His guitar playing has divided opinion amongst purists but Frank had what all guitar players search for - a unique and instantly recognisable technique and style. In full flow his guitar solo's could cut it with the best.
No sufferer of fools in or out of the band his groups consisted of some of the most highly drilled and skilled musicians of the 1960's to the 1990's era. His knowledge of pop and rock and roll was extensive. He was experimental and calculating at the same time. A total enigma.
When he died on 4th December 1993 it left a hole in contemporary pop and rock that has never been be filled. Frank Zappa fans had a right to feel cheated. His early death robbed them of many more years of his presence and amazing vision in music.
Here are The Mothers Of Invention. Los Angeles. August 27, 1974
with Frank is Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Tom Fowler, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood.
