Guess That Record is a podcast hosted by Canadian musician Jackson Reed. Each week Jackson will sit down with a special guest for an in-depth interview about their career and experiences. Then, the guest will have to guess which album Jackson pulled from his collection, leading to a discussion about the record. A show for anyone that’s a fan of music, Guess That Record will be posting new episodes on Wednesdays!
Excellent interview ! As said the interviewer is very respectful and calm. What I have to say is not influenced by my dire love for F.Z's music. In fact as much of a fan of Frank's music, his intellect and extremely erudite thought process, you have to admit he was beyond self assured to the point of arrogant. Which is fine, coming from a genius that has to deal with so much mediocrity around them. I have seen Dweezil play 8 or 10 times and was part of a small group of fans that got to interact with him directly. With all the celebrities around him and his father's fame growing up I would expect Dweez to be a little rocky. NOT SO ! Dweezil is one of the most down to earth and compassionate of famous musicians as you will ever find ! Dweezil (in my eyes ((and ears)) truly a saint ! A sai t for his compassion and caring. A saint for all he has been through with family squabbles and to just press on. A saint for working so diligently at learning to reproduce his Father's live sound legacy.... and a saint 8n a few words "he is just a super cool guy !"
Great interview. Thanks, I enjoyed it very much. I have been a Zappa fan since the late 1960s. However, “Keep it greasy”, isn’t that what they were saying as they were raping Joe in prison?
Big respect for Dweezil. He was being nice to the host and certainly knows that subtracting the Roth era albums diminishes the Van Halen catalog WAY MORE than subtracting the Hagar period albums. VH went generic and stale... almost late period Journey post Roth. The new direction, they went, (which wasn't exactly groundbreaking) hardly qualifies as a progression or a period of artistic growth.
@@donniemoder1466 As I said in the video, it's like a mix of rock and reggae, with the latter being stronger in the mix than the former. Still a totally unique sound!
It's such a refreshing change to watch a Zappa interview which focused on the music. Frank Zappa must have got so fed up with being asked about the names of his children. There were so many things that could have been discussed with Frank. Dweezil comes across as a fascinating bloke, just like his dad. One has to be a very good musician to play the music of Frank Zappa.
Dweezil is not interested in a residency in Vegas, but I don’t think that means Vegas isn’t a zapper sort of town. If Santana could have a lively residency in Vegas, I’m sure the Zappa could as well with his jamming. I would also say there are a lot of tribute bands with successful residences in Vegas.
This album was such a part of my youth. I just love it still to this day. I actually have 8 of these albums, because I’m trying to get each color pattern they made. I’ll get them all one day!
Dweezil, what a great guy…to do this interview. For me, he has had difficult road being offspring of a famous musician…both for expectation, and the fact that he is a great player in his own right and constantly being asked about his dad. In many respects for him to reproduce the music is more difficult than playing the original solo…Frank was known for almost never composing a solo, but improvising on the fly. Thank you Dweezil!
What a great interview with Chuck. Crazy to see how many artists he has worked with. His energy in this interview is definitely noticeable, and it is clear he cares about the questions.
Thanks again! I went to school for journalism, and one of the main things I got drilled into me was to not speak over the subject in an interview. Besides, we're all here to listen to these amazing stories from our guests, so I let them do the talking!
Dweezil is awesome! Such a cool guy and it gave me warm and fuzzies to read your words 'Frank's greatest creation' Let's not forget his older sister. She does not get the press or public exposure as Dweez.... yet you have to admit she qas one of Frank's greatest creations as well !
Absolutely love David! Really nice interview. Toto is and was spectacular. Top shelf musicians. Paich is so personable. How nice that he spoke with you. ❤👍🏼
Really enjoy this! Great to see a young musician who loves Frank's music. I saw the mothers in Central Park, New Your City in 1968 (yeah, I'm that old) and my wife & I got guitar lessons, as part of a group lesson, from Dweezil. Dweezil is a prince! In the group lesson was a young fella, maybe 12 who was battling cancer. Dweezil had him up on stage playing with the band at that night's performance.
31:14 Montana is a song about pubic hair. The premise is that when a pubic hair inadvertantly gets between your teeth, it does the same job as dental floss, so why not package pubic hair as dental floss? Dweezil said that a piece of one song was occasionally repurposed later as its own song. (26:50). That's the case with Montana. The line "The hair escaping from my teeth" from the song "The Air" was the inspiration for the dental floss in the song Montana. The album Uncle Meat also featured dental floss on the cover. Why Montana? The shape of Montana's borderline looks like a hairy crotch. Ravalli county looks like a dinky male protuberance. If you scale the map to the size of a human groin, you'd only need a tiny horse to ride along the borderline. Wax and tweezers are for plucking hair. I might be wrong. Dweezil should start marketing black dental floss.
Dweezil is not just the Son of Zