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- From: ben@media.mit.edu (Benjamin Kline Lowengard)
- Subject: Concert Tales
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.143912.13989@news.media.mit.edu>
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- Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:39:12 GMT
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- Ok, I have a couple....
-
- I've seen Frank three times, in 77 at the Armadillo in Austin,Texas
- (no not THAT concert, but with the Zoot Allures band or parts there-of)
- Lots of Panties thrown on stage for that one...the Asshole song and
- Dinoh-moe humm seemed like the highlight of the show..bozzio donned the
- demon mask..and in the midst of Dinah-moe there was Dylan imitation
- which was totally excellent.(aside- that was a great year for music
- in Austin..I got to see the Fab Thunderbirds, Stevie Ray, Roy Buchanon,
- and Al Dimeola in various venues and STREET PERFORMANCES..Willie Nelson
- was king then..for what it was worth)
-
- Then in 1981 0r 2 at the Hartford Civic Center. This was one of those
- shows where you go with a bunch of friends and laugh the whole way
- through. I remember the closing was that killer version of WHipping Post
- but frank hardly, if ever, played guitar. Afterwards, I went to go see
- the "dead-clone" band of New England (name temporarily forgotten) and I
- was hanging in the back and then...There was Frank!..he was with his
- huge bodyguard..I went up to him and thanked him for the show...he
- was uh...not very interested in meeting fans..but he did shake my hand
- and refuse my offer to buy him a ginger-ale...
-
- and I caught the 88 show in boston(second night) which was absolutely
- incredible. The best band I ever heard in my life. No stories about this
- here but I saw frank peering out the window of his limo as he left the
- theater (and I headed to a bar). Needless to say, these aren't very
- inspiring tales but I'm happy to have caught the live act, it only
- enhances the appreciation I have for Zappa.
-
- -benj
-
-