Yeah one of my favourites too. The drummer is Chad Wackerman seen him twice. With Steven Wilson and the Banned from Utopia which was Zappa alumni playing his tunes.
@@L33ReactsAfter your Bonham reaction I have been going through your content and want to say it is a real pleasure. You know how some people just have the right voice for being a rock star? You have that as far as this Music Channel stuff. Your whole approach is damn near perfect. Anyway, I was at this show. It was great. This is what I was doing the summer before college. Are you familiar with Watermelon in Easter Hay?
Funny story. On the disc You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 2 at the beginning of the song Montana, a guy at the beginning of the song yelled out "Whipping Post!" which was an Allman Brothers song, not a Zappa song. Frank messes with the guy in the audience, the band proceeds to screw up the beginning of the song, which makes Frank scold them. They start again. The same guy yells out that it's too fast for him which makes Frank have the band play Montana at a slower pace. Then Frank changes the lyrics to Montana to incorporate lyrics that are sort of like these. It is Hilarious. You should really check it out.
OMG. As an Allman Brothers Fan from the first to the last and a Zappa fan since first live concert in ‘69 … THAT WAS OUTSTANDING! When great musicians play a great song there is nothing better. No use comparing. Frank changed my ability to absorb music just like you. Thanks again for Frank Friday! Do his cover of Stairway to Heaven! Unreal.
I am glad you enjoyed it bro! It totally blew me away! I had such a good time with this. I am definitely going to check out his stairway to heaven cover.
It goes back to 1974 Version of Montana where an audience member requested Whipping post. It's on You can't do that On stage vol.2. I highly recommend it for many funny moments, it's known as whipping floss in FZ circles. Rock on Lee!
Another fun moment from that recording: FZ alludes to someone (from the tour) having apparently stolen towels from a hotel and then getting them through the customs. Uh Uh
@@EmptyGlass99it's an american guy who happened to be in Finland. He told the story in a comment here on yt on a video of the YCDTOSA 2Xversion of Montana (iirc). Could be a reaction video of that version.
Zappa was a friend with Dwayne Allman and respected his playing a lot. I love both versions, it’s a good world when we don’t have to pick a favourite 😊
Zappa didn't know the Allman Brothers Band. They may have done fhe same festivals in '70/'71 but that's all. FZ did some shows in Helsinki (the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 2 2cd) and right before they were gonna do Montana a guy in the audience yelled out Whipping Post. Zappa felt bad about not being able to play right there so when Bobby Martin joined Zappa had the song on setlist because Bobby knew the song.
@@L33Reacts you'll be playing Whipping Post many times, but you've heard Zappa's version, so you already know how it goes. I know you've got a lot on your plate right now, but I hope you can find the time to listen to my introductory video at some point, cause I'd love to talk some D&D with you. Too bad you're not in Chicago 🙂
The best thing about Frank is that he always improvised solos to give the audience the unique experience they paid for. That's why we will love him forever and ever
Great to see you in such good humour again bro! Frank will do that to you, but I do hope to that life is being a little kinder to you too. If I may be so bold, as I’m not set up for buying you a coffee from where I am yet- for the last Zappa Saturday before the holidays, how about reacting to Franks son and his band, Zappa Plays Zappa? Frank asked Steve available to teach his son to play guitar, and he did one hell of a job! Son of Orange county/ Trouble every Day is just mind blowing for so many reasons, not least the ‘guitar duel’ between Steve and Dweezil, and some incredible drumming. It’s been reacted to on here before so you shouldn’t have any issues ( I hope) I’ll look forward to whatever you come up with though 😮. Best wishes
i'm so excited for you. there are so many layers, levels, aspects, dimensions, components, emotions, branches, interconnected tendrils, and so much fun in frank's collection. i thank frank (and jerry garcia) everyday.
I love the sneaky use of ‘tendrils’. A great word, which Thomas Pynchon has a lot to say about in the introduction to Slow Learner, his collection of early short stories.
Again watching the joy on your face is marvellous and again reminds me of when I first Heard this. Saw Zappa at the Hammersmith Odeon London - the band- Zappa,Ray White,Steve Via, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin, Ed Mann, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman. Thank you so much for reminding me of that concept and the ridiculous talent of the band-it was pure joy
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I did too obviously...it's like discovering a piece of yourself you never knew was there. All of this music has been life changing. Truly.
