Monday, January 6, 2020

Tony Sandell "Music Minus One's" three Zappa tracks

My beloved brother Tony has been drumming for 45+ years, and has been an ardent Frank Zappa fan for about as long.  Besides being an ace drummer, he has, shall we say, "drummer's perfect pitch":  whatever the drummer is doing in any track he listens to, goes straight to his muscle memory and stays there.

Just after New Year's Day he graced a few of us by playing his electronic drumset to three Frank Zappa tracks.  Here is Florentine Pogen from One Size Fits All (1975)


Here is the medley Oh No - Orange County Lumber Truck -Trouble Every Day from Roxy and Elsewhere (1974)



And finally, St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast from Apostrophe' (1974).  He rather modestly pointed out, "I'm barely ready to play this one."




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