sonnymax Posted September 25, 2009 Report Posted September 25, 2009 Got 15 minutes to waste? This has got to be one of the strangest guest appearances ever on the old Steve Allen Show. Frank Zappa, age 22, playing the bicycle and instructing Allen and his band how to play experimental music. Lumpy Gravy indeed! Quote
AllenLowe Posted September 25, 2009 Report Posted September 25, 2009 about the time of his porn bust..... Quote
Walt Richmond Posted September 25, 2009 Report Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) I've seen that! I think it's so cool. Actually, some of it reminds me of the more bizarre stuff on his early albums. And Steve Allen is certainly open-minded and very gracious! Edited September 25, 2009 by Walt Richmond Quote
7/4 Posted September 25, 2009 Report Posted September 25, 2009 Try searching this forum for threads on Zappa. 000 Quote
sonnymax Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Posted September 25, 2009 Try searching this forum for threads on Zappa. 000 try lightening up a bit. you'll live longer. Quote
7/4 Posted September 25, 2009 Report Posted September 25, 2009 Try searching this forum for threads on Zappa. 000 try lightening up a bit. you'll live longer. If you like Zappa, maybe you'll find the other threads interesting too! Quote
sonnymax Posted September 25, 2009 Author Report Posted September 25, 2009 Try searching this forum for threads on Zappa. 000 try lightening up a bit. you'll live longer. If you like Zappa, maybe you'll find the other threads interesting too! sorry, my bad. i thought you were being sarcastic and dismissive. gonna switch to decaf for a while. :blush2: Quote
Walt Richmond Posted September 25, 2009 Report Posted September 25, 2009 Try searching this forum for threads on Zappa. 000 try lightening up a bit. you'll live longer. If you like Zappa, maybe you'll find the other threads interesting too! sorry, my bad. i thought you were being sarcastic and dismissive. gonna switch to decaf for a while. :blush2: LOL I've seen other posts about Zappa by 7/4, I knew he was a believer! I'm amazed how many people (on other forums) dismiss Zappa as "novelty music" or some other such label. They clearly haven't listened to enough of his work to get a full impression of him. Quote
fasstrack Posted September 25, 2009 Report Posted September 25, 2009 Does anyone remember Warren Cuccarula (sp?)? He appeared in Zappa's band in the 70s in drag as "Sophia Warren"---on rhythm guitar. He kept his mouth shut, did the gig and went on to fame and fortune with his own bands, Duran Duran. Now he's making porn movies, I hear. Nice work if you can get it. Well, sir: Warren and I grew up together in Canarsie. A bunch of us wastrels hung out in his basement ca 1974. He was always wearing me out talking about Zappa this, Zappa that. He was also always playing and writing tunes in, like, 12/18. Since I'm a guitar player and he looked up to me (and couldn't buy me and sell me yet) I was always trying to tell him 'get a foundation in 4/4, learn to play the blues, etc. Good thing he didn't listen to me But then, he had a trans-sexual girlfriend..... So, one day I came calling and asked Mrs. Cuccarulla where Warren might be, and the reply:"Oh, Joel dear, Warren isn't here. He's on the road with Frank Zappa." Not too long after a German film crew came there to film Zappa at Thanksgiving with the Cuccarullas. The funniest thing was when Mrs. Cuccarrulla became such a Zappa groupie, outdoing Warren by miles with Zappa this-and-that her husband finally had his limit. 'alright, goddamnit. I appreciate everything Frank did for us and he's a great guy. But SHUT THE F&*K UP, ACT YOUR AGE----AND MAKE ME SOME GODDAMN EGGS" I haven't seen Warren in at least 30 years and would love to catch up. What a character. Quote
fasstrack Posted September 25, 2009 Report Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) cool story Joel! .He has a brother, Jay, played drums. Probably still does. Always annoying me to play in bands. I got to hand it to Warren. He always had bizzarre tastes, but turned that into serious money. Crazy like a fox...... And I dig Zappa myself. He infused much-needed humor into rock and modern classical, etc. We're Only in it For the Money is a classic. 'My hair is getting big in the back'..............(You can hear that on the soundtrack of Medium Cool). Edited September 25, 2009 by fasstrack Quote
Walt Richmond Posted September 25, 2009 Report Posted September 25, 2009 Great story! The first time I'd ever heard of him is in the song "Catholic Girls": "Catholic boys! Warren Cuccurullo... Catholic boys! Kinda young, kinda wow!" Quote
fasstrack Posted September 26, 2009 Report Posted September 26, 2009 Great story! The first time I'd ever heard of him is in the song "Catholic Girls": "Catholic boys! Warren Cuccurullo... Catholic boys! Kinda young, kinda wow!" That scene from the living room with his parents should be in a movie. A classic........ Quote
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