Bought a copy of Hot Rats today at Zia Records (remember record stores?). So here's Willie the Pimp:
Animation by the Brothers Quay.
Bought a copy of Hot Rats today at Zia Records (remember record stores?). So here's Willie the Pimp:
Animation by the Brothers Quay.
Artisan News Service has a piece on Dweezil accepting a Grammy in 2009, for Best Rock Instrumental for Peaches en Regalia. Embedding is disabled.
The video ends with a plug for Zappa Plays Zappa's then-upcoming Phoenix show on February 26, 2009 -- I was at that one.
Finnish National TV interview, 1974. Some good anecdotes about the early days -- the one about the Mothers' name is oft-told, but there's some other stuff here I hadn't heard him tell quite that way elsewhere.
It's a good response, but I think my favorite part is the "Can you believe this guy?" sideways glance at the very beginning.
Per uploader Brock2097:
Frank Zappa and Prazsky Vyber, "Improvizace V A Dur S Frankem Zappou," performed live on June 24, 1991 at the "ADIEU C.A." concert in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to celebrate the collapse of Soviet rule in the country. Released on Prazsky Vyber albums "Adieu C.A." and "Komplet."
Radio interview, 1982. The music's cut, presumably for copyright reasons, but it's still interesting for a listen.
Nightwatch, 1988. Charlie is enjoying himself.
Germany, 1978; uploaded by Steve Sparx.
San Francisco, 1970. Uploaded by YourArf, who says it's a soundboard recording made by none other than Carlos Santana.
Recorded and uploaded by Vinny Roth, who apologizes for his cell phone dying three minutes in.
Update 2013-03-27: I've embedded Part 2 in today's post.