Before His Death, George Duke Breaks Silence On Frank Zappa

[@charcolew]

Can I take a moment to pay a little tribute to George Duke? When George came to Scotland with his own band in 1979, I went to the press call to promote the concert and his single "Party Down". I was just a student journalist and I was the only one there. George sat down with me, all smiles, bless him, and chatted away for over an hour, mostly about Zappa (who I was obviously a big fan of). So I got an in-depth interview out of what felt more like a catch-up with an old buddy with one of the friendliest and most likeable individuals I have ever met. When it finished, he thanked me (!) for my interest and ended with "Take care, man." Such a talented musician and somehow just as friendly. Beautiful man, so sad to hear that he's gone. But he left us wonderful music and great memories.

[@TromatonicGeneral]

This is a master class in saying the same tiny bit of information in as many variations as humanly or artificially possible! The fact that rather early Jeff Simmons is suddenly named "geoff" and Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan are somehow amalgamated to Mark Howard makes it very clear very soon that the "maker' of this "content" has no idea what he is talking about.

[@kirk2269]

Sure as hell is! I made it almost halfway through until I had enough.

[@djvbmd]

Right? Not to mention the photo of Rush mixed into the video. Bet they saw Geddy Lee and mistook him for Frank Zappa.

[@dlhessel]

Love George Duke, hated this piece

[@FedericoGPena]

I hate how one thinks we're gonna get to hear "from the horse's mouth", and instead we have this Max Headroom dufus lecturing us about George. I'm lucky in that I heard first hand the stories....not all obviously, but some.

[@gun_toting_lefty]

​@@FedericoGPenasame here! Heard some stories directly, not all. I'm 9 minutes in and all I'm getting is a history lesson on Zappa. I respect Zappa, but I ain't here for that.

[@FedericoGPena]

@@gun_toting_lefty I'm totally with you. This video is terrible. I found it by happenstance and the title got me to click on it: I can't get enough of cats talking openly about music...so....All the best man.

[@BobYourell]

This is where you come to learn how to pad the writing so it lasts ten times as long, but with a fraction of the production effort.

[@xtaltabb4980]

I began listening to this and found the content was going slowly, so I skipped forward ten minutes, and it was as if I hadn't skipped at all, the narrator was still saying the same things! I kept skipping forward, and it was pretty-much the same through the end of the piece. I can save you time by summarizing it here: George Duke was classically trained and was surprised by the unstructured and differently structured forms in Zappa's music. That helped shaped Duke's continued musical career.

[@deanyoung6304]

I thought this was an interview with George duke But he hardly talks We all know that Frank was the master and his band members were at the top of their profession but I was expecting a little more Kept repeating himself

[@wallybeery4058]

The misrepresentation of this video being a "George Duke" interview, is, unfortunately, more the norm amidst most other videos. There should be a way to draw attention to these things The narration does have a couple of worthwhile points, but I agree, a lot of redundancy. Many articles, interviews, documentaries, etc. on Zappa or band members are annoying because they waste time explaining things as if youve never heard of him or know anything about him.

[@spankduncan1114]

"Before his death, George Duke breaks silence on Frank Zappa". Bullshit, George talked about Frank all the time. There was no silence.

[@That_Guy_Says_Hi]

"Inca Roads" or "Trouble Every Day" or "Joe's Garage" or "You Are What You Is" or "Cheepnis." If you listen to two from that short list and like both, BOY are you going to enjoy FZ.

[@dquinn8344]

Duke seemed very complimentary of Zappas creative insane genius...Even a auto mechanic who joins a new shop where they are doing things innovatively is going to get extremely enthused...

[@DodoDiaz]

03:04 ”The other band members: Mark Howard, Jeff Simmons, Aynsley Dunbar and Ian Underwood…” NONE PRESENT IN THAT PARTICULAR PHOTO!

[@lifetree4623]

"Mark Howard" should actually have been Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan. Aka Flo & Eddie

[@gun_toting_lefty]

Wow! Sure would have been nice to have heard from Duke himself on the matter.

