The Planet Of My Dreams

My book The Big Note was published by New Star Books on Mother's Day, May 13, 2018.

There are a lot of websites devoted to Frank Zappa and his music. This one will focus on a few specific topics. Here's what I have in mind:

• General reference
  • Frank Zappa Gig List: every known FZ concert
  • Line-ups of Frank Zappa's Touring Bands, including guest musicians
• Some of my favorite bands/tours/projects/eras
  • Hot Rats in the studio and in concert, 1969-1970 (In the meantime, check out Foggy's account.)
  • The Mothers reunion tour of May 1970 (coming soon)
  • The vaudeville band of June 1970 through December 1971, featuring Flo & Eddie
  • The big band projects of 1972:
    • The Waka/Jawaka album
    • The Grand Wazoo album
    • The Grand Wazoo tour
    • The Petit Wazoo tour (including concert photos and Gary Barone interview)
  • Line-up 4 of the Mothers, 1973-1974, featuring George Duke, one or more Fowler Brothers, and usually Ruth Underwood
  • Hunchentoot, FZ's unproduced musical (In the meantime, check out the production notes at Bill's website.)
• Fill in the blanks: lyric mutations
  • Billy The Mountain in 1971
  • Montana on October 31, 1972
  • Room Service in 1974
  • What's New In Baltimore? in 1982
  • Let's Move To Cleveland in 1984
  • Any Kind Of Pain in 1988
  • Theme From Lumpy Gravy in 1988
  • Why Don't You Like Me? in 1988
• Miscellaneous
  • A. J. Wilkes's interview with violist Garth Knox, formerly of the Ensemble Intercontemporain
  • Audio clips and references for "The Partially Answered Question: Does Quotation Belong In Music?"
  • Names by which FZ introduced himself in concert
  • Franku from Utopia
  • Mystery tunes awaiting identification
  • Mystery musicians have been identified
  • Guide to Cal Schenkel's star map on the back cover of One Size Fits All
  • Some of my personal favorites
  • Correcting a misquotation about the Monkees
  • Counterfeit poster for a spurious concert, Fullerton, November 8, 1972
• Archived websites
  • Pat Buzby's Frank Zappa 1988 Tour Project
  • Jason "Foggy" Gossard's We're Only In It For The Touring
  • Biffy The Elephant Shrew's The Biffy Page
  • Bill Lantz's Music Is The Best
• My other websites (hidden somewhere on this planet)
  Frostbite Falls Page: Rocky & Bullwinkle and other Jay Ward cartoons
  Crescendo Tremendo: Music not composed or performed by Frank Zappa, such as the Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra

Hunchentootin' by Charles Ulrich