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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

2462.0. "ARTHUR BARROW" by BRUMMY::LAWTON (Well, stab a dog and call me Eric..) Tue Mar 03 1992 15:23

    Whatever happened to Arthur Barrow? The last I heard of him was on the
    first track of "Ship Arriving Too Late Too Save A Drowning Witch" and
    then nothing. Does Zappa execute his old band members so that no-one
    else can use them in the future?
    
    Art Barrow was, IMHO, one of the best, if not THE best, bass players
    that FZ ever used (used being the operative word here). Check out "Tink
    Walks Amok" from "Man From Utopia" or most things from "Joe's Garage".
    
    Well? Is the man dead, resting or what?
    
    Phil
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2462.1Call Missing PersonsRGB::ROSTThe Legend Lives On: Jah RostafariWed Mar 04 1992 07:038
    Zappa sidemen have a habit of disappearing.  
    
    Dunno where Barrow is, or his predecessors Roy Estrada, Jim Pons, Jeff
    Simmons, Erroneous or Martin Lickert either.  Former percussionist Art
    Tripp who also did time with Beefheart is now an insurance and real
    estate agent!  So much for supporting yourself through art  8^)  8^)
    
    							Brian
2462.2LEDS::BURATIBad Conceptual ArtWed Mar 04 1992 14:163
    I understand that Zappa eats his sidemen.

    :]
2462.3I want to see FZ eat ALL of Ike Willis....;-)BRUMMY::LAWTONMy freedom is your paralysis, JimFri Mar 06 1992 03:3912
    Re Zappa's sidemen.
    
    I know that one of his band members (I think it was Denny Wally) was
    the stage producer on Bowie's last tour and released a single called
    "Pretty Pink Rose", penned by him and Bowie, but which sounded
    suspiciously like "Heroes".
    
    I think FZ ate him after this.
    
    |-)
    
    Phil
2462.4HEDRON::DAVEtiny 24 fret thaang...Fri Mar 06 1992 10:334
That the same Pretty pink rose that Adrian Belew did on his last album 
(young lions I think)? Nice song..

dbii
2462.5BRUMMY::LAWTONMy freedom is your paralysis, JimThu Mar 12 1992 10:196
    Re -1
    
    Dave,
    	It WAS Adrian Belew and not Denny Walley - my apologies.
    
    Phil