[@glenderoche8362]

Frank Zappa is a Legend. Love his music.

[@zolaarczakle]

This could have been a 5mn video. And who is Mark Howard anyway?

[@jimhutchison]

thankyou loved it ,lot to think about, george dukes "reach for it " is superb,as for frank the once size fits all album says it all

[@peer6939]

What song is that clip 10 seconds in?

[@1masterfader]

I auditioned for a Frank Zappa Tribute band. The song was INCA RHOADS. Duke is Beast. So I Zappa. I have a song out Called "Zappa" that personifies how complex Frank is it's on youtube on my channel under Zappa.

[@lanceash]

o k

[@UnitedEffect]

George Duke was an incredible musician. This video doesn't do justice to him or Frank Zappa. The narrator says one thing and repeats it over and over again using slightly different words ad nauseum. Terrible! Wise wind = full of wind.

[@spankduncan1114]

Would have been nice to hear from George himself, rather than an AI narrator "reading" what some guy wrote. Couldn't make it halfway through.

[@NormanPeterson]

Going to go listen to Roxy & Elsewhere... This is redundant..BOO !!

[@BernieForMayor]

What's with the random picture of Rush?

[@gun_toting_lefty]

I THOUGHT I WAS TRIPPIN'! Thank you!

[@frankflstf]

George & Frank are two of the greatest ever 🐐GOAT🐐

[@funkmanchu]

All Zappas work is highly focused and arranged. It's nonsense what this guy is saying.

[@kazjones-i2l]

Can anyone tell me, was Zappa Avant-garde? (asking for a friend)

[@PRODUCEDBYKEV]

Yeah, for lack of a better term.

[@muziko]

Some of it

[@raykopko312]

I'll listen to the video again to see if the narrator made any references to Zappa being Avant-garde

[@kazjones-i2l]

@@raykopko312 😱

[@mauroravarelli]

A minute and a half would have been enough to say what’s presented here in 19 minutes and 56 seconds-endless and unbearable! Always the same things, the same concepts repeated ad nauseam, using the same words over and over. Failed!!

[@Walkouthero]

with no bad intention toward any of the artists here mentioned, this production has a vaguely "cult indoctrination" vibe to it.

[@crnkmnky]

automatically generated gibberish?

[@bensteyn8420]

Who is Mark Howard? Never heard of a musician with that name in any of Zappa´s bands.

[@gweedomurray9923]

That's because the dude is full of schitt !!! If it weren't for all those photos I would have stopped only a few minutes in.

[@WillemMinderhout]

Interesting new Mother: Mark Howard. ;-) He must be a maroon double knit sofa!

[@davedillon1372]

George Duke at Yoshi's Oakland was a great time. It's where I was lucky to hear 2 of The Grandemothers' Shows w/the Nucleus of Don & Bunk, Napoleon, Tom Fowler, & Chris Garcia on Drums & Max on Guitar as I recall. A lot of Autographs were granted that 1st time. The 2nd 'drive-by' was a little bit smaller w/Dave Parloti on Bass- who didn't seem too interested, maybe as his own relationship with Z was a short one.Then Duke's Show & he, his Mgr/Pal on the road & I were the last ones there & he was very pleasant to be in the presence of as he kindly kept signing things including a new DVD of his Band playing a Jazz Festival in Europe. The Zappa family pretty much shut down the Grandemothers from the wide World of Mother mania & Maniacs w/their hostility as a bunch of sycophants about The Frank©® pat pending 🐄💨{Honk}. 'That FKG letter! If we didn't sign that fkg letter we'd have to get litigious & pay something like $60,000!' Don was not happy & since it was the decision of a booking agent to word marquee signs w/Original Mothers Reunion- OR words to that effect. Gail got ugly against the same people who'd put up w/second hand smoke & a poor health care package all the way around. Royalties? I don't know but I know George Duke passed away a few weeks after I'd been kind of pushy about getting everything possible Autographed that he was on explaining/pleading that it's not like we're neighbors & this is a big deal for me but I'm not trying to hold you up. He signed a few more titles & I let him go on his way but knowing that I was extremely grateful for his generosity & talents. He was dead about 2 weeks later. [RIP GEORGE DUKE 🎼🎹🌎🌍🌏]

[@bombaylounge1928]

Photo of Rush ??? Df?

