ENCARTE: FRANK ZAPPA [2]

Ficha completa e comentários do próprio dum som específico dentre os 25 de “You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 3” (1995):

 

DROWNING WITCH (9:22)
(words & music: FZ)

album(s) in which song has appeared: ‘Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch’

dates: December 17, 1984 & July 1982 locations: Paramont Theater, Seattle, Washington/Soccer Stadium, Balzano, Italy original recording mediuns: 24 track digital (1984), 24 track analog (1982) recording engineer: Mark Pinske remote facility: UMRK Mobile remix engineer: Bob Stone remix facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen

1984 musicians: F.Z. (lead guitar/vocal) IKE WILLIS (guitar/vocal) RAY WHITE (guitar/vocal) BOBBY MARTIN (keyboards/sax/vocal) ALAN ZAVOD (keyboards) SCOTT THUNES (bass) CHAD WACKERMAN (drums)

1982 musicians: F.Z. (lead guitar) RAY WHITE (rhythm guitar) STEVE VAI (stunt guitar) TOMMY MARS (keyboards) BOBBY MARTIN (keyboards) ED MANN (percussion) SCOTT THUNES (bass), CHAD WACKERMAN (drums)

This is a hard song to play. How hard? The 1984 band never playet it correctly during its 6-month tour, and the 1982 band only managed to get close on one occasion. This edit collates the best efforts of both groups“.