Zappanale Fever

Herr Thomas, head cheese over at Zappanale, just announced this year’s headliner (drum roll):

Eddie Jobson

Yes, that would be Eddie Jobson!

6 Responses to “Zappanale Fever”

  1. Dark Clothes says:
    February 18th, 2011 at 9:55 am »

    The link says: “Eddie caught Frank’s attention when his band Roxy Music opened for Zappa at the Mecca Auditorium, Milwaukee in November 1975.” – I was tempted to say that Zappa stole Jobson from Eno, and Eno stole Belew from Zappa (for Bowie) to get even, but apparently Eno had left Roxy by 1975. Still, there are striking co-incidences in the rivalry for the favours of young, talented musicians in those two stories :-)

    Eddie’s contributions are sadly underrepresented in official releases, although Philly ’76 does him some justice, in addition to Zappa in New York. It’ll be interesting to see what he has to offer for the Zappanale!

  2. Hugh says:
    February 19th, 2011 at 8:42 am »

    Good news for the Zappanale attendees! I hope to go, one day.

    Really cool pic above Barry. I’ve never seen this photo. Are there more somewhere from this shoot? It looks like a scene from The Crucifixion. Eddie and Terry seem to be pondering who’s Judas.

    DC, I’m sure a lot of band leaders would line up waiting for Frank to discard his talent for newbies. Being at the top of the class, didn’t guarantee job security with FZ.

  3. Dark Clothes says:
    February 19th, 2011 at 9:49 am »

    We all know that Frank was good at finding new talent, but there’s a difference between picking up a guy from a bar in Hawaii and finding a useful player in Roxy Music…

  4. Jamez says:
    February 19th, 2011 at 11:03 am »

    A quote from Hugh:

    Good news for the Zappanale attendees! I hope to go, one day.

    Really cool pic above Barry. I’ve never seen this photo. Are there more somewhere from this shoot? It looks like a scene from The Crucifixion. Eddie and Terry seem to be pondering who’s Judas.

    DC, I’m sure a lot of band leaders would line up waiting for Frank to discard his talent for newbies. Being at the top of the class, didn’t guarantee job security with FZ.

    This pic was in an issue of the British magazine Classic Prog a few issues back (with Genesis on the cover). There was an article on Jobson’s career, including Roxy Music and Tull.

  5. ABOOK says:
    February 20th, 2011 at 8:14 pm »

    the pics looks like a crucification pic or just an other mind fuck picture
    i wonder sometimes whats really in zappas music the things you dont hear ………………….the words behind there was an interesting thing i found out abotu allen jackson song it goes i buy you tall tall trees all the waters and the sees iam a fool fool foll for you but you cloud understand it 2 ways like i buy , I BY YOU TALL TALL TREES END ALL THE WATERS IN DESEASE FOOL FOOL FOLL FOR YOU FOOL A TAROTH CARD IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOTU THAT LET ME KNOW TY

  6. Jamez says:
    March 3rd, 2011 at 6:57 pm »

    A quote from ABOOK:

    the pics looks like a crucification pic or just an other mind fuck picture
    i wonder sometimes whats really in zappas music the things you dont hear ………………….the words behind there was an interesting thing i found out abotu allen jackson song it goes i buy you tall tall trees all the waters and the sees iam a fool fool foll for you but you cloud understand it 2 ways like i buy , I BY YOU TALL TALL TREES END ALL THE WATERS IN DESEASE FOOL FOOL FOLL FOR YOU FOOL A TAROTH CARD IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOTU THAT LET ME KNOW TY

    Huh?

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