a disciplined, demanding musician going light on some rock hits Frank loved to mock.
I like this video more because you talk more about music than in other videos. Most of FZ fans will appreciate that
Robert Martin (keyboards/Lead vocals) - Ike Willis (guitar) - Ray White (guitar) - Scott Thunes (bass) - Chad Wackerman (drums)
Wackerman is one of the best drummers in the world (although I don't like the cold sound of the drums (typical from that era)
There was another keyboard player (holding the blanket cooling off Bobby Martin) - but I forgot his name.
Did you notice the reggae setting during the solo?
Allan Zavod † 2016 (RIP)
There’s a video called the Drummers of Frank Zappa from the Drumeo channel with Chad Wackerman, Terry Bozio, Chester Thompson, Ralph Humphrey, and Ruth Underwood talking together about Frank Zappa in between some drum playing together. Not music and too long for a reaction video but worth watching if you want to learn more about FZ.
@@barrywilson1294 I've seen the whole video a few years back
Alan Zavod
Fortunately, they got rid of the e-drum toms for the 88 tour.
That’s Bobby Martin absolutely spanking it, 88 concert and Chad Wackerman one of the best drummers on the planet, now try ‘Bamboozled by Love’ 84 concert with Steve Vai, Bobby singing 🎤🎹 and yes he plays 🎷 as well,
Thanks Audio Port!
Vai wasn't in the '84 group tho
Another great example of Frank sharing the spotlight with his great band members.
Zappa-esque. I find great humor in how Frank would have the whole band drop completely out of the song and give him some twisted pedestrian reggae beat to solo to, then dump right back into the song. He did that a lot. Blessings.
Yeah that was nice. Thanks Leo!
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN!!! was what people called out for to bands in my part of the world.
Robert Martin is around and still singing. He's an accomplished multi instrumentalist and, of course, singer. Frank spared nothing for quality. it's enthralling that you and now many other young people are re-discovering FZ. The re-surgence is wonderful and you get major kudos for recognizing him. keep going, youve barely scratched the surface with him👍
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Robert Martin had an amazing history BEFORE FZ. He was a French horn player in Philadelphia. Philly soul sessions; "Backstabbers", Love Train", etc...
Yeh, Zappa's like 'I'll play any note I want! But you guys better play every note I wrote. Haha, Dan you made me laugh. Great performance. Great reaction.
Thanks so much Mark!
I don’t even know what to add here other than I love watching you react to Zappa! Thank you!
Thank God your Patreon´s have such good taste.
Agreed! Thanks Dave!
Zappa wanted to be able to respond to "Whipping Post!" in '74, but Bobby Martin gets in the band in '81 and this is part of his repertoire, so no problem
Frank played at the Ritz in NYC in '81 and they played a reggae version of this song which was amazing. A lot of bootlegs of this concert is out and I am waiting patiently for Ahmet to put it out. The best concert ever.
that solo freezes my blood,,, and makes the hairs on my legs stand up!!!
😆yeahhh!
Ah live Zappa always a treat .another great line up in the band. Great review SAD cheers
Thanks so much♥️!
one of my favourites covering my favourite band! it's a good day to be in my world.
My joke - with my wife (37 years now) when we went to the alter was this song - i quietly sung it as we went up and she just giggled - it was a favorite for us both! truth!
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Robert Martin played horn with the fucking DELFONICS!!!
Unless there's another Robert Martin I'm not aware of...
"Robert Martin, from Philadelphia,
Curtis Institute graduate, 1971
Let's hear it for him!"
(FZ, "Planet Of The Baritone Women", 1988)
Wow, the Delfonics??
Thanks for the info Phil!
@@SightAfterDark That intro on "Didn't I Blow Your Mind"... That was him.
Thank you for this one. A magnificent piece.
Jackpot, Ive never seen this one. They sure speed this up, Frank gives a clinic.(Wow)!
Bobby Martin just Killin it!!
One of the best line ups on that tour....
