Roxy and Elsewhere is one of my favorite Zappa albums for many reasons. The humor, the compositions, the line-up including Napoleon Murphy Brock; George Duke; Bruce, Tom, and Walt Fowler; and the percussion section consisting of Chester Thompson, Ralph Humphrey, and Ruth Underwood. Great, inspiring stuff.
In addition to great lines like “Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny,” is this gem at 1:35 in “Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen’s Church)”:
“The cowbell, as a symbol of unbridled passion, ladies and gentlemen!”
If you, too, are aching for more of the ubiquitous percussion instrument, check out www.morecowbell.dj to superimpose a cowbell over any song!
Hey man, You played with Andres Ponciano? thats awesome!!! Patrick great website man, some interesting stuff! what are you up to these days man. couldn’t find a contact me button so I had to post as a comment feel free to delete. But I will add to the Frank Zappa talk by saying there are some great videos of him playing a bicycle when he was real young on a show. check it out on youtube.
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