I Saw FZ 3 times in concert, now i'm sixty and i know the chance it was ! I like rock, jazz, pop, funk, classic, etc...and always go to see the groups on stage but FZ was the best. Thanks and go on, every time you hear frank zappa every time you will appreciate and discover more and more...
Dude! One of my favorite Zappa tracks even though it's a cover. Keep up with the Zappa, Hammill and all the niche stuff that I love. And if you fancy digging into Rush some more, you'll get plenty more thumbs-ups from me too.
As others have commented, this started in 1974 when an audience member hollered out the title as a request. Frank didn't listen to pop music and so truly didn't know the song. He said later that he wished he did so he could whip it on him and blow that guy's mind. Fast-forward 7 years later when Bobby Martin joined the band. He told Frank that he (and everyone else on the planet) knew the song and could teach it to the band if Frank wanted to play it. So beginning in 1981 the song was played by Frank and his Rocking Teenage Combos. As in this performance, from 1984, Whipping Post was very often the encore. It happened to be the last song played on the 1984 tour, and that tour was almost his final tour, having hanged up the guitar and not touring again until 1988. I find it odd that with as many great signature songs that Frank has of his own that he would end any given concert and tour with someone else's song, even though it was played great.
That's such a great story lol I love frank. Him and Bobby were on fire here. I would die to be in this crowd lol especially in NYC!! That's so dope. Zappa rules man 🤣🤣🤣
It indeed started in Helsinki (YCDTOSA vol 2, Helsinki concert. Best YCDTOSA CD) when an audience member shouted it as a request as noted. "What? Don't know that" and announced Montana "...no wait Whipping post, no Montana" Lyrics got a live work over: "I might be moving to Helsinki soon just to grow me a crop of Whipping post" It's been called Whipping Floss ever since.
I first listened to Zappa, in earnest, in 1970, at age 17. He's the reason I started listening to jazz and modern orchestral music. My first impressions of him, earlier. were based on hearing a little bit of "Suzy Creamcheese" or "Mud Shark" and quickly dismissing him as "weird" and unlistenable. Then in '70 my friend's brother-in-law, who was a music professor at U. of Arkansas, put on the Hot Rats album. I don't think I ever listened to music the same after that. Like so many of the really inspirational artists, he left this Earth far too soon.
Chad Wackerman setting the tempo...This is frank in his prime...Saw him 5 years BEFORE this...:) Frank's Stairway to Heaven with the Horns is KILLER too...:)
@@L33Reactsdo the one from "Zappa 88:The Last US Show" and not the one from "The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life'. The version on "The Last Show" had a Zappa guitar solo, the other one does not.
The song that started it off was the Allman Brothers at Fillmore East (there was a studio version on their first album, but it evolved into this live version). Berry Oakely (the bass player) came up with the 3 and 2 time (some call it 5) at the first. ruclips.net/video/YSuoW8MTbZY/видео.html At the start of the live version, someone yells out "Whippin' Post! It became a fad after that when ever some one would take too long between songs, or there was an encore, no matter who the band, they'd yell "Whippin; Post!" The modern day is when people yell "Freebird! no matter who's playing. Frank was playing in Europe and someone yelled "Whipping Post!" and he said they didn't know it. ruclips.net/video/SnEiZ2ESOOY/видео.html But that was why they learned it. Frank admired Duane Allman's guitar ability, which I'm sure also contributed to Frank's learning the song. Someone in the 135 comments I didn't read probably listed those above links. But in case they didn't, here they are. You really need to listen to the Fillmore East version to get the full effect of the song. I enjoy your reactions. I'll check out more of them. Greg in TN
Don't remember his name right now , I've had a few , but later , the drummer played with Jeff Beck for a few years ! He is a good drummer , of course he is , otherwise he would not be playing with ZAPPA !!
Zappa’s favorite song he did not write is SUPERNAUT by Black Sabbath. However, due to copywriting laws, he never recorded it. However, I bet Steve Vai has somewhere a recording.
At Zappa concerts, back in the 70s, fans would yell out Whipping Post, not because they expected Frank to play it. It was more an inside joke. On the Allman Brother's Live At the Fillmore, you can here fans yelling for Whipping Post and the Allmans launch into the song. Zappa fans picked up on this and a call for Whipping Post by fans became part of a Zappa show. I guess Frank, never to miss a good laugh, decided to do the song. Both versions a great.
