Dweezil Zappa: Interview (Dweezil, Gail & Ahmet Zappa)

Nyhetsmorgon TV4

[@MrPlooky]

I saw dweezil's band last night, spectacular!

[@gardensofthegods]

Well he really looks like Ted Bundy I'm kind of not understanding this brcause he didn't look like serial killerTed Bundy before ...am I right ? Anyway wish I was there I'm sure you had a really great time

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

A genius and his music will be played a hundred years from now.

[@jerrychetty2524]

Wrong, frank will still be listened to 10000 years from now

[@OnlyElshafto]

Dweezil can and always could play guitar like his father..hes gifted.i think that says it all in the end.❤peace

[@Suchapill]

This video warms my heart. Absolutely adorable. Ahmet has a lot of Frank in him. Dweezil also obviously does.

[@sheldoncooper8199]

Dweezil still playing Franks music since 2007 ? Is probably the greatest thing a Son can do for his Father. I am so grateful for that since i only know Frank Zappa music since August 2006.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Dweezil get the music spot on but sadly Frank's charisma on stage is sadly missing.

[@sheldoncooper8199]

@@paulinebutcherbird Oh its You again. Yeah I think from what i know from his Live CD s and DVD he had a 1 in 1 Million charisma personality and Intellect. Oh and Humour. I miss him so much even tough i only know him through his music. As i remember correctly You knew him personally.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@sheldoncooper8199 Yes, I knew him personally and I lived and worked in his house 1968-1971. I have a restructured memoir out that describes Frank's home life not told in any other book. It's my story but shows Frank from getting up to going to bed, rehearsals with the Mothers of Invention, Frank composing, visiting rock stars, freaks, family squabbles, and more. It's not available in America for another six weeks, but I have copies if you're interested.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

and now, it is difficult for Dweezil to tour his fathers music, THANKS!

[@dovegrey1]

In happier times....

[@TheNick279]

Going to watch ZPZ in London in October 2015. Yippee!!

[@typodhitzemann6851]

RIP Gail. What a sad surprise. Had no idea she was ill. sad indeed. None of us will escape. Live it while you can.

[@5jerry1]

+Ty Hitzemann I Didn't know she was ill either, so the news hit me from way out of left field.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

How is it possible that Gail and Ahmet are promoting Zappa plays Zappa and then later stated that Dweezil could not use the name. There's a disconnect.

[@shable1436]

They don't like to talk about it

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@shable1436 I think the roots are in this video with Dweezil blandly saying that he is the only one in the family who can play an instrument after Ahmet has just said he is finding it hard to learn the music. It's not clear, as you say, if Ahmet withdrew himself or Dweezil virtually sacked him.

[@mrzap343]

Lawyers…

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@mrzap343 Lawyers don't appear uncalled for!

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

Didn't that crap start AFTER Gail passed away?

[@Alienadin]

Well, this interview has become VERY ironic with all that has been going on. So sad.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Indeed.

[@ankihansen2489]

What happened?

[@ankihansen2489]

@D B 😮😮😮

[@mtzqo]

@@ankihansen2489 🤷🏻 I don't know & I wanna know

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@ankihansen2489 In this video, Ahmet says he's finding it difficult learning the music to play on the Zappa plays Zappa tour, and then Dweezil says he's the only one in the family who plays an instrument. Gail says she loves that her boys are playing Zappa plays Zappa tour. But when Ahmet dropped out, presumably because he was incapable of playing the material, he and Gail said Dweezil was not allowed to use the name Zappa plays Zappa for the tour and they would sue him if he did. There followed angry public exchanges between Ahmet and Dweezil and their feud appears never to have been settled.

[@helugoconache]

Black Napkins (the song at the beginning) actually comes from the "Zoot Allures" album

[@monoped8437]

she was referring to the clip being from 'baby snakes'

[@karenkaren3189]

She is now gone and the kids worked things out.

[@jvadoptante]

What happened? How did they sort?

[@monoped8437]

not so much.

[@jerrychetty2524]

@@jvadoptante there was an issue where Gail gave 30 % of the estate of Frank's to the 2 younger children and 20 %each to the 2 elder ones and the younger ones opposed to Dweezil playing and profiting from Frank's music

[@gabrielgray]

That Woman caused such a rift among siblings, I'm glad they are working it out though... the rights to frank's legacy should of been put equally among all four...what the hell was she thinking?

