Frank Zappa The Bandit Guitar Solos

[@michaelkottler]

Thanks, br1tag, for another interesting compilation creating an extended Zappa solo showcasing his performance evolution over time. To those who've stated that Mr. Zappa is overrated: Zappa plays with nearly peerless precision and his joints are for the most part quite intelligently well-composed. "Sloppy" enters into his playing only rarely and "stupid" is the antithesis of his total and might I add amazingly prolific output across a myriad of genres. "Overrated" - really? He's got to be one of our most underrated musical artists in the same vein as, say, Frank Black. In short, Mr. Zappa is an epoch-making musician-composer to say the least and his total work is quite the opposite of sloppy and/or stupid.

[@stenmark2235]

Zappa is The greatest guitar player Ever..... Thankyou.!

[@johngalbraith782]

Gotta agree with ye 100% hes is jus so unique !

[@rayweir2251]

Every fan his prisoner every guitar his slave he will be forever the greatest

[@peterbartolomeo5542]

Only Zappa could bring this level of genius to Rock n Roll. Grandmaster Zappa ..the true Wizard of Guitar 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 so ignored by mainstream .... He will be relevant for 1000 millennium

[@Specksworld]

NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR MY DOG 🐕 ❤️

[@michaelkottler]

Absolutely.

[@michaelthomas1007]

My five favorite musicians are as follows..Frank Zappa Zappa Frank FZ Fransesco Zappa and Frank Vincent Zappa.

[@johngalbraith1591]

Haha nice!

[@evansgate]

is that a strat in your profile pic?

[@ranjitverdi5702]

Ah yeah and Ike on vocals👍

[@sabinekohn3249]

I think so too

[@yaknjorgl]

i can't believe I never get tired of listening to Frank solo for hours on end. I'm jerking my jerky head around, following the notes like a formula one driver. Listening to "songs" is ruined now, i just want the good parts. thanks for sharing

[@BrainPolice5]

Seriously, man, nice job with this compilation. For over an hour I get to sit back and fucking blow my mind, uninterrupted, with Frank's guitar shoved in my brain. Always thought the Bandit solos were in a class by themselves, not unlike the Inca Roads or Torture solos. Not enough guitarists these days have the balls to solo for that long and still hold an audience. Nice slide show too.

[@bsb683902]

I'm blessed to to hear a man like Mr Frank Zappa Period. thank you

[@mikepanza5802]

there will never be a better guitarist than frank people can try but will never come close to him

[@BillM1960]

mike panza Not everyone shares that view, but I sure as hell do!

[@Chryslerdude]

And me... not even remotely close..

[@johngalbraith1591]

Very true the most underated guitarist of all time in my opinion,(by the guitar world) ,his solos are on a different level to anyone else ive ever heard and his musical knowledge is unparralled in the rock world! A true genius!

[@yeurbuty]

Mr. Zappa was accomplished at composing, arranging, and (perhaps most important) gathering the best talent available to perform said music. Never mainstream, always cutting edge. This, "Bandit," collection just scratches the surface and is exemplary.

[@Mateobengoecheagarrido]

Solo puedo decir que fue un genio,no he visto en mi vida un compositor tan completo y tan satirico a la vez como este hombre.Un hombre que hacia criticas y muy acertadas sobre todos los poderes establecidos,y al vez un virtuoso de la guitarra,pues es muy dificil encontrar dos notas iguales cada vez que hace uso de la guitarra

[@bighupp3081]

with my health, you fall 35ft sudden stop on sandstone and bounce. well i have about 20 years of life left. i am trying to put enough of the best music, movies, and books to have a good 20 years. so thank you for this, his guitar smooths the wrinkles out of my brain

[@sergiocabrera4884]

one of the best guitarrist of the XX century, in fact the best for me

[@chopsmclou4592]

A true original and an amazing creative mind. Sadly missed - there’ll never be another. FZ RULES.

[@rikaorion2469]

THE KING OF MUSIC

[@Darrylizer1]

Nice job putting this together. I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did but there's enough context and enough variety within and among the solos to really make this an enjoyable experience. Thanks.

[@joelsavell]

Amazing that I did not get bored listening to one droning chord, in the same time signature and meter for over an hour. Zappa guitar solos at his best are absolutely mesmerizing.