"Robert Martin, from Philadelphia, Curtis Institute graduate, 1971 Let's hear it for him!"
I'm friends with Robert on Fakebook and drilled his mind on telling me "Frank" stories!!! Great guy
That's awesome!
Check out City of Tiny Lites at the Palladium, 1977 for another FZsplosion. (Includes Bozzio and Belew for an extra added bonus.)
Thanks Allan!
The year was 1984 and I was there that night.
That seems to be one of rock n roll’s greatest years; your part of rock history!
Robert Martin is singing and does an excellent job at it and is a personal friend of mine on fakebook messenger!! Great guy and also the drummer is Chad Wackerman I believe.
The great Bobby Martin on vocals. This was from The Pier in Manhattan. One of the last times I saw Zappa live. Of course it was an amazing show. On the ABBs Live At The Fillmore East album you can hear someone yelling "Whipping Post!" and it became a thing at many concerts afterwards but Frank's the only one who ever made it happen! That's Chad Wackerman on drums.✌❤🤘
How awesome that you were there; thanks for sharing Billy!
I believe you guys saw Crimson last time around. I think the "Zappa Band", including Bobby Martin and Scott Thunes opened for the Crim that night up there ? They did down here in Philly, thought that was the next stop on the East for them...
Lol yes. Not only was this decades later but it’s a lot harder to tell when they aren’t at the front of the stage and don’t have a camera on them
This was on Pier 84 New York City, it was Aug 1984 and really hot that night. I was lucky enough to attend that show. Frank came out and told everyone to sit down it's going to be a long show. And 3 hrs. later he finished with Whipping Post Frank has also covered I am the Walrus by the Beatles, and Stair Way to Heaven by Led Zeppelin,. Worth checking out. Once again great reaction, love hearing how you perceive Frank's music ✌️❤️😃
I was lucky enough to be at the show. Still have the stub. And Freaked Out when the video of the Pier show came out. A dream come true. A show I was at was good enough to be released. Not the whole show, but hey, ya take what ya can get
@@markofrontz1343 ya, me too. I also got The Torture Never Stops from the Palladium, & Baby snakes also from the Palladium. If you don't have them look them up they were great shows too.
Definitely Zappa's version of "Stairway to Heaven". Go for it.
Thanks for painting the image and feeling William!
Awesome concert, Bobby Martin is the singer and keyboard player here... if you can check out some of the other cuts from this concert in particular "Be in my video" because another vocalist Ray White does vocals on that and he's incredible too.... a great reaction from you guys, you were energised but this performance and it shows.... Thanks!
Thanks Sonic Art!
Conceptual Continuity. Check out the release You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol 2. “The Helsinki Concert”. You will find there the Whipping Floss version of Montana.
Thanks Barry!
The reason for why you haven't seen Robert Martin is mainly because he was in the late 80's lineup and much of the stuff you've reacted to was older.
Zappa is and was a stone cold badass. If you are playing with Zappa you are a badass.
The Drummer was Chad Wackerman.
I have been waiting for your reaction to this! Frank is a blur on his guitar....
Great jam, amazing vocal!
Gave the Allman Brothers serious competition.
Thanks David, it was a great watch!
@@SightAfterDark great tune...
FRANK ZAPPA IS THE BEST!! AND YOU 2 ROCK!!
So do you Robert♥️!
Robert Martin!!! Curtis Institute Graduate. Singer and multi instrumentalist (keys, sax, French horn (!) ). Chad Wackerman, drums.
The 'ol Whipping Floss. So sweet.
Love this track, shows the class of the whole band. If you watch the whole video and from the '88 tour also I think it puts to bed the ridiculous notion that the '74 band had more fun/humour. Great selection Wayne.
Thanks Paul!
word about the drummer, the incomparable Chad Wackerman. yes, that's his actual name. Terry Bozzio said that Chad makes everyone he plays with sound good. A wonderful player, my favorite living drummer.
