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Zappa

Ed Driscoll

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I'm not that big a fan of Zappa's lyric writing, but wow, what a monster guitar player he was. I'm overdue to put on one of the "Shut Up 'N' Play" instrumental albums one of these days.
 

SpencerD

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That's an oddball guitar. The star inlay at the 5th fret and whatever the inlay at the 12th fret is are strange....the 6 mini toggles are stranger.
 

sonar

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Saw him in '89. He was more of a conductor on this tour, but when he'd pick up the guitar he ripped.

I'm more or a Captain Beefheart kinda guy, but appreciate Zappa's skill as one of the best.
 

S. Cane

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IMHO he was a real kickass player who was too eccentric to come up with a real kickass song.
 

Ed Driscoll

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a reel kick ass song??? you kid right????

Zappa's bands were invariably stuffed with monster players, but I think he was more interested with writing subversive, satiric lyrics on top of complex rhythmic patterns and harmonic progressions, than, say, a tight three-minute radio friendly single. And even he admitted that the success of "Valley Girl" was a complete fluke, in large part thanks to Moon Zappa's parody of the typical val gal voice.
 

Texas Blues

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Frank.
 
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