[@angelborisosky7869]

JUST BRILLANT THANK You FRANK zappa

[@AC1131-i8d]

Oh my.....no one can touch him.

[@krang07]

Few guitar players can hold an audience with their, almost never ending solo work Frank was one of those players.

[@chadkops]

Great job br1tag ! If only the ZFT understood what Zappa means to his fans they would release stuff like this instead of best ofs.

[@br1tag]

Yes, but now ZFT are organizing excellent outputs! Are coming soon other 3 albums: Little Dots, Live Chicago 78 and the 3 cds box Meat Light. Uncle Meat outtakes and alternate. I can not wait!

[@BillM1960]

br1tag Now if only the ZFT would give Dwezil his name back. He is the only one of them worth a damn and Gail along with Ahmet screwed him.

[@vvvvaaaacccc]

nice work! I just love that "Bandit" is a blues, telling its sad story - I love it doubly so since Frank clearly loved blues solos.

[@stenmark2235]

I saw frank in Stockholm 1973 at oppopoppa he did a fantastisk preformens... I Was only 11 year old at The time.....

[@fredvos4052]

what do you recall of that event, Sten..?

[@stenmark2235]

FRED VOS Joy and excitement..

[@evansgate]

these have to be some of Frank's coolest most expressive solos... I got chills at 45:54 it gets particularly sick

[@michaelwolfe6122]

ma man you truly are your fellow zappa fanatics keeper ! many thanks no imaginary guitar notes here just the real ones !! from the greatest of all time !!!!!

[@carlostaboada4419]

Thank you fbr1tag for this collection, listening to Frank is a true spiritual experience.

[@hollymccormick6572]

Thank you for the compilation...when stressed or unable to concentrate on something I need to concentrate on...I listen to his instrumentals....some people listen to Mozart I listen to my favorite which is Zappa. My best friend says his music makes her grind her teeth...

[@remisolal5155]

IT MUST BE JUST WHAT THEY ALL NEED !!

[@lovette1613]

Great Great work from you. Thanks for sharing this wonderful stuff !!!

[@alexisnavarro6880]

zappa aun recuerdo ese año de 1971 nunca mas volvi a ser el mismo.....gracias por abrir mi mente mi alma mi espiritu. ☮

[@frankzappa856]

De nada hijo mio, dos veladoras por favor...

[@elizabethpinkerton9866]

I think I saw him twice in Sydney he was amazeing you sorta get locked into his music and just go with it. Love him still.

[@thedammed2688]

What a man love and miss him.beautiful music. The torcher never stops

[@markschattefor6997]

+The Dammed Do you mean eternal fire?

[@thedammed2688]

+Mark Schattefor No the white zone is for loading and unloading only.

[@markschattefor6997]

+The Dammed Whoahahaha, like your humor.

[@thedammed2688]

+Mark Schattefor Not me FZ. What's the ugliest part of your body.

[@markschattefor6997]

The brain, but don't mind there is a special policeforce for that problem

[@robertallen6593]

FRANK ZAPPA IS THE BEST!!

[@jamesstewart7837]

Every solo he did live was different , he kept it interesting !

[@eljibjab420]

Thank you for sharing your collection. This is a disease best not cured.

[@raysherry9598]

great compilation of bandit solos zappa is a beast. i like the pop and slap bass going on around 37 minutes

[@yaknjorgl]

sounds like the line from soup and old clothes

[@randallhart7287]

No one can play like Zappa.

[@crieverytim]

Ray Sherry as soon as I read the word slap in your comment it came on cue. It was awesome . It's at 35:30 seconds!

[@patrickhindes8387]

Zappa's bandit solo from the Barcelona 88 gig was probably one of his best. Great stuff.

[@tdiver5523]

that was Amazing. Thank You... so many Variations.. Steven VAI ... What an Experience, To have been there.

[@lee2780]

As was the way with rock journalism purportedly be written by so called experts (sic)it was always fashionable to dislike frank as he didn't give a shit about rolling stone and other neolithical publications,he told it like he saw it and he was no robot,but it always astounded me that Eric Clapton was either 1 or 2 on all time greatest guitar lists always above frank,anyway us zappa fans know FZ was the best!!!

[@eljibjab420]

Zappa once said something like "Rock journalism is people who can't write, writing about bands who can't play, for people who can't read.'