Have this entire concert on vhs and dvd. The first real zappa concert released on vhs back in the mid 80s. Does Humor Belong In Music? Is the title of the vhs tape and the concert.
Allman Bros Live at the Fillmore East 72 is the album that caused their success. I would try Whipping Post live first but the album version is great too.
Ok .....don't know if you heard the story but ..... thete was this one city they played ....every year they played in this venue there was this fan that was always at the show and he was drunk and in between the songs after the applause died down this guy would yell out a request for Whipping Post and this was hilariousvso after a while Zappa figured they'll becready for this guy and they learned the song and the next time they played that town they played his request
@@L33Reacts Yes! The Allman Brothers studio version is KILLER but you must watch Duane Allman play guitar soon, so I recommend the live video from the Fillmore show from 9-23-70. No one can match Greg Allman's vocals on "Whipping Post." The Allman Brothers is another deep rabbit hole.
You HAVE to hear The Allman Brothers version. No one can better their version, though many have made very good covers, like this Zappa cover. The "At Fillmore East" from 1971 is the definitive version.
Being that you are a drummer you might want to check out the drum channel which has all but a couple of Franks drummers together and percussionist Ruth Underwood
"Do you personally think that you are underrated as a guitarist ? " I think that I shouldn't be rated as a guitarist. I think that rating a guitarist is a stupid hobby. I am a composer, willing to take chances with a composition, live on stage, in front of an audience and just go out there and have the nerve, the ultimate audacity, to not know what I'm going to play and try something new, and we will have an adventure together, there is no way to rate that." - FZ
I do love Bobby's vocals, but this period of Zappa's live sound feels somewhat synthetic to me. Chad and Scott are a great rhythm section, but something about the "sound" feels soul-less when compared to Bozzio, Colaiuta, O'Hearn, Barrow who had been the previous couple of bass/drums. Plus the 80s fashion really was horrific. I was there. I remember it with shame.
You know this synthetic drums were only here for a short time and Chad Wackerman is the BEST drummer Zappa ever had. Just listen to any song studio or live with him playing...
The 80s fashion ranged from hideous to passable. But I'm from the era where dudes would wear skinny jeans (and so did i) so I can't talk too much shit lol
@@Alix777. Wackerman certainly is a fantastic drummer. Probably the most technically proficient drummer Frank has ever had and the longest tenured. I'm not a fan of the electronic drums in the '84 tour either. It had that 80s sound which I'm not a fan of. They were used at Frank's request. Something I fault him on. 40 years ago this month, in Dec. of 1983, I was at a holiday party where the host had the TV on, and a Barbara Streisand holiday concert special was playing. I find that music cringe, but I couldn't voice my opinion at someone else's house. I bring this up because the drummer on that gig was Chad Wackerman. When Frank wasn't touring, his musicians were free to do whatever they wanted. Chad landed that gig. I wonder if he was bored to death playing "normal" music with no tricky impossible time signature passages in it to keep him on his toes? A gig is a gig, but when you've play for Zappa, everything else must be boring.
trump has been the boy who called wolf since long before he descended that elevator in 2015 to announce he was running for President of the United States.
24 hours since posting.... ive listened to this song 14 times since. Favorite zappa performance yet 😂
Yeah one of my favourites too. The drummer is Chad Wackerman seen him twice. With Steven Wilson and the Banned from Utopia which was Zappa alumni playing his tunes.
@@mellotronin54 Chad was killing it here... like seriously. This whole song is a 10/10 lol fucking awesome 👌
@@L33ReactsAfter your Bonham reaction I have been going through your content and want to say it is a real pleasure. You know how some people just have the right voice for being a rock star? You have that as far as this Music Channel stuff. Your whole approach is damn near perfect.
Anyway, I was at this show. It was great. This is what I was doing the summer before college.
Are you familiar with Watermelon in Easter Hay?
Funny story. On the disc You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 2 at the beginning of the song Montana, a guy at the beginning of the song yelled out "Whipping Post!" which was an Allman Brothers song, not a Zappa song. Frank messes with the guy in the audience, the band proceeds to screw up the beginning of the song, which makes Frank scold them. They start again. The same guy yells out that it's too fast for him which makes Frank have the band play Montana at a slower pace. Then Frank changes the lyrics to Montana to incorporate lyrics that are sort of like these. It is Hilarious. You should really check it out.