[@redlady935]

Exactly. She could have protected them from all of this. She should have at least spoken to them before hand but the fact that she asked Moon to sell her house to pay for Frank's cancer treatment when Gail was sitting on this fortune is bizarre, and the way she asked her too was so hurtful

[@SpaceCattttt]

As a Swede, I'm embarrassed that these hosts didn't have a clue about a thing. Not only did they mispronounce the names of Ahmet and Dweezil, but they were sure that the song (Black Napkins) is from Sheik Yerbouti (which they also mispronounced), when the song is, in fact, from the album Zoot Allures. I'm sure that it's standard practice for networks to simply hand over a brief note with a bit of info about the day's guests beforehand, but clearly it wasn't enough this time. The best hosts are the ones who take the time to actually learn a bit about their guests before they meet them, even if they're not especially interested. But those hosts are very rare.

[@CULTmk]

Who cares man. I'm not Swedish but I thought that they came across as very pleasant and polite. Compared to most interviews I though they were great.

[@johnnyaxe2004]

yes they did absolutely no homework as most good journalists do..that was embarrassing to say the least..Gail wrecked that family imho..

[@SuperFlammaster]

Whoa! So Ahmet was originally going to be in ZPZ. I really wished he would have done it. He is my favorite zappa.

[@endezeichengrimm]

+Brian Carroll Besides Frank?

[@TheSoundEngineAF]

+Brian Carroll Would have been great! He's got a great voice, could probably do some beefheart stuff pretty good.

[@richardm4857]

Your favorite Zappa won't let Dweezil use the Zappa Plays Zappa name for his band anymore.

[@endezeichengrimm]

***** Who? Gail is dead.... What do you mean? Where did you hear this?

[@TheSoundEngineAF]

It's not Ahmets fault, it's the way Gail had it all set up. I'm sure he's trying to find a middle ground between what his mother wanted and what Dweezil wants.

[@cnastou]

I truly despise Gail Zappa. The epitome of how not to control a trust, which should have never been created in the first place. If only Frank could have witnessed her repugnant choices, before his death & settled his estate fairly & morally..too late to save this drowning witch from the damage she caused.

[@WayneBraack]

wow. why do you chose to make it personal to you? get over yourself. i'm assuming you have zero involvement in the family? when we are not part of something it isn't for us to have opinions on things, it's not our business. what is for us is a rich history of some of the finest music ever to come from the rock genre, and i'm glad it continues. i grew up on cherishing the cerebral, funny stories. Along with a lever of musical talent unsurpassed even by such as Mozart or Bach. Keep to what we can know, we're not a part of the family, we don't know all the story, not our business to judge. get over you outsider self.

[@cnastou]

It was evident that Gail was a control-freak! To make Ahmed and Diva executors to Frank's estate only accentuates her diabolic nature. When she interferes, taxes, or creates any roadblocks for Dweezil to play his father's music under any moniker. As a fan, and moralist, I have to say "fuck off"..

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Although I don't agree with the venom of Christos Nastou's comment, I do also disagree with your comment that 'it's not our business'. It very much is our business when two family members publicise their squabbles for all of us to read.

[@manoftheworld1000]

@Wane Braack I totally agree with you that others' family affairs are not our business. Still I should inform you about the "Zappanale" festival, a non-profit music festival taking place once a year in Germany, honouring Frank's music and personality. In 2008 Gail Zappa sued the organizers of the festival because they used Zappa's name (would ye believe it) and pictures of his moustache (hear! hear!). For 4 years the Zappanale organizers faced a 250,000 € fine until in 2012 the claim was finally dismissed by the German supreme court! Btw, this year's festival will have *Dweezil* as a special guest!

[@paulinebutcherbird]

I hope after you've read my book that your opinion of Gail might be revised. It does seem as though she went a bit doolappy toward the end of her life but until that time she was an excellent mother and carer and Frank trusted her in that role. He, nor their four offspring, I suspect, would have suspected how unhappy things have turned out.

[@morddas]

"My boring house was sitting on my chest..." Lol! Gotta watch with captions!