[@NicolasMarinoDiTeana]

Ce musicien créateur est un DIEU absolu. QUI peut suivre un tel solo, avec une permanente re-création de thèmes différents ??? Quel est le musicien qui a tout joué, tout créé en musique ? Ce solo est complètement hallucinant de création artistique musicale. C'est incroyable de perfection. Le gars a tout compris, il maitrise 1000 fois toutes les techniques musicales.

[@dominiquealbert95]

Tu dis tout. Un Genie.

[@vickihorst3873]

Thanks, great compilation! Magic fingers! Fabulous picture collection, I couldn’t look away...

[@sabinekohn3249]

I Like No i Love His music so much thank's that you show's us so great music .i was thirteenn yearsvold my first friend infected me with the Zappa Virus . And His Sound ist everytime different ! I Like it

[@burmaspice6740]

Thanks for all this great work!

[@gerardmullen7361]

Thank you bruno. That's the best thing I've heard in long time. Great ending. Hendrix would appreciate this.

[@tinicum54]

Excellent audio quality for youtube, thanks.

[@jessewoody5772]

Just BRILLIANT......................

[@michaelnoren2874]

The best Illinois Enema Bandits i heard were at the Armadillo world HQ 10/16/80, and at Tulane New Orleans 1984. Great editing on this.

[@enricogatti2479]

Thank you so much

[@barnabasgray8038]

What an awesome mix!

[@lockupl]

usefull zappa maniac - WE NEED SOME MORE LIKE THAT! ;)

[@TheHuntersjames]

finally realizing you are the fine and cultured gentleman putting these amazing FZ collections out here for me/us! Love it!

[@HODIUSDUDE]

Thank you for this, and all your UL's! Fantastic stuff!

[@paolamarin2677]

Love Zappa!

[@michaelledford4751]

It's good to see somebody still interested in having a true hifi rig in their home , we have 5 in our home lol , I love killing some FZ thru our McIntosh systems .

[@BillM1960]

You do a fantastic job of editing/kludging these things together so that they are coherent. Jeez, I thought I had quite the Zappa collection but yours apparently eclipses mine. Love this stuff, keep them coming!

[@timoj24]

Thks br1tag... Zappateers. Awesome! Great compilation to say the least

[@sylviaharing8329]

THANKS br1tag....no words...,Sylvia

[@giorgioc.3673]

Man! ..You are fantastic !! thanks for this

[@Breitreif]

Ha, tut mir gut.Danke.

[@rayweir2251]

Every fan his prisoner. Every guitar his slave

[@somethingwickedthiswaycome9694]

And what a lovely prison it is. Where"The(sweet) torture never stops"!😉

[@rayweir2251]

@@somethingwickedthiswaycome9694 1974...11pm drunk this music come the radio played the whole ablum of zoot allures .Frist song I ever heard from Zappa was winded up working in a gas station following day went out brought every ablum I could fine. All other bands suck

[@somethingwickedthiswaycome9694]

@@rayweir2251 not all other bands suck..........just inferior!✌

[@rayweir2251]

@@somethingwickedthiswaycome9694 yeah I know buddy lol I like other bands too... Zappa has variety

[@cpsagenda1414]

Incrediblel! Thanks you br1tag!

[@andygray]

Excellent stuff, thanks for uploading!

[@cobypalstra7278]

BR1TAG, at the age of 67 i am to beginning to discover the music that frank zappa heft left us ,thanks for sharing this with me

[@vivalapsych]

You are a madman!!! Love it.

[@michaelreidperry3256]

Frank Zappa was one beautiful muther on guitar.

[@johnschlieman8552]

He was an all around beautiful human.

[@kbrod7]

Great job putting this together

[@Joepepelombardo]

Im glad i finely herd this all the way,I never herd that last one great stuff

[@illenema]

Great Selection of Solos. Many thanks. favorite at 21:00 or so Killer

[@sandrofabbricorsarini5216]

wow big collection.....congratulations

[@ricossuave9112]

Frank is the coolest.

[@jehuuk]

Love zappa, great video.

[@SpaceCattttt]

Oh, I definitely like his 70's solos best. You can listen to pretty much any show you like and get lost in his playing. But if we're talking about his studio albums, I think the pinnacle of his guitar playing was definitely Joe's Garage. It's one of his most commercial albums, of course. At least on the surface. But his solos on that are goddamn mind-blowing! And I've never heard anyone approach the art of guitar in quite the same way as Joe dreams about his notes that will irritate.

