Frank said to a stage hand "get her a Coke!". Affiliate programs and I just came up with the perfect title for this tour. ), Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Zoot Allures, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Texas Motel Medley, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown [incl. After Dinner Smoker, TRF], Bolero, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Top of page | FZShows index | Zappateers catalogue index | Zappateers forum & tracker, FZShows was created in 1996 by Jon Naurin. We're going to record every concert and it looks as though there should be a live album called, Broadway The Hard Way, later this year. Sometimes not, though. Rather than replace Thunes, Zappa cancelled almost three months of concerts and never toured again - claiming to have lost $400,000 in the process. Did you start shaking? MG: Can you remember some of the things you talked to Frank about before and after the show? The latest entry is a two-CD set that preserves most of a March 25, 1988, gig from Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. . I mean I didn't have any problem with anybody. In the meantime, I spent all my time learning everything Frank had done on guitar. I mean obviously there were moments where I was hyperventilating with glee, but if you'd asked me a couple of years before that happened, "How would you react if you went from complete obscurity to playing in Frank Zappa's band?" And Frank would switch the Synclavier to whatever program it was, but I could play it from the silicon mallets. Frank Zappa Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, NY - Mar 21, 1988 Mar 21 1988 Frank Zappa Towson Center Arena, Towson, MD - Mar 23, 1988 Mar 23 1988 Mar 25, 1988 Frank Zappa Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - Mar 25, 1988 Mar 25 1988 Following concerts Frank Zappa Printemps de Bourges 1988 - Apr 9, 1988 Apr 09 1988 And with Steve Allen, he served as co-host of a benefit at the nightclub 4D for the Fundamentalists Anonymous Legal Task Force, an organization devoted to assisting disenchanted members of Jim and Tammy Bakker's PTL Club to get back their money. with Scott Thunes why didn't Frank fire him and continue with Scott has a way of expressing dissatisfaction which is not particularly tactful. For instance, 'RDNZL' that we never did. He is wildly in connection to these futile acts of vandalism.). 1988 04 26Olympen, Lund, Sweden120 min, Aud, A-From fastfattty, jazzfromhell MC, flambay, and The Evil Prince at http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t. I sheepishly added "Um, it's gotta be DIET Coke for it to work". RM: That was for the monitor mixer, Marqueson. FZ: Yeah. "I got the call from the production manager, and I was gone," Dondorf recalls. There is the magic story of the death of the best band you never heard in your life. The Black Page (New Age Version) 03. Happy Birthday, Chad! I Aint Got No Heart 04. I told Frank and co. that I would massage them for free and my payment would be the honor to see every sound check and show for free. Lohengrin, Carmen, 1812 Overture) [parts on MAJNH], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage (q: Lohengrin), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel [solo on BTHW], Who Needs The Peace Corps? Texas Motel Medley, Strictly Genteel, Bolero, Stairway To Heaven, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Black Napkins, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Bolero, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Let's Move To Cleveland [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Dupree's Paradise, Oh No / Theme from Lumpy Gravy, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Inca Roads, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Cruising For Burgers, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Loops, Bamboozled By Love, The Black Page [solo on MAJNH], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Cosmik Debris, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits [parts on YCDTOSA4], Chana In De Bushwop (q: La Marseillaise), Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Easy Meat, King Kong (q: It Ain't Necessarily So, Summertime), Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Loops, Sofa (q: April In Paris), The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Dupree's Paradise, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty (q: April In Paris), I Ain't Got No Heart, Sharleena, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Bamboozled By Love, Loops, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel, No known unofficial recording of this show. When Frank was off in the early part of the day doing interviews or whatever, it would be [bassist Scott] Thunes' job to rehearse the band. However, the