[@gardensofthegods]

4 somewhere result KZbin captions I almost pissed myself laughing

[@Lagzatzappateers]

So why didn't Ahmet participate in the project as they originally announced? Creative differences/direction with Dweezil?

[@paulinebutcherbird]

The story that has never been told is why Ahmet did not play with ZPZ band. Could there be some explanation to the animosity between them there?

[@simonpepper9721]

Hi Pauline, I thought you would've know that Ahmet doesn't play an instrument at all. Interestingly Gail and Ahmet keep pushing about Ahmet playing with ZPZ even after Dweezil states that he is the only person in the family that plays an instrument. Could this be a small annoyance to Gail amongst others that led to an eventual family feud.I can see the seed being planted and nurtured here for the ensuing rift. How dare they ( G and A) be so rude to Dweezil. This telling interview shows me where this family squabble has its roots.Insecurity and fear.

[@bobvanlaere5029]

Simon Pepper p

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@Jr Reyes I saw the Ahmet's performance at the London hologram show and really it was the sort of thing you would do at home to entertain your family, not an audience at the Palladium.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@simonpepper9721 I watched this again and I agree with you, the tension between Ahmet and Dweezil is clear and Dweezil's retort, as you say, that he is the only one in the family who plays an instrument was a crushing blow to Ahmet's pretence that he would be learning to play the music. And there was Gail saying how proud she was that her boys would be playing Zappa plays Zappa tour, but obviously when Ahmet was excluded the shutters came down and they (Gail and Ahmet) said Dweezil could not call it Zappa plays Zappa. Pretty disgusting behaviour but Dweezil, sadly, allowed it to happen.

[@simonpepper9721]

@@paulinebutcherbird I expect that Dweezil was relying on simple goodness and righteousness to prevail.

[@RaymondHng]

1:24 Ahmet Zappa was named after legendary music executive Ahmet Ertegün, whom Frank Zappa greatly admired. www.denverpost.com/ci_19451617

[@jumpyourbone]

What song is bein played in the concert excerpt at the beginning?

[@IronChef3]

jumpyourbone Black Napkins

[@jumpyourbone]

Thank u. The shit is dope!

[@unclemeat1977]

+jumpyourbone There's a decent amount of Zappa recordings of him just being a great, unique guitarist. Enjoy!

[@sam_uelson]

+jumpyourbone that intro clip is taken from franks baby snakes concert film. :)

[@manoftheworld1000]

@jumpyourbone You might also like "Chunga's Revenge" (Dallas, 1980) and Rotterdam, 1980!

[@entropanto]

'Despising' a person that you didn't know is cretinous.

[@jerrychetty2524]

When you see Frank early on in the video he was starting out and never had enough money to buy a shirt!

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Ha ha.

[@done1675]

That's Lemonjello and Orangello.

[@gardensofthegods]

Well if you look at Dweezil there he actually looks a lot like serial killer Ted Bundy and if they ever make another movie about Bundy I think Dweezil could do it

[@burlingtonpark4136]

rip gail.you and frank made a beautiful family!

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Well, a beautiful family with huge hiccups and angst involved.

[@frankpontone2139]

Was Gail Jewish? Sloatman sounds it but not too sure.....

[@Sadoldman]

German and Portuguese.

[@frankpontone2139]

@@Sadoldman Thank you for letting me know. I'm glad she was not a subversive.

[@ACrackInTheWall2006]

I miss you Gail.

[@rightrightman3179]

ACrackInTheWall2006 d

[@jmharby9285]

HOW DID GAIL DIE? WE WILL FIND OUT. MOON KNOWS QUITE A BIT

[@jmharby9285]

GAIL - TOUGH JOB, WHO KNOWS WHAT WHO HAS BEEN UP TO?

[@jmharby9285]

DWEEZIL IS OUR TRUSTED MAN

[@gwensciora8516]

Lung cancer oct 2015

[@gardensofthegods]

Holyshit , Dweezil Zappa now looks like serial killer Ted Bundy ; maybe it's 'cause I'm getting old..? Just lighten his hair and change it a little bit and there is a similarity

[@TheGregchick]

Not liking Gail is like not liking Yoko, it seems dum. Frank and John were/are idolized and so their wives are unworthy? What smart strong women they are/were. Thank you ladies.

[@wangdangdoodie]

Not really. Weak men & controlling women.