OMG. As an Allman Brothers Fan from the first to the last and a Zappa fan since first live concert in ‘69 … THAT WAS OUTSTANDING!
When great musicians play a great song there is nothing better.
No use comparing. Frank changed my ability to absorb music just like you. Thanks again for Frank Friday!
Do his cover of Stairway
to Heaven! Unreal.
I am glad you enjoyed it bro! It totally blew me away! I had such a good time with this. I am definitely going to check out his stairway to heaven cover.
It goes back to 1974 Version of Montana where an audience member requested Whipping post. It's on You can't do that On stage vol.2. I highly recommend it for many funny moments, it's known as whipping floss in FZ circles. Rock on Lee!
Haha thats an awesome story lol thanks for watching bro. Montana was my first zappa song actually! Completely sold me lol
In Finland. 😊
It's on the Helsinki Tapes album I think, you can hear some Finnish guy yell out 'WHIPPING POST'
Another fun moment from that recording: FZ alludes to someone (from the tour) having apparently stolen towels from a hotel and then getting them through the customs. Uh Uh
@@EmptyGlass99it's an american guy who happened to be in Finland.
He told the story in a comment here on yt on a video of the YCDTOSA 2Xversion of Montana (iirc).
Could be a reaction video of that version.
The man recorded 60 albums. Your favorite will change a lot.
FRANK ZAPPA and ALLMAN BROTHERS were both big influences on my musical growth. Thank you for a great reaction.
Zappa was a friend with Dwayne Allman and respected his playing a lot. I love both versions, it’s a good world when we don’t have to pick a favourite 😊
I'm gonna listen to the original soon actually! I want to hear it now.
Zappa didn't know the Allman Brothers Band.
They may have done fhe same festivals in '70/'71 but that's all.
FZ did some shows in Helsinki (the You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 2 2cd) and right before they were gonna do Montana a guy in the audience yelled out Whipping Post.
Zappa felt bad about not being able to play right there so when Bobby Martin joined Zappa had the song on setlist because Bobby knew the song.
Allman brothers version, live at Fillmore East. Brilliant too.
I'll have to check it out! Thanks randle. Never really dug into them before.
@@L33Reacts it's incredible
@@L33Reacts You really need to check them out. Two lead guitarists, two drummers a (nother) brilliant singer andf they REALLY rock!
@@Rolling_Ronnie damn, I'm sold. I'll do a song for them sometime next week :)
@@L33Reacts you'll be playing Whipping Post many times, but you've heard Zappa's version, so you already know how it goes.
I know you've got a lot on your plate right now, but I hope you can find the time to listen to my introductory video at some point, cause I'd love to talk some D&D with you. Too bad you're not in Chicago 🙂
Chad Wackerman comes from a reputed family line of drummers! Amazing family tradition!
Thank Frank it’s Friday! Love the videos! Us Zappa heads are out here and love these videos!
So glad you enjoy them bro! Frank has changed my view on what music can be so much in such a short time. He was one of a kind for sure.
Zappa revolutionised my ideas of what music should be over 50 years ago, glad to have you on the journey.
Dude he is currently doing that to me as we speak... I've had this song on repeat. It's amazing.
Thank you for having me... zappa lives!
They had that show on video for sale. It's called "Does humor belong in music" Chad Wackerman was a beast on drums in that show.
The best thing about Frank is that he always improvised solos to give the audience the unique experience they paid for. That's why we will love him forever and ever
Great to see you in such good humour again bro! Frank will do that to you, but I do hope to that life is being a little kinder to you too.
If I may be so bold, as I’m not set up for buying you a coffee from where I am yet- for the last Zappa Saturday before the holidays, how about reacting to Franks son and his band, Zappa Plays Zappa? Frank asked Steve available to teach his son to play guitar, and he did one hell of a job!
Son of Orange county/ Trouble every Day is just mind blowing for so many reasons, not least the ‘guitar duel’ between Steve and Dweezil, and some incredible drumming. It’s been reacted to on here before so you shouldn’t have any issues ( I hope)
I’ll look forward to whatever you come up with though 😮. Best wishes
i'm so excited for you. there are so many layers, levels, aspects, dimensions, components, emotions, branches, interconnected tendrils, and so much fun in frank's collection. i thank frank (and jerry garcia) everyday.
