FRANK ZAPPA - Black Napkins | FIRST TIME REACTION ( Zappa's Guitar Pedals & Views on Holdsworth)

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NicknLex

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@jlrp9929 3 ай бұрын

the most honest musician to ever walk the earth. And remember don’t forget to register to vote!

@sentimentalelephantsamusic9730 4 ай бұрын

Roy Estrada on bass, Andre Lewis on keys, vocals by Roy and Andre and Napoleon Murphy Brock. This recording was live in Japan, the rest of the album was studio. Black Napkins was his equivalent to Dark Star by the Grateful Dead, many different live versions, all unique and wonderful. Speaking of which ... would love for you to check out the version of Dark Star from the album Live Dead, it is so beautiful.

@leddygee1896 4 ай бұрын

Frank never played the same solo twice. every show Frank did was different. Each air sculpture was unique...

@RDNZLarf17 Ай бұрын

As it should be.

@ChasBeauregarde 2 ай бұрын

I have a confession - I listened intently to this channel and subscribed a few years ago. some time back you made a comment how Zappa wasn’t an accomplished guitarist, then I stopped listening an unsubscribed. I’m glad you kept an open mind and appreciate his artistry and so I’m back. Thanks!

@waltercrain2910 Ай бұрын

i remember that comment. kinda turned me off, too. good on nick for being humble and curious enough to explore more and change perspective. that's growth.

@jackparker3120 Ай бұрын

R@@waltercrain2910

@raymondregis6219 4 ай бұрын

My favorite Zappa tune. Adrian belew played rhythm guitar live in the Baby Snakes film. Great version.

@mvunit3 4 ай бұрын

I like when Zappa grabs a pumpkin inflatable from the audience . . . holds it for a second, and then goes back to playing :P.

@jimhardiman3836 4 ай бұрын

Every Zappa solo was improvised and unique (warts and all).

@mrwiffler9942 4 ай бұрын

You seriously need to hear Pink Napkins from Shut Up And Play Your Guitar. His playing on it is absolutely beautiful.

@BobBenson-qz8lp 3 ай бұрын

Better version than shut up is live Halloween 1977 during Franks ultimate prime peak. Frank declined a bit with Vinnie Colaiuta. Tinsel Town sales crashed. Joe's garage was too drum reverbed.

@mrwiffler9942 3 ай бұрын

@@BobBenson-qz8lp I disagree very strongly with you on this. I find the Halloween version to be awful. Possibly one of his worst solos....just a barrage of rock cliches from the start and those terrible synth sounds. Pink Napkins on the other hand is a work of art.

@paulvalois2300 4 ай бұрын

I saw Frank Zappa at the Leroy Concert Theater in Pawtucket Rhode Island in 1976. I remember it as one of my favorite concerts, and I’ve seen hundreds. I also remember Frank telling the audience how surprising it was to find the venue acoustically perfect. Unfortunately, the building was razed decades ago and there’s a CVS there now.

@TonyBailey-xf5tn 4 ай бұрын

Genius. Just genius.

@Misfit133 4 ай бұрын

I was at that concert at the Leroy. It was amazing. Miss Frank deeply.

@-R.Gray- 4 ай бұрын

Later on in his career, he would throw in dissonant notes that he got from his study of Stravinsky and Varese. Frank also had parametric equalizer circuits built into his guitars so he could feed back on particular notes, and get that half-cocked wah wah sound.

@PianoDentist 4 ай бұрын

zoot allures! I love this solo. Still have this album on vinyl! Looking forward to your stank face on this one!

@hansvandermeulen5515 3 ай бұрын

This is a four minute excerpt of a much longer performance. In '75/'78 there would be multiple solos and it could go on for about half an hour (like that version in the Zappa in New York 40th aniversary box set).

@ski137 3 ай бұрын

Enjoy this music that will be enjoyed centuries from now.

@jorge554ful 4 ай бұрын

Un genio que se fue demasiado joven, siempre se reinventaba y buscaba innovar con cada disco...saludos desde Argentina!!!

@harrybeaverjr3988 4 ай бұрын

Saw him in El Paso a few days after this was recorded. His El Paso concert can be found on KZbin. One of my favorite guitarists.

@Royalle_with_Cheese 4 ай бұрын

This was recorded live in Osaka, Japan on Feb. 3, 1976. Are you sure he played in El Paso a mere few days after that? I can't find references to ANY Zappa gig in El Paso in 1976.

@harrybeaverjr3988 4 ай бұрын

I didn’t know what i was thinking. It was the Bongo Fury album. I had a senior moment.

@T-ShirtMagic 4 ай бұрын

*Thanks Chuck!!!* Raised on *"Zoot Allures"* and *"Zappa in New York"* (Live) Darn, for a moment thought we're also going to vibe-out on next song (and my favourite) after Black Napkins. 😥

@The_Original_Geoff_B 4 ай бұрын

It won't be an exact quote, but "the most important note is the one you just played, because without knowing that you don't know where you're going next" . . . he never tried to force a solo back to where it 'should have been', but to go with it and gently shift things.

@spiderbass65 19 күн бұрын

You should watch him play this live with the Merv Griffin orchestra!

@Tedroy 4 ай бұрын

He viewed the guitar as a tool to implement his visions.

@dmCurator 4 ай бұрын

So glad they got this take on tape. 🔥

@guillaumechabason3165 4 ай бұрын

May be Frank was one of the first shredder on guitar ?

@marcribe6483 3 ай бұрын

The information you were given seems wrong. This is Frank Zappa live in Osaka, Japan in Feb. 1976. The band is FZ on guitar, Roy Estrada on bass, Andre Lewis on keys, Terry Bozzio on drums with backing vocals done by Roy, Andre and sax player Napoleon Murphy Brock. Edited for the album, the original piece recording has a sax solo.

