Frank Zappa : Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar, hmm well ...

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Frank Zappa undoubtedly was a controversial person. A huge guitarist, composer, producer; in turn cynical - perhaps even a little misanthropic - and an ardent real slayer of the Republican Party, he was. Frank Zappa preached total freedom of expression, a strong belief in the absurd, the benefits for transgression and the rule of music over all other means of 
expression and communication.

In spite of the latter, the man used to talk a lot, be it on stage or during interviews! I’d say that the following statement (from wikiquotes) is quite revealing:  :

I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

Friday Night in San-Francisco - Di Meola, Mc Laughlin, De Lucia

What a beautiful meeting this is! Three giants playing together on stage on a certain Friday night in 1980 … and obviously getting along wonderfully well. The only criticism that might be done is the brevity of the record: I want more!

Of the three jazz guitarists performing here, it is the British John McLaughlin I know best. In addition to numerous solo albums and those recorded with his band The Mahavishnu Orchestra, McLaughlin also worked with Miles Davis, Carlos Santana and many others.

But what made him recognized as a true experimenter is the work he did with Ravi Shankar, for which he had to immerse in Indian music.


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