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Author Archives: urbangraffito
Best of Zappa In Australia – 1973 Tour
In the above clip (short as it is), Frank Zappa expounds on what an Australian concert goer might expect from one of the various shows on his 1973 Australian tour. For some FZ fans, this particular ensemble is their favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, Jean-Luc Ponty, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 1973, australia, Frank Zappa, mothers of invention, streaming audio
12 Comments
Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #3
This week’s Sunday Big Note finds Chick Corea and Return to Forever performing at the Chateau Neuf in Oslo, Norway on the 14th of March, 1976. Return to Forever were touring to promote their sixth studio album, Romantic Warrior (the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1976, al di meola, chick corea, lenny white, Oslo, return to forever, stanley clarke
6 Comments
Zappa in the Thicke of it – May 30, 1984
In this interview clip, Frank Zappa makes an appearance as a guest on the short-lived talk show, Thicke Of The Night, hosted by Alan Thicke, on May 30th, 1984, promoting his upcoming tour, as well as a never filmed satirical … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, YouTubery
Tagged 1984, alan thicke, Frank Zappa, Interview
2 Comments
Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #2
It would be another year – the last week of April and the early weeks of May 1973 – before the Mahavishnu Orchestra found themselves on the road opening for Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention on the tour … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Personal, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1972, jazz fusion, Mahavishnu Orchestra, original line-up, The Inner Mounting Flame
8 Comments
“MyKeneally Tour” at Emerald Hall, Braintree, MA.
Imagine your favorite musician or group performing for you and your friends in your very own living room, backyard, or rented hall? That’s what Mike Keneally and Bryan Beller did last year when they put out the call to their … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Mike Keneally, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2009, bryan beller, covers, Mike Keneally, touring
11 Comments
Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #1
Over the last few weeks and months, fellow KUR-Meisters, while compiling the various mixtapes for Kill Ugly Radio, I had an idea for an ongoing weekly “listening session” of various artists and groups, both Zappa-related along with his contemporaries, as … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Personal, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1976, Alphonso Johnson, billy cobham, george duke, John Scofield, new orleans, The Billy Cobham/George Duke Band
9 Comments
“New York, New York” Zappa Style – KUR’s Halloween Mix
Christians have Christmas, Jews have Passover, and Muslims have the holy month of Ramadan. For a Zappa/Mothers freak like myself, though, no day in the calendar year is more important than Halloween. Frank Zappa and Halloween in New York City … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged Frank Zappa, halloween, mixtape, New York, New York City, palladium, streaming audio
10 Comments
Yugen & Rock In Opposition
For as long as I have been a music listener, it has very often perplexed me that the music, and the artists, with which I listened to on an increasingly regular basis, and increasingly over the years and decades – … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Official Releases, Personal, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, Italy, rock in opposition, streaming audio, yugen
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George Duke Band plays Zappa
For as long as I’ve been a fan of Frank Zappa‘s music, I’ve also been a fan of the music of George Duke. Indeed, both musicians have taken me on musical trips I could never have imagined going on.
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2010, Frank Zappa, george duke, germany, Jazz Club Minden, the george duke band
17 Comments