@garylewis9113 4 ай бұрын

"Genius" is overused, but Frank Zappa wears the label appropriately...He passed on way too young, and oh, what might have been...Thanks, Chuck, for the taste

@mjdaniel8710 4 ай бұрын

My favorite Zappa jam is Rat Tomago from the Sheik Yerbouti album

@Alix777. 4 ай бұрын

yes, heavily edited solo tho

@Royalle_with_Cheese 4 ай бұрын

@@Alix777. But that was Frank's genius. He could take his live guitar solos, warts and all, and tighten them up to flow more smoothly. And he did that in the 70s without the editing software we have today. He used his ear, razor blade and tape to make the solos better for release. This Black Napkins solo is from a much longer song that includes a sax solo by Napoleon Murphy Brock. On The Bus, from Joe's Garage, is a heavily edited solo from Inca Roads. I find his editing skills to be part of his overall genius.

@DWHarper62 3 ай бұрын

Zappa uses modal scales, in most cases Dorian, Lydian and Myxolydian... Of course, the "pentatonic" scale is in those modes...

@MisterWondrous 4 ай бұрын

"Alum Holewuff ossum. Dem sounds, daze all o'er diplace." (Dead Sea Scrolls) Love me some Frank, and look forward to learning more about Allan Holdsworth, who I see hails from Bradford, in Yorkshire, a mere 15 miles from the ancestral home. If Frank AND Nick like him, he has to be great. Surely I know his work. Is there one that stands above the rest? Those flange sounds were amazing.

@mvunit3 4 ай бұрын

"Alum Holewuff ossum" 🤣 Need to take a shot to the Latin guitar virtuoso, Nick! 😛

@stephencaruso760 4 ай бұрын

My 1st Frank Zappa album was Hot Rats when I was 13...

@FZ-TAS 25 күн бұрын

The first album I ever bought was Hot Rats at the age of 13 also. The second one soon after was John Mayall's jazz blues fusion. Music is best, like Zappa :)

@stevedotwood 4 ай бұрын

Frank always played beyond the bars

@eaglesrule1415 4 ай бұрын

Was going to request this song in a marathon. Great choice Chuck. Love this cut and most of this album👍👍🎶🎶🎆🎆Love that there are more Zappa fans out there on the channel requesting besides me (since I haven't seen R.G. in a bit). Marley was digging it too. Supertramp and Frank in one day. Niiccee. The Alan Holdsworth from the 70's you might enjoy was 1975's Lifetime when he was in Tony William's Lifetime band. Holdsworth says it was a major influence on his future projects.

@-R.Gray- 4 ай бұрын

When U.M.G. bought the Zappa catalogue, I thought that was the end of it for sponsoring his music. Since his picking technique was criticized on "Fifty-Fifty" (which I put on as an example of Ponty with F.Z.), I was going to suggest things like "The Perfect Stranger" or "...Low Budget Orchestra", but I think I've already put a wide variety of music on the channel, and being a retiree, money is limited. I still like Believe It and I.O.U. .

@NicknLex 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Joe! I have definitely heard everything with Tony & Allan. I appreciate your recommendation. You need to listen to his solo stuff, he said he felt he wasn't free working in bands. Holdsworth solo work is were he surpassed everyone. Even Frank talked about him being a solo artist🤘

@eaglesrule1415 4 ай бұрын

@@-R.Gray- In this day and age with inflation I know where you're coming from. That was my marathon with Fifty Fifty and he really hated that one but in fairness the song is better than the solo there. That's on me. The rest of the band killed it though. Your's were some of the first marathons I checked out that kept me coming back so you have done your part in putting good tunes on Nick's platform. Bravo👍

@eaglesrule1415 4 ай бұрын

@@NicknLex I have recently checked out Metal Fatigue and 16 Men of Tain. 👍👍Slowly diving into him as time permits.

@-R.Gray- 4 ай бұрын

@@eaglesrule1415 Oh, I thought it must have been mine, because I remember the criticism changed what I considered submitting. That's why I couldn't find it.

@markjoseph8795 4 ай бұрын

Excellent reaction to a beautiful song. The guitar solos makes a bit more "sense" for lack of a better word when listening to the unedited version of the song. (This version is an album edit so he could fit all material he wanted on the album). There is a _stunning_ sax solo in the full version....it's live, of course. Frank's memory retention is phenomenal as he mimics some of the higher notes on the sax as best he can on his Gibson SG. If you have a chance, here's the link.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn-Zf6GvaM93mq8

@wendywilson9513 4 ай бұрын

I have never heard the full version before! Absolutely awesome! 😊

@ski137 3 ай бұрын

The song it goes into is the Torture Never Stops absolute fantansism.

@johnapplegate1289 4 ай бұрын

You need to watch Frank Zappa cover Whipping Post. It’s from I believe his 1980 tour. It’s insane!

@seanjockel43 4 ай бұрын

I saw him do that live and his cover of stairway to heaven is cool. He has the horn section re create Jimmy's original solo.

@jackempson3044 3 ай бұрын

The whole album was done on a little Pig Nose guitar amp.

@timfeeley714-25 3 ай бұрын

A Pignose that was highly modified by Frank.

@kosta380 2 ай бұрын

@@timfeeley714-25 change your diapers first before you talk about talent

@muchospantaloons 4 ай бұрын

id prefer his solos in mid 70s when he was playing SG .. strongly recommend the one in "Roxy & Elsewhere Live" .. name of the song is "son of orange county" his phat tone will blow your mind kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJOooaKVndKigtEsi=txwFTvJtRYXb_Akh