[@-Finlander-]

Music is The Best ! ❤ from 🇫🇮

[@indiandaeng]

The amount of albums Frank put out is enormous. Was a total musical genius.

[@splankhoon]

"Before his dead"? Who writes this stuff? This video is a piece of crap, unworthy of George's 'n Frank's talents.

[@johnfredjr2222]

AS I've heard in the Philippines...this is nothing but Boola boola

[@waynecsmith5145]

Ai generated piece

[@pommelhorsepommelhorse8731]

was it round? or did it have a motor? or something different?

[@mysticmoose]

❤

[@UttaraMimamsa]

Once upon a time in Albuquerque, New Mexico...

[@crnkmnky]

Why don't you sharpen it then?

[@UttaraMimamsa]

@@crnkmnky _It must be a camel_

[@UttaraMimamsa]

@@crnkmnky Some of you might think this is weird.

[@viddabroun8613]

AI videos are rubbish. I'm not sure why the picture of Rush was in there, and I'm pretty sure they meant some American place called North Wales too despite showing a Map of Wales the country. I stopped watching it because I hate AI videos but I'm sure the crux of the biscuit (To coin a phrase) was Zappa getting George Duke to play basic boogie woogie, "Are you too good for that?" etc. A very old story, finally it is obviously before "His dead" unless they already have AI Ouija boards?

[@obidibidou6933]

Terrible ,no examples of his playing , too much chat, that we've all heard bfr .

[@joemingus8771]

AI

[@dizmix]

I too have a redundant playback rig, playback rig. 😁

[@ephrimvael]

"mixing rock, jazz ..and classical" ? excuse me !

[@crnkmnky]

@@ephrimvael Over time perhaps? Not necessarily all three during Duke's tenure in the Mothers…

[@Jimyblues]

You coulda worded as you talking about George Duke talking about Zappa, but if this vid leads people to check FZ and George Duke out, cool

[@fallwoods]

thumbs down and move on

[@richdefazio2497]

No chaos. Everything was written down, and George was a jazz musician before that, so what is he talking about?

[@hafidimloul640]

QUAND UN EX DU GROUPE COMME GEORGE DUKE ET TOUT LES AUTRES, AVEZ VOUS REMARQUÉ LA FAMEUSE CONTINUITÉ DONT ZAPPA NOUS RÉPÉTAIT "UN JOUR VOUS LA VERREZ..DANS MA MUSIQUE ET DANS L'ENVIRONEMT QUI LUI A CHANGÉ, IL PLUS BRUYANT, CE QUE JE DISAIS IL YA 2O ANS ET PARAISSAIT REVOLTIONAIRE, EST AUJOURD'HUI L'ÉVIDENCE..BRAVO FRANK VINCENT ZAPPA TU AVAIS RAISON. HAFID 14:50

[@theitineranthistorian2024]

zappa had 3 black musicians in his band, at the same time.

[@DoncampbellUSMC]

Right On FZ :{-

[@jsamc8420]

Duke on ABS ??

[@Fullerg10]

This is a hagiography of Frank Zappa . With all do respect , Frank Zappa was hardly the most innovative/ the inventor of free form and genre bending music .

[@DariusShannon-c2s]

This podcast is full of Shit. 1 Sounds like it was AI Generated just to get views full of basic knowledge about both Artist.

[@rexbidextrous]

i love these arrogant comments from loosers....who criticize.....anyone with creative intelligence....

[@crnkmnky]

Where exactly is the "creative intelligence" in getting an algorithm to type and recite a clickbait script? 🤔

[@lanceash]

I love losers who don't proofread their comments for things like, oh, I don't know... spelling mistakes, before posting. Also, what are you talking about?

[@kenbarton2920]

Yep, another article with no real substance, just opinion stated over & over & over & over & …