I saw them perform that song at Warner Theater in DC,
Hooo-eee!! Tearin' the roof off.
See "Whipping Floss" from the Helsinki concert on 1988's You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.2, where the audience member was calling out for "Whipping Post" as they were about to play "Montana". So Frank inserted mention of a whipping post into "Montana".
Cool, thanks for the info!
Hi, great choice, Bobby Martin mean sax player too. Drums Chad wakerman went on to play with one of franks favourite guitarist Allan holdsworth, now there's a path to take, sadly no longer with us, his early playing with soft machine/Bruford a good place to start
Keep well
Keep calm
and carry on
Thanks for the info Zippy Doodah!
With some of Frank's bands, he could merely use a hand signal to change up any song. One story says that Frank was in such a reggae mode that he turned almost every song of his into a reggae version, at least partially. Adlibs were a part of his concert performance, even for his band.
Yes, I've read this, I also heard a very funny reggae versions of Whipping Post but I can't remember what show it was.
Haha, yes the 80s live performances are full of reggae. Even covers like Stairway to Heaven, Bolero or Ring of Fire got the Zappa reggae treatment 😂
@@zolaarczakle The Ritz. November 11th, 1981. Tons of bootlegs of this concert. I was there. The best concert ever as voted by Guitar Player magazine.
Robert Martin according to the huge recent book about FZ "The Big Note" by Charles Ulrich pg 52 "Martin has a four octave range. He can sing as high in his natural voice as in falsetto ." If you have an addiction to FZ music buy it as it has 754 pages of info.
Thanks Kevin!
Good evening my fantastic and the best people from New York. Hope you are well. What are you think about doing reaction on "Zappa" documentary? Dan you already watched the film, what do you think about it? Or maybe you can do both reaction on Zappa book? It's just crazy idea comes today to my head.
It's always big joy and pleasure to see you both reacting on music. I wish you a peaceful and calm evening.
We’d love to do that reaction! Let’s see what the patrons say! The Zappa documentary gives awesome insight into such a great musician’
On the studio version you can hear the opening and closing drum solos better and they are truly powerful sustained explosions.
So, I have never heard the original...Should I bother?? Great track. Cheers from Tassie. Happy Holidays you two.
You saw this guy open for King Crimson. Robert Martin.
That’s awesome! Must’ve missed it cause he wasn’t at the front of the stage and there was no camera on him. The bass player here definitely looks familiar though
@@SightAfterDark yes also Scott Thunes on bass and Ray White on guitar/vocals.
Frank's mad scientist take on the blues. A great Alman Bros tune done true justice by Zappa.
Nice one guys....this whole band was fire...taken from 'Does Humor Belong In Music?'
Bobby Martin Singing/Keyboards. Zappa changed bandmembers practically every tour. And those Simmons drums sound dated, but the Player is Chad Wackerman. a great drummer in the line of Zappa drummers.
Frank concentrating on truckin right - repeatingly collecting his facial expressions, not looking too pleased and proud over the band.
Some of Frank's best were with balls out singers, Ricky Lancelotti on Wonderful Wino (Lost Episodes) and Zomby Woof (Overnite Sensation), his schoolmate Don Van Vliet, on Hot Rats, Lisa Popeil on Teenage (um) 'Professional' (Ship Arriving) and that mild mannered drummer Terry Bozzio on Punky's Whips. I'm probably forgetting some. For added interest Bobby Martin is the son of two opera singers, has been on tour with a ton of big names including Bette Midler, Paul McCartney, Bonnie Rait etc and recorded with Prince etc. Best of all he made the music for Cybil Shepherd's "Cybil' and was engaged to her for about four years, an eternity in the biz. If Cybil didn't ask for Whipping Post before a night of merriment at least once, she loses my respect.
Wow, great info!
That is the high pitched singer. Anytime you hear a high-pitched voice it's him. Tensile town album I remember. Yes, I don't know his name. I am an asshole. And I am four weeks late to this party.