I love the sneaky use of ‘tendrils’. A great word, which Thomas Pynchon has a lot to say about in the introduction to Slow Learner, his collection of early short stories.
Recently when Bobby Martin was here in NY he went to karaoke where he did whipping post in a local bar.
Dude that's awesome he is still going strong
Love this track Bobby Martin is stunning on this.
Bobby Martin absolutely SLAYED this song... I was in awe by the end lol
Again watching the joy on your face is marvellous and again reminds me of when I first
Heard this. Saw Zappa at the Hammersmith Odeon London - the band- Zappa,Ray White,Steve Via, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin, Ed Mann, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman. Thank you so much for reminding me of that concept and the ridiculous talent of the band-it was pure joy
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I did too obviously...it's like discovering a piece of yourself you never knew was there. All of this music has been life changing. Truly.
what year was that?
I Saw FZ 3 times in concert, now i'm sixty and i know the chance it was ! I like rock, jazz, pop, funk, classic, etc...and always go to see the groups on stage but FZ was the best. Thanks and go on, every time you hear frank zappa every time you will appreciate and discover more and more...
Listen to "Cheepnis" from live at the Roxy and Elsewhere
Dude! One of my favorite Zappa tracks even though it's a cover. Keep up with the Zappa, Hammill and all the niche stuff that I love. And if you fancy digging into Rush some more, you'll get plenty more thumbs-ups from me too.
As others have commented, this started in 1974 when an audience member hollered out the title as a request. Frank didn't listen to pop music and so truly didn't know the song.
He said later that he wished he did so he could whip it on him and blow that guy's mind.
Fast-forward 7 years later when Bobby Martin joined the band. He told Frank that he (and everyone else on the planet) knew the song and could teach it to the band if Frank wanted to play it. So beginning in 1981 the song was played by Frank and his Rocking Teenage Combos. As in this performance, from 1984, Whipping Post was very often the encore.
It happened to be the last song played on the 1984 tour, and that tour was almost his final tour, having hanged up the guitar and not touring again until 1988.
I find it odd that with as many great signature songs that Frank has of his own that he would end any given concert and tour with someone else's song, even though it was played great.
That's such a great story lol I love frank. Him and Bobby were on fire here. I would die to be in this crowd lol especially in NYC!! That's so dope. Zappa rules man 🤣🤣🤣
Bobby Martin also did a great job on He's So Gay. There's also Stevie's Spanking from the Steve Vai days
I saw Bobby Martin and Ray White at the Jazz Cafe in London a few years back.
I hadn't seen that version of Whippin' Floss
The drummer is Chad Wackerman, he's a very famous jazz fusion musician. I liked how he plays with Allan Holdsworth in Atavachron.
It indeed started in Helsinki (YCDTOSA vol 2, Helsinki concert. Best YCDTOSA CD) when an audience member shouted it as a request as noted. "What? Don't know that" and announced Montana "...no wait Whipping post, no Montana"
Lyrics got a live work over: "I might be moving to Helsinki soon just to grow me a crop of Whipping post" It's been called Whipping Floss ever since.
Whipping floss. Hahahaha. That's great 😃 montana was my first track from zappa. Blew my mind.
@@L33Reacts ruclips.net/video/SnEiZ2ESOOY/видео.html&ab_channel=FrankZappa-Topic
I saw Frank perform "Whipping Post"'at the Palace Theater in Albany and "I Am the Walrus" on his Jazz From Hell Tour
I first listened to Zappa, in earnest, in 1970, at age 17. He's the reason I started listening to jazz and modern orchestral music. My first impressions of him, earlier. were based on hearing a little bit of "Suzy Creamcheese" or "Mud Shark" and quickly dismissing him as "weird" and unlistenable. Then in '70 my friend's brother-in-law, who was a music professor at U. of Arkansas, put on the Hot Rats album. I don't think I ever listened to music the same after that. Like so many of the really inspirational artists, he left this Earth far too soon.
The Allman Brothers original is fantastic, but Zappa blow's it clear out of the water.
100%
Love these Frank fridays
Chad Wackerman setting the tempo...This is frank in his prime...Saw him 5 years BEFORE this...:) Frank's Stairway to Heaven with the Horns is KILLER too...:)
Dude I am doing that Stairway to Heaven cover ASAP I didn't know it existed lol
FZ does Cream’s Sunshine of your love as well segue straight into each other
@@L33Reactsdo the one from "Zappa 88:The Last US Show" and not the one from "The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life'.
