I have transcribed and learned this solo... the fact that it was improvised is absolutely mind blowing. Genuinely. The phrasing and timing are remarkable, as is the completely unique style. There are no rock cliches or standard licks thrown in, it is sublimely musical and inventive for the entire six and a half minutes. Frank was a monster player!

@hafidimloul640

2 ай бұрын

YES FRANK IS A FREAK'IN KILLING GUITAR ' PLAYER .HAFID 5:25

@stugerson4838

2 ай бұрын

@IbanezFan550....ls your real name Steve Vai ?

@peipy44

Ай бұрын

You are so right about the phrasing, really unique and totally distinctive.

@danmartinazzi

Ай бұрын

true! Nobody come close

@andyhampsten4252

8 күн бұрын

Well said. This is why Frank is number 1 ... and no one comes close.

My favorite guitar solo of all time

Phenomenal out of space world's most underrated guitar master ever. Okay 🤗 his ego might have been a little less whatever I never forget you. Francis Vincent you made my life so much wiser 👍🏽💯🏴‍☠️

One of the most beautiful guitar pieces ever....sublime

The greatest improvising soloist of all time, I reckon!

This clip will blow people away a couple of centuries from now.

Simply the most awe-inspiring guitar solo of all time...

Frank struck gold that night and uncovered an untouched seam.... one that no-one else has found since.

@tagaudi

3 жыл бұрын

He worked a lot on this solo before and after he performed in Saint E

This just blows me away. Frank was such a stunning guitarist.

He sits there pretty calmly considering what is going on, i.e striking gold every few seconds. Fucking incredible improvisation. Thank you Frank!!

this performance is why i wanted to learn to play guitar... it's pure meditation.

Best , bravest and the most adventurous musician ever. RIP FZ.

magnifique merci Frank jf Gleyze

@hafidimloul640

5 ай бұрын

Merci pour le MAÎTRE INCONTESTÉ ET DÉFINITIVEMENT INCONTESTABLE, ET MERCI PUISSANCE 10 A TON COMMENTAIRE "J.P.G "

Really can't look past Wackerman's playing here. It's like he and Frank are one and the same mind.

He just kept getting better and better, never slowed down. Not until the cancer got him. RIP frank, you were a master of your craft.

A unique personality possessed by bringing his genius music 👍🏽💪 I'm enjoying it up since 45 year's Amen

Nobody else can play lake Frank. Genius!

@Mumon010

8 жыл бұрын

A truly creative individual.

This solo is so exquisite, it even makes the magic guy worth watching!!!

I don’t care, this is the best guitar solo by any human as far as I’m concerned

@tagaudi

3 жыл бұрын

dear sean. There are so many 'the best guitar solos' from where this one came

@frankfertier34

2 жыл бұрын

@@tagaudi I am a very long time Zappa geek ("66) and I must admit this solo has a very unique meditative flavour, on par with some Holdsworthian gems (The 4.15 Bradford executive) kzread.info/dash/bejne/a22qmMuflJrdms4.html

@seanbrennan5192

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankfertier34 Thanks for the link! Holdsworth was one of the greats. Zappa respected him greatly, been getting into him a bit. I’ll add this one to my playlists

@esjope

Ай бұрын

You are not wrong. Zappa has played most of the all time best guitar solos in the history of the humanity.

@esjope

Ай бұрын

This is just so amazing solo. Too magnificent for us, regular people.

Perhaps one of the greatest guitar solos of ALL time. The part between 2:42 and 3:18 simply rips your heart out.

@zachshuler1143

6 жыл бұрын

aks03755 sounds similar to sinister footwear

@aks03755

5 жыл бұрын

zach shuler Haha... funny to rediscover this comment of mine and your response 6 years after I originally posted! The last 5 digits are just my zip code. The first three letters, well...

@Alix777.

2 жыл бұрын

Genius underrated guitarist

@moi3557

Жыл бұрын

The whole lot rips mine out!

@urbanbader4113

Жыл бұрын

Yep 💯👍🏽

This guitar solo (from the "Ship arriving too late ....." tune) is divine. Unbelievable. You can learn so much from it. It stirs me to tears. Zappa rules !!!!

@urbanbader4113

Жыл бұрын

I have tears now too RIP

I can listen to this everyday and never get bored, as with most of his solos but this one is truly special!

This music heals my soul... Thanks from a big fz fan from Argentina ...

I remember taping this off the VHS when i was 15 and listening to it over and over!

It just does not get any better than this. [Except perhaps for Ancient Armaments .....]. Miss you Frank.

