Actor and filmmaker Alex Winter – the Bill of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure – has made a documentary about the late, great Frank Zappa. It came out on streaming yesterday and I watched as soon as I found out. This is my review. This … Continue reading Documentary Review – Zappa
Yes, yes, children. It is time for that most anticipated and yet largely unloved thing – the “favorite guitarist” list. Now before you dive in and say, “How the fuck could you leave Alex Lifeson (or Eddie Van Halen, Dimebag Darrell, Yngvie Malmsteen, etc.) off … Continue reading My Top Twenty Guitarists of All Time (plus one)
“Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?” To say that Frank Zappa was a unique individual is like saying the sun rises in the East and sets in the West. It’s a given. The thing is – for me – … Continue reading The Crux of the Biscuit – Apostrophe (‘) – Frank Zappa
This started out as a post about three different songs by three different artists. But I found Ponty’s music so compelling and I’ve written about him so little (i.e., not at all) that I figured it was about time I gave him some space. “Trying … Continue reading Jean-Luc Ponty
Nobody pictured above actually has a song in this post. I just dug the picture. In Part One of my magnum opus (heh!), I pondered whether rock was still a viable life force or if like ’40’s big band music, it was dying on the … Continue reading The State of Rock Today – Part II
From the band’s website: “As strange as it sounds, the name Little Feat comes from the size of (co-founder) Lowell George’s feet. Guitarist Paul Barrere explains: “Lowell George had unusually little, fat feet and Jimmy Carl Black of The Mothers happened to make mention of … Continue reading Featured Album – Dixie Chicken – Little Feat
Anyone who has read this blog before knows of my love of ‘50’s/early /60’s rock and roll and especially, doo-wop. By the time the early ’70’s rolled around, we were a long way away from the Fifties, whose music was largely represented by Sha Na … Continue reading The Persuasions
What’s the ugliest Part of your body? Some say your nose Some say your toes But I think it’s YOUR MIND – FZ Frank Zappa died on this day in 1993. To which one can only say, “Great Googly Moogly.” At 53, he was way … Continue reading Frank Zappa – The Mother of Invention
