I have had Frank on the brain lately. Between the war, the various scandals in Washington, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and their ilk, along with a host of other minor and major indignities I can't help but wonder what Frank would be saying to all of this. I mean he was pissed back then and the world was only maybe half as stupid as it is today!
I don't seperate Frank the Artist from Frank the Philosopher/Social Commentator. Regardless of the hat he was wearing on any given day he was one of the most independent and unique cultural figures of his time.
Hopefully this compilation shows a lot of different sides of his music: the 60s freak-out stuff, the "classic period" or "comedy music" from the early 70s, the virtuoso touring bands throughout the 80s and the "serious" work he was doing right before his death.
Download Burning Dervish Volume 10: Frank Zappa Update: we received
a cease and desist from the Zappa Family Trust's attorney and as a result have removed the mix from the site. Buy Frank's music anyway, though.
The original albums some of these tracks appeared on can be found here.
In trying to set psyched up for the new Wilco record I thought it would be fun to throw together a mix of various Tweedy stuff from over the years...I'm already digging
the new stuff they are steaming on wilcoweb...
While putting this compilation together I realized that it has been seventeen years since Uncle Tupelo's
No Depression came out. If that doesn't impress you think about what year it was seventeen years before that...Definitely seems like a different lifetime to me.
Hope you dig the mix.
Burning Dervish Volume 9: Jeff Tweedy - 17x1The original albums some of these tracks appeared on can be found here.