memory of "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life" has stayed alive with the help of tapes and FZ's three official releases of material from the tour. M: But the thing was that we didn't actually ask if we could play with him. Frank Zappa which is from Graz which is "hairpiece.". M: (laughter) Ja, of course. Pink Floyd Sets Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set. "At first, I was enjoying playing the guitar again. So we would use it during the improvisations or during 'Norwegian Wood'. But my reading is so slow that it always proved more efficient to learn things by ear Scott (Thunes, bassplayer and as "Clonemeister" in charge of teaching and rehearsing the band in '88 -aa) wrote me a chart for the piano accompaniment in the Bartok piecea fairly simple part but it took me hours to learn it. Yankee Doodle Boy), Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Trouble Every Day (q: Smoke On The Water), Penguin In Bondage (q: Jingle Bells), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (incl. Sheik Yerbouti Tango riff; q: Girl From Ipanema), The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, What's New In Baltimore?, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Happy Birthday To You, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, King Kong (q: I Love Lucy, Yankee Doodie, Entry Of The Gladiators, Girl From Ipanema), Stairway To Heaven (q: Yankee Doodle Boy), I Am The Walrus, Sofa, Cruising For Burgers, Crew Slut (q: T'Mershi Duween), Strictly Genteel (q: Batman), Stinkfoot, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? . In 1988, I went on Zappa's "Broadway the Hardway" tour and never asked for a penny for massaging Frank and the rest of his giant band. 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We Asked Him! sick and he just said fuck it. So it doesn't sound like Zappa had a problem with him. I used a Stratocaster and a Telecaster, modified by Midget Sloatman, and a Roland JC77 amp that Steve used in 1982. Also returning from the 81 and 82 campaigns was Ed Mann, percussion, synclavier, vocals. to be used, you know? Then Frank decided he wasn't going to tour at all, and there I was, knowing all his songs with nowhere to play them. Tried researching as well as I could with very little luck. After a huge, fast sigh of relief, I answered "I need another Diet Coke." Next, they traveled to Europe, where from April 9 to June 9 they played 41 more dates. Jam [Bavarian Sunset, TRF]), Sofa (q: Lohengrin), The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, I Ain't Got No Heart, Outside Now, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Cosmik Debris, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Trouble Every Day, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: Carmen), The Torture Never Stops Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Bolero, Stairway To Heaven (q: Rhymin' Man, Hallelujah I'm A Bum), I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, No known unofficial recording of this show. Most of the other guys in the band (who were older than Scott, and jazz musicians to boot) didn't wish to have Scott in their face all the time, which I can respect in retrospectScott truly is a pain in the ass at times, which at least partly explains why he isn't in Z anymore (although that was more of a mutual decisionScott wanted out as much anyone wanted him gone). It wasn't like the 1977 band or '78 or '79 band or even the 1982 band. 3 Any Kind of Pain Dupree's Paradise Inca Roads Advance Romance By the '88 tour, Zappa would appoint band members to act as a rehearsal leader or "Klonemeister" to rehearse the rest of the band in his absence. Even so, Dondorf managed to keep things running and after the end of the tour, Frank called to offer him full-time work. So finally my burps were recorded into a sampler and they used it for the rest of the tour to make fun of the TV Evangelists at the time, and now you can hear it on the Zappa live Album called "the Best band you've NEVER heard in your life" []. What really happened in 1988? . One Man, One Vote 14. 