For a couple of hours of Zappa lore, check out 'The Drummers of Frank Zappa'. Terry Bozzio leads a conversation with Chester Thompson, Chad Wackerman, Ruth Underwood, and Ralph Humphrey. ruclips.net/video/mIsAB_MzUtc/видео.html
This is a great hour and a half. Ruth Underwood is a goddess and still like the nicest chick in the world.
Thanks Alex!
At the legendary Helsinki Concert Frank asked the audience what they should play next. Somebody in the audience shouted: "Whipping Post". Frank said: "Oh sorry, we don't know that one. Anything else?" One of the rare instances that he played somebody else's music (like Stairways To Heaven or Bolero)
So cool!
Frank and the band did a killer cover of stairway to heaven live too. On the best band you never heard in your life set. He covered purple haze on that set too. Killer stuff. Most bands couldn’t do what these guys did so well.
And "I'm the walrus" ❤️
The beat is so up there i like the Allman's but this version as more live to it ! And of course Frank on guitar
This entire video is posted here . Does Humor belong in Music is the title….Amazing quality
Chad Wakkerman (drummer) was nineteen years old on this tour!
@Thomas Tyson - Chad was 24 for this concert in 1984. He was born March 25, 1960.
Got to see them kill this at one of the Halloween shows. I think it was the last song in their endless encore.
many of zappa musician have degree in music!
Always brightens my day to watch the beautiful Miss Graffiti and Dan 'The Man' Berg (hopefully not related to Friedrich Berg!) experiencing some great Zappa tunes for the first time.😎
I don't think Sifa looks "stoic", she seems to me to be listening intently (while she smartly leaves all the mugging for Dan to do as that is definitely more his thang😗)
Keep exploring Zappa's vast discography and Stay Safe over there! 💉😷👍
Thanks so much for your observations ☺️. Stay safe as well!
4 octave range B.Martin..plays all horns instruments and keyboard...i believe he led his school in all horn instruments..sax/french horn/trombone..Alan Zavod from Australia. on other keys...he ended up writing orchestral scores for ochestra/rock band concerto's....Was also the musical accompaniment to recently decease Bert Newton on morning show Australia...can play any style.Before his short spell with Zappa.He was a professor of music in Boston ..and was picked up by Duke Ellington to study at Berklee.Boston campus...so was no slouch..don't think he handled the discipline of Zappa but springboarded to other great things.Scored 40 movies and Tv shows and composed for orchestra's Australia ,Europe and US...HAD DOCTORATE IN MUSIC...hE IS SO BROAD MUSICALLY HE WOULD BLOW YOUR MIND TO SEE WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN HIS LIFE...go for a look yourself....he was a dynamo musically..composed for Olympic games..ect ect
Great info Mike, thanks!
That song was the reason I bought the album. 🙂 The US has plenty of culture. A lot of the countries that dispute that is usually based on arrogant jealousy. As an Australian I can attest to that.
Bobby Martin was once engaged to Cybil Shepard
That’s a hot couple !
Robert Maetin on vocals
Recently touring was "The Zappa Band", including Bobby Martin, Ray White, Mike Keneally and Scott Thunes, from original Zappa bands, and with Joe "Vaultmeister" Travers on the drums (from Zappa Plays Zappa). Also added to that is Jamie Kime, who player rhythm guitar for Dweezil. They all have considerable talent, and I particularly like Keneally's precision and flow, on guitar. Both singers still have potent voices and Travers is impeccable on drums. There are some RUclips videos. I don't think they are as practiced as ZPZ, but their interpretations are more free-flowing.
I wouldn't say they are less 'practiced' - it's rather that they know the stuff so damn well that they are able to perform it almost as freely as they did on actual Zappa shows back then, instead of trying to exactly replicate an old recording.
Oh Yeah.
you can read the story of why Frank did the song. it's hilarious😅
Bobby Martin.
That is what I was saying this video about a month ago