Ep445: Dweezil Zappa - Return of the Son of...

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Dweezil Zappa returns to The Vinyl Guide to share stories of Frank, the recordings, Frank's record collection, an unreleased track with Eddie Van Halen, discuss his tour celebrating 50 years of "Roxy & Elsewhere", "Apostrophe'" and more!

The changing world of touring
50 years since "Roxy & Elsewhere" & "Apostrophe"
Memories of the making of Roxy and Apostrophe
"Roxy and Elsewhere" arrangements and approach for live shows
Frank's approach to being "in the moment" in a guitar solo
Dweezil's live interaction with other band members
The Rox(postroph)y touring band
Did Dweezil recognize the uniqueness of his upbringing?
Dweezil's history with playing guitar
Seeing the guitar neck as shapes
Working with his dad and musicians that were around the house
Frank's response to Dweezil becoming a musician
How did Frank look back on "Roxy & Elsewhere" and "Apostrophe"?
Various entry points to Frank's music
Does Dweezil have his father's archivist mentality
Dweezil has had no involvement for Zappa Family Trust releases
Thoughts on the recent Roxy box sets
What Zappa music is Dweezil still aspiring to play?
ROX(POSTROPH)Y tour plans, international tour dates?
Dweezil's version of "Stayin' Alive" with Ozzy Osbourne
Frank and Ozzy's interactions
Frank's vinyl collection and listening habits
When the Zappa family would receive Frank's latest album
Did Dweezil have any time with Randy Rhoads?
The unreleased "What The Hell Was I Thinking?" track w/ Eddie Van Halen, Brian May, Angus and Malcolm Young & lots more
Dweezil is remixing projects for ATMOS (Deep Purple 'Machine Head' recent project)
The history and future of "What The Hell Was I Thinking?"
Working with Brian May, Joe Walsh and Eddie Van Halen
Any special guests on the ROX(POSTROPH)Y tour
Dweezil's podcast "Running with the Dweezil"
Interview wrap up

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, I'm Dweezel Zappa, and you're listening to The Vinyl Guide.
0:04.3	This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective
0:08.1	sleeves for your vinyl collection. Ask for the groove washer from your local shop or go
0:12.3	to groove washer.com. Discount code, vinyl guide 10. And now, on with the show.
0:21.3	Welcome to the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds.
0:26.1	Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer.
0:29.7	Oh, well, hey, everyone, it's Nate.
0:32.5	I hope you're well.
0:33.9	Hope you had a nice record store day over the weekend, got plenty of loot.
0:39.3	I saw lots of social media with you guys and more, just grabbing records over at the
0:46.4	independent record shops.
0:47.6	Looks like everyone had a great time.
0:49.4	So glad it all came together.
0:51.5	Now, today, dear people, we have on the podcast, Mr. Dweasel Zappa, son of Frank, of course,
0:57.9	and we're talking about a myriad of topics. Frank's record collection, being taught guitar by Steve
1:04.9	Vye, his father's attitude towards him going into the music industry.
1:17.6	We talk about Dweasel's unreleased track that features Eddie Van Halen, Brian May, Angus and Malcolm Young, and about 40 other guitarists, as well as discussing the upcoming
1:24.0	Dweasel Zappa Rockspoffy Tour, celebrating 50 years of what are some of my favorite
1:30.6	albums, Roxy and Elsewhere, Apostrophe, and I'm sure there's going to be a few other notable
1:36.3	tunes in there. Tour dates, tickets, and more shenanigans available at dweaselzapha.com.
1:43.2	Now, here on the Vinyl Guide podcast, we've had many Zappa alumni on the show.
1:49.7	Just Google up, Vinyl Guide, Zappa, and you'll get a whole list of them. Dwezel is just one of
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