3, MAJNH], Any Kind Of Pain, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, I Am The Walrus, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, The Illinois Enema Bandit, FZ guitar workout (incl. It was Zappa's first tour in nearly three years, a major musical event, yet when asked why he was going on the road again, the outspoken musician explained, "It's an election year. I've listened to his work ever since, over and over and over. Finding Higgs' Boson, TRF], Peaches En Regalia [TFZAMBB], Stairway To Heaven [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Sharleena, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Whipping Post, Stinkfoot, What's New In Baltimore?, Heavy Duty Judy, Find Her Finer [TBBYNHIYL], Big Swifty (incl. different day and Frank was in a different mood I'm sure that would I exhaled so strongly I almost fainted. It's one of the things I've been interested in since the 27th Amendment passed in 1971. Love of My Life 05. [] That was one of the most wonderful things about that tour, that on any given night, whatever had happened that day on the news or the night before in the hotel or that day on the airplane could and probably would come out in the concert in some way. You can hear these burps on the live album/cds The Best band you've never heard in your life. It was the most fun for me, for a number of reasons. I was just getting started on this gig and I was like the new kid on the block basically, or one of the new kids on the block. Jorma said to the audience as they began to play "What's wrong with this picture?" With all of the time and money spent to prepare and promote the tour, not to mention the potential within the talented band and crew, now in 2021, its an even more historic loss considering FZ was to never tour again.. In 1988, Scott Thunes put me on the guest list for every show, for every sound check and so during the [March 15, 1988] Portland Maine sound check, me and about 5 other special friends were in the front row (just like at every sound checkthe whole concert hall was empty, like it is at most sound checks). Also other data will not be shared with third person. Dot's Blog, May 27, 2006, "Frank Zappa," Recording Academy Grammy Awards, Matt Galaher, "Just Another Band From Ume: Zappsteetoot,", Mike Keneally, "Really, Keneally?,"keneally.com. MG: Wow, that's wild. Zappa helped form The Mothers Of Invention in 1965 and the band's 1966 double LP debut, Freak Out!, put FZ on the path to becoming one of the most prolific and influential artists of the 20th . He said, "That's not the answer. Have a look which song was played how often in 1988! parts of Oh No, MAJNH], Texas Motel Medley (q: T'Mershi Duween), The Torture Never Stops Medley [parts on TBBYNHIYL, incl. wanted to play with him because of the way he acted. TOP | MAIN | DISCOGRAPHY | SONGLIST | COVERS | NOTES & COMMENTS | CHRONOLOGY | VIDEOGRAPHY, 1988Chronology Sources, Notes & Comments, John Swenson, "Frank ZappaA Misunderstood Man,", Joe Morgenstern, "Frank Zappa's Getting Out The Vote (! It didn't really collapse. Inca Roads 6. Song properties for this tour: The Closer You Are always includes Johnny Darling at the end; T'Mershi Duween, q: Sleep Dirt, Echidna's Arf ), Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Whipping Post** (q: Handsome Cabin Boy), I Am The Walrus (incl. Watch the clip at the head of the post. 3 Any Kind of Pain Dupree's Paradise Inca Roads Advance Romance MAIN | DISCOGRAPHY | SONGLIST | COVERS | NOTES & COMMENTS | CHRONOLOGY | VIDEOGRAPHY. Inca Roads vamp), The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Packard Goose Medley, Sharleena, Texas Motel Medley, Inca Roads, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Packard Goose Medley, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Big Swifty, The Untouchables [parts on BTHW], Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Filthy Habits, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk [parts on BTHW], Sofa, Texas Motel Medley, Sharleena, Whipping Post, The Black Page, Dickie's Such An Asshole [parts on BTHW], Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q. "He says, 'Anyone who has a coat like that must know something,' and he hired me," laughs Harry Andronis, house mixer for Frank Zappa since the 1988 Broadway the Hard Way tour. Naturally the other Zappa fans who were somehow connected and lucky enough to be watching the masters sound check turned on me and all pointed at me. Usually Frank liked it. It was his birthday that night and we did some unusual things. Witness Zappas Beatles medley, which makes its first official appearance on this album. The break between TOCLTM and Unle Remus includes a FZ rap only released in the vinyl version of BTHW. Take Me Out To The Ball Game[YCDTOSA4]), Filthy Habits, Bolero, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Sofa, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty (q: Feelings, Four), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Cosmik Debris, Inca Roads, Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Bolero, Crew Slut, The Closer You Are, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Whipping Post, The Black Page, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Cosmik Debris, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, I Ain't Got No Heart, The Torture Never Stops Medley, The end of the show, from Texas Motel Medley on, is missing; possibly it was never taped:
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