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Originally Posted by ballyhoo
maybe he didn't watch porn, but he certainly was a fan of "devices".  |
... and yet I recall an interview in which he said he and Gail were open to most things but didn't use appliances (I think that's the term he used).
Having said that, his relationships with his 'groupies' may not have been so constrained.
Getting back onto the music, Jeff Beck certainly respected ex-Zappa drummers, with tracks from the Bozzio period Guitar Shop still forming part of his current live set, and later touring for several years with Vinny Colaiuta, though again only making one album together.
Vinny's Zappa audition is one of my favourite audition stories. So anyway, the kid drummer, still in his early 20s, goes to a typical 'show no mercy' Zappa audition and is tasked with playing a notoriously complex and difficult piece. Apparently, it was his ability to not only play the piece faultlessly, but also find the time to adjust his glasses and grab a bite of sushi in the midst of it that convinced Frank to give him the job.
I'd like to have seen a world where Frank might have become the US ambassador to the EU, having been sponsored by ex-Czech president Vaclav Havel. Unfortunately, James Baker and the then nascent neocons had other plans.