The version on "The Last Show" had a Zappa guitar solo, the other one does not.
The song that started it off was the Allman Brothers at Fillmore East (there was a studio version on their first album, but it evolved into this live version). Berry Oakely (the bass player) came up with the 3 and 2 time (some call it 5) at the first.
ruclips.net/video/YSuoW8MTbZY/видео.html
At the start of the live version, someone yells out "Whippin' Post! It became a fad after that when ever some one would take too long between songs, or there was an encore, no matter who the band, they'd yell "Whippin; Post!" The modern day is when people yell "Freebird! no matter who's playing.
Frank was playing in Europe and someone yelled "Whipping Post!" and he said they didn't know it.
ruclips.net/video/SnEiZ2ESOOY/видео.html
But that was why they learned it. Frank admired Duane Allman's guitar ability, which I'm sure also contributed to Frank's learning the song.
Someone in the 135 comments I didn't read probably listed those above links. But in case they didn't, here they are. You really need to listen to the Fillmore East version to get the full effect of the song.
I enjoy your reactions. I'll check out more of them. Greg in TN
Zappa covers Stairway to Heaven too (in his satirical way)
Check out more from this concert, it's great.
Will do, fellow Lee! Thanks for the tip
Man, how good is this.
Don't remember his name right now , I've had a few , but later , the drummer played with Jeff Beck for a few years ! He is a good drummer , of course he is , otherwise he would not be playing with ZAPPA !!
Robert (Don't call him Bobby) Martin is a Curtis Institute of Music graduate.
Zappa would sometimes do this for an encore.
What an encore... this is one of my favorite tracks from him.. it's honestly some of my favorite music ever now! I listen to it daily x)
The band with FOUR legitimate lead singers. Robert Martin has a great voice.... AND he knows how to use it.
Zappa’s favorite song he did not write is SUPERNAUT by Black Sabbath. However, due to copywriting laws, he never recorded it. However, I bet Steve Vai has somewhere a recording.
At Zappa concerts, back in the 70s, fans would yell out Whipping Post, not because they expected Frank to play it. It was more an inside joke. On the Allman Brother's Live At the Fillmore, you can here fans yelling for Whipping Post and the Allmans launch into the song. Zappa fans picked up on this and a call for Whipping Post by fans became part of a Zappa show. I guess Frank, never to miss a good laugh, decided to do the song. Both versions a great.
Have this entire concert on vhs and dvd.
The first real zappa concert released on vhs back in the mid 80s.
Does Humor Belong In Music? Is the title of the vhs tape and the concert.
Chad Wackerman on drums (named in the end credits).
I was at these concerts. Great shows.
I am eternally jealous. I would have killed to have been in this crowd lol what a performance!
Fill out your week...consider a Tull Tuesday. You already took the red pill, no going back now!
One of the greatest guitarists not known for it
Allman Bros Live at the Fillmore East 72 is the album that caused their success. I would try Whipping Post live first but the album version is great too.
Ok .....don't know if you heard the story but ..... thete was this one city they played ....every year they played in this venue there was this fan that was always at the show and he was drunk and in between the songs after the applause died down this guy would yell out a request for Whipping Post and this was hilariousvso after a while Zappa figured they'll becready for this guy and they learned the song and the next time they played that town they played his request
you see the chicken vs the spider on franks guitar.
Both of Bobby Martin's parents were opera singers.
A shadow of the Allman brothers
I guess this means I have to do an allman brothers song now!
@@L33ReactsZappa was good, but... Also, i grew up with The Allman Brothers. I think your channel is going to blow up in 2024. Positively, that is.
@@L33Reacts Yes! The Allman Brothers studio version is KILLER but you must watch Duane Allman play guitar soon, so I recommend the live video from the Fillmore show from 9-23-70. No one can match Greg Allman's vocals on "Whipping Post." The Allman Brothers is another deep rabbit hole.