@jimpalmer792

6 ай бұрын

Two Words: Goose Bumps !

*Truly a guitarist of the 4th dimension.*

MAGNIFICENT

R.I.P. to my favorite musician and biggest guitar inspiration, who departed this world 24 years ago. This solo, like so many others he played, is a masterpiece composition created totally "in the moment." His level of genius is unparalleled.

@urbanbader4113

Жыл бұрын

His tyrao too

this shit is so fucking clean, dude is a fucking mastermind. seriously how the fuck did he do that

Absolute bliss, what an amazing sound. Zappa is the highest. Pure joy

Absolute genius of the highest order. Ineffable.

Excellent. Thanks for sharing and kindly regards from Deutschland

No time no space here, pure art!!!

best ever improvisation period.

I'm happy to watch a live video of Drowning Witch. It's one of the best songs of Zappa.

@ArtMuzak

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

extraordinaire, thanks from france

Thank you, Thomas, for shooting this extraordinary footage.

miss you Frank, still lovin you , irène from France

THAT HELL OF A TONE HE HAD... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

euphoric. just amazing..

Frank LOVED phrygian

@seanbrennan5192

Жыл бұрын

It’s mixolydian. And Frank did love his mixolydian

@lastdaysguitar

Жыл бұрын

@@seanbrennan5192 He played in Phrygian as well. Geez, why do musicians feel they have to one up each other? I'm not talking about just this one song!

@seanbrennan5192

Жыл бұрын

@@lastdaysguitar Yeah he uses Phrygian as well. His bread and butter is definitely mixolydian though, I brought this song to my guitar teacher. It’s the only reason I know what mode it’s in lol. He uses Phrygian in Transylvania boogie, and he might actually use it in the first guitar solo of drowning witch. I’m not actually too sure judging by the sound

My favorite Frank solo I think. Can't look past Wackerman's playing here either. He and Frank are locked in esp.

@NickHolum

Жыл бұрын

@@DWHarper62 idk id say aside from Vinnie and maybe Humphries , Chad is as complimentary to Zappa as anyone else

@NickHolum

Жыл бұрын

@@DWHarper62 idk, as a drummer… both Bozzio and Chester are two of my all time favorites… but those were different bands with different members, chosen for different musical directions. So if you want some bullshit internet debate where you make a fallacious and subjective statement and say “prove me wrong” then you can gfy. If you want to listen to a drummer who has a full catalogue of clicking with all time great guitar players (Holdsworth, Zappa, etc) there plenty of records to choose from. There’s even a specific double album by Frank called “Guitar” which features Chad on virtually every song… including this one. Or you can go to the first track from TBBYNHIYL… Heavy Duty Judy… the connection with Frank is immediate from the first notes of the concert. Chad is an absolute monster.

@NickHolum

Жыл бұрын

@@DWHarper62 doh'k Steven Crowder dbag ... I even said Vinnie is best, but you're too interested in dumb internet debates

@NickHolum

Жыл бұрын

@@DWHarper62I’m probably not gonna lose any sleep tonight over being called an asshole by the guy who went all Steven Crowder on me.

@NickHolum

Жыл бұрын

@DWHarper62 Correct, you came into my comments with your Steven Crowder BS pushing your dumb opinion that nobody is interested in hearing about… so yes, gfy.

I saw him 3 days after in Bordeaux - each time I see this video it remember me this epoque - thank you

Excellent job!!!! ¡VIVA TOM FOWLER!

Pure Genius!!!!

masterpiece

Not only is this one of Frank's best performances, but we can see him get nervous at 3:15, and he breaks a string in the fade out at the end. What a fucking monster... Frank had been touring every year for a decade by this point (1972 to 1982), and like many OG rock performers, his playing got better with the more time he spent on the road. By 1982, Frank was fucking SCARY on the guitar, and this video is evidence of that fact.

"I don't do drugs, I am drugs" -Frank Zappa

@alex222pak

3 жыл бұрын

@Jeff Sylvester No, I think Dali stole it from Zappa!

@p.b.palaciosalmafuerte3463

3 жыл бұрын

@@alex222pak jaja, so true.

@pipeandslippersman

3 жыл бұрын

i think ol' frankie would have been a teeny bit pissed off about that quote being attributed to him. any half arsed internet search will throw up a dozen examples of how anti-drug he was. although, if certain people want to lump coffee and cigarettes into the mix - the man was a fucking junkie...

@tagaudi

3 жыл бұрын

"Sometimes people ask me: "Tell us, Frank. No, really, tell us, Frank: WHAT ARE YOU ON?" And then I tell them: 'I'm on duty!'"

@bikingfencer

2 жыл бұрын

😄

Thank you Poitique

Simply THE BEST, no comparison.

and the sound ! the sound he got was killing

@bikingfencer

2 жыл бұрын

The Zappa revolution in performance was his ability to produce studio quality sound in live concerts.

Zappa is a man who really loves music,that's why he's a genius. Thanks for all.

@user-yp2mw2ko9k

5 ай бұрын

I also love music - does that make me a genius as well ?

@ViveLeQuebecLibreTabarnak

4 ай бұрын

how autistic are you?

@FrankBurnham

Ай бұрын

​@@user-yp2mw2ko9kYES!!!! YES!!!! DEAR GOD YES!!! patterns, art, create!

@FrankBurnham

Ай бұрын

Einstein played the Violen, not sure about Tesla.

Présent le vendredi 28 mai 1982, mon premier concert de Zappa.

@seanbrennan5192

Жыл бұрын

Lucky bastard! I was negative 14 years old…

5:38 is insane

Musical genius

best solo EVER

@moccagriselda

5 жыл бұрын

Could have been outdone only by himself.

Only for outer listeners, Very Franky. Thank You

I see his paintings here, but more poetically. Eternal solo!

Today is 24 A.Z. RIP, Uncle Frank. Instant compositions every night. Solos could be ugly and dangerous or full of feeling, like this example.

All you shredders - do this instead. (Bet you can't.)

@PaulRoseGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

Amen...

@auguston1991

4 жыл бұрын

they can´t they suck dick

I really like it, but miss tthis concert at 100 miles from my home!

RIP-genius Frank Zappa

Correction : L'album pour lequel Frank Zappa eut un Grammy Award en 1988 n'est pas "Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch", mais l'album "Jazz from hell", album qui contient ce solo...

Perhaps one of Zappa's best guitar solos, ever. Zappa rules. #TheGuidoKGroup

Phantasticuss fantastico!

I had no idea footage of this solo existed at all. Amazing.

miss you Frank, lov you forever, irène from france

fantastique musicien..

this live version is on the Jazz From Hell album- yes, its that clean.

wow just perfect deep wow

🌠 Wowie Zowie...Zappa eee...

un grand monsieur ce zappa

PHANTASTIC!!!1!!

Zappa Genius.

Que c'est bon.... Merci Frank

he can't be beat he can't be beat he can't be beat he can't be beat

Just fucking wow! Thanks for this wonderful post - and thanks Thomas for sharing the filming....

fantastisch

Thanks

miss you Frank irène from france

@anothervinnie7413

4 жыл бұрын

A moi aussi...Vincent

Hendrix? Page? Clapton? Zappa!!!!!!!

@moi3557

5 ай бұрын

Page was playing in the sand compared to Frank.

"Air Sculptures" as Dweezil called them.

@HakanTunaMuzik

Жыл бұрын

Frank himself called them that

I like it.

He's perfectly Frank.

If anyone knows the French guy please send him a message…Fulcanelli waits in the golden arches

Ils n'ont rien à faire dans l'enfer,ils sont dignes du paradis !

Superbe morceau comme d'hab.

Stunning!

Zappa is the man

I was there,hi franckie.

I was there !

Live Frank..........Astounding.

5:33 The chicken and the spider technique of Frank Zappa.

@frankystrings

4 жыл бұрын

no. that's tapping. if sounds like a chicken. everything he plays in this solo is a chicken and spider technique

Sympa; merci beaucoup pour toutes ces précisions.... Vu qu'on prend notre retraite à la fin de l'année on est content que d'autres frenchies prennent la rélève... !!!! Pour info nous avons eu le "chargé aux affaires culturelles" de la Ville de Saint Etienne il y a 2 mois au téléphone... il tombait des nues !!! arf arf ( chargé c'est bein le terme kill faut ! ) There is No Hell ! ... :-c

@p.b.palaciosalmafuerte3463

Жыл бұрын

No entendi mucho, pero me parece que hablas sobre la reforma jubilatoria en francia?

I love jamming on this masterpiece

Best guitar solo ever.

viva Zappa, miss you, irène from france

Un style unique loin de la virtuosité debile des shredders Il sculpte dans la masse sonore , taille directe au burin avec des formules rythmiques d’avant-garde : quasiment impossible de repiquer un solo pareil : le placement est trop complexe. Un bel exemple de musique, il a développé une phraséologie qui n’a aucun équivalent à ce jour !

oh Frank miss you