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You already know that Frank Zappa had no peers as a guitar player. Sure other people like Page, Hendrix and Clapton get more press and radio play, but when it came time to standing before a life audience and making up a spontaneous composition called a "Guitar solo", Zappa simply had no peers, no one even in his section of the Universe.
For example, take the original version of "Inca Roads" with Chester Thomson on drums. Forget for a second the "Septuplets From Hell" section and focus on the solo starting at about 2:00. It's a classic in its own right and had he never played it again, it would have been amazing.
But then along came Vinny Colaiuta and together, Frank and Vinny put together a staggering collaboration that is currently forgotten but will one day be studied in music schools all over the world
For example, take the original version of "Inca Roads" with Chester Thomson on drums. Forget for a second the "Septuplets From Hell" section and focus on the solo starting at about 2:00. It's a classic in its own right and had he never played it again, it would have been amazing.
But then along came Vinny Colaiuta and together, Frank and Vinny put together a staggering collaboration that is currently forgotten but will one day be studied in music schools all over the world
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