[@edumarin723]

Uma maravilha esta" colcha de retalhos" muito bem recortada e costurada. Parabéns... Eu não canso de ouvir.

[@smwrbd]

Nice work. Both of you.😎

[@stevenspirito5672]

Wow what a great version great great version smokin

[@andrewhoran7088]

Heard it in Felt Forum. I heard it on the news

[@kusze]

thank you danke spasibo merci köszönöm hvala etcetc

[@grannymaw2417]

35:36 i love scott's 84 sound so much lol

[@Claudiu_B_]

Thank you for this !

[@daveguy11]

And yet, on "Best Guitarist" lists, often Frank is way down the list, or even not included at all. Insanity.

[@gdpacnw5126]

Clearly, there's no point in listing Zappa, as he's obviously #1, no matter what.

[@francescomauri4847]

Thank you

[@mikepanza5802]

return of the son of the listening some more

[@jkajje2945]

This is great Keep it comming

[@BillM1960]

Just awesome dude. Cudos and THANKS!

[@danielbyrne5217]

I just turned 15 when his music strarted to be known.

[@mikepanza5802]

hi there whats this were only in it for the guitar vol. 1 & vol. 2 see i pay attention to greatness never heard that before very intersting hmmmm!

[@mgzappa]

Superb, many thanks for the post.

[@EPurpl3]

OMG, this is crazy :o , i wonder why nobody locked this guy away :o

[@hendrix2918]

they did ,, in records fortunatly in records ..

[@SuperYellowblues]

It's Very nice collection !! He's art music creator !! Picasso also I think that it is the same.

[@mikepanza5802]

this is bad ass i'm in the middle of holiday this is going known stop awsome until the 15th

[@Captain-Nostromo]

The best enema solo is on FZ in New York album

[@andrewhoran7088]

Captain Nostromo was there

[@jakeyccc5788]

I concur as I was there

[@lostinthiswhirlpool]

Very nice job ! Many thanks !!!

[@BillM1960]

Awesome job dude!

[@RemoSforza]

br1tag i love what are you doing whit the Franlk music!

[@ibanezeppelin1892]

genial! un vídeo para cada día de la semana, y momento del día!

[@feloniousmonkofjusti]

This is amazing. Did you have to timestretch any of the different track, or was Frank so super professional that they were all at the perfect tempo already?

[@br1tag]

Ryan Kuhlmann It is all thanks to Frank! I have not changed the time.

[@Joepepelombardo]

+Ryan Kuhlmann Dude Frank was always perfect

[@zoothorn69]

wow this is great ! where do you get all of this wonderfull stuff ?

[@markieschmarkiemccormic3877]

+paul weaver hell i would like to know also

[@koho]

A great service you are providing - thank you br1tag! A question for you - what is the audio quality of your sources files, and of KZbin playback? (I'm told that choosing HD will also increase audio bandwidth, but I don't know how this compares to MP3 sampling ...). Something better than basic MP3 *does* sound better, so related: is there any chance of providing a higher res audio download? It's hard to tease apart playback limitations from the live recording fidelity, but I need my Frank sounding as good as possible!

[@br1tag]

My audio sources are WAV or FLAC (lossless). My uploads are in those formats. KZbin converts to MP3 (lossy). If you download from an MP3 source, you can not get better than that MP3 quality. You can find a lot of great FZ music in lossless format on Zappateers.

[@frankzappa856]

Maestroooooo😈😎

[@ICA17887]

L'intérêt de cette compilation magique (merci br1tag mais comment fais-tu pour avoir tout ce matériel audio de FZ????) et de démontrer tout le talent de compositeur de Frank Zappa à créer des lignes musicales à chaque fois différentes avec sa guitare. FZ méritait bien son titre de "Father of Invention" N'oublions pas aussi tous les musiciens qui l'ont accompagné et sublimé dans cet odyssée musical.

[@Jumo55]

Zappatters

[@bighupp3081]

i did not leave, i just spread it around a bit. no sense in drawing the nazis. noticed you changed your collection picture. other wise i would have archived every upload you have.

[@veraluciapintorios5740]

Maravilhoso ❤

[@norbertlandau4295]

Er war der beste.!,🍧🍨🍭