Frank Zappa (December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993 RIP) - lead guitar, vocals
Ray White (????)- rhythm guitar, vocals
Ike Willis (November 12, 1955) - rhythm guitar, vocals
Bobby Martin (June 29, 1948) - keyboards, saxophone, vocals, french horn
Allan Zavod (October 16, 1945 - 29 November 2016 RIP) - keyboards
Scott Thunes (January 20, 1960)- bass guitar
Chad Wackerman (March 25, 1960) - drums
You HAVE to hear The Allman Brothers version. No one can better their version, though many have made very good covers, like this Zappa cover. The "At Fillmore East" from 1971 is the definitive version.
The 84 85 tour covered stairway to heaven beautifuly
Being that you are a drummer you might want to check out the drum channel which has all but a couple of Franks drummers together and percussionist Ruth Underwood
Oh no shit really? That sounds awesome what is it called?
@@L33Reacts It is called (The Drummers of Frank Zappa)
@@L33Reacts( The Drummers of Frank Zappa)
@@L33Reacts The Drummers of Frank Zappa
Yes it's Bobby.
He was killing it. Straight 🔥 🔥
@@L33Reacts Always fun to watch too. Great singer. Great show.
those were Simmons electronic drums, and there is a reason they are not used anymore.
He would come back for a oncore....sometimes 3 or 4 times.
You’ve got to do Advanced Romance.
potato head Bobby was a friend of mine
"Do you personally think that you are underrated as a guitarist ?
" I think that I shouldn't be rated as a guitarist. I think that rating a guitarist is a stupid hobby. I am a composer, willing to take chances with a composition, live on stage, in front of an audience and just go out there and have the nerve, the ultimate audacity, to not know what I'm going to play and try something new, and we will have an adventure together, there is no way to rate that." - FZ
I don't know how you do it but you are listening tothe cream of the cream, zappa, bruford, Holsworth , yes etc etc.
My secret is I listen to my audience! And I'm funny. Well, my mom thinks so at least.
Try zappa stairway to heaven...nice 🎸
Be warned that when the FZ addiction fully kicks in, you will have maybe 50 songs in your "top three" of his tracks.
pretty respectable cover... if you're going to do a cover, do it with heart... mission accomplished
Chris Stapleton cover of this song is crazy good.
DX 7 rules
You guessed wrong!
Apparently so. 🤣
Bobby Martin was my fb friend lol.
Send me his info so I can send him a thank you message for this song 🤣
Chad Wakerman
Frank's version is more up tempo than the Allman's original.
Which video is this from?
From the DVD live at at the Pier in New York 1984
@@WilliamWiest1959
The title of the DVD is Does Humor Belong In Music.
What they said 😃
Frank made this better.
I do love Bobby's vocals, but this period of Zappa's live sound feels somewhat synthetic to me. Chad and Scott are a great rhythm section, but something about the "sound" feels soul-less when compared to Bozzio, Colaiuta, O'Hearn, Barrow who had been the previous couple of bass/drums. Plus the 80s fashion really was horrific. I was there. I remember it with shame.
You know this synthetic drums were only here for a short time and Chad Wackerman is the BEST drummer Zappa ever had. Just listen to any song studio or live with him playing...
The 80s fashion ranged from hideous to passable. But I'm from the era where dudes would wear skinny jeans (and so did i) so I can't talk too much shit lol
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Wackerman certainly is a fantastic drummer. Probably the most technically proficient drummer Frank has ever had and the longest tenured.
I'm not a fan of the electronic drums in the '84 tour either. It had that 80s sound which I'm not a fan of. They were used at Frank's request. Something I fault him on.
40 years ago this month, in Dec. of 1983, I was at a holiday party where the host had the TV on, and a Barbara Streisand holiday concert special was playing. I find that music cringe, but I couldn't voice my opinion at someone else's house.
I bring this up because the drummer on that gig was Chad Wackerman. When Frank wasn't touring, his musicians were free to do whatever they wanted. Chad landed that gig.
I wonder if he was bored to death playing "normal" music with no tricky impossible time signature passages in it to keep him on his toes?
A gig is a gig, but when you've play for Zappa, everything else must be boring.
trump has been the boy who called wolf since long before he descended that elevator in 2015 to announce he was running for President of the United States.
agreed, but let's keep politics off of Lee's channel. Let's just disagree about music here instead. :)
I'm a centrist, so I'm no fan of either, but what does that have to do with zappa? Lol
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Horrible
How long did it take you to memorize your fake Analysis? I am curious 😂😂😂
How long does it take you to write out these pointless comments 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, the Allman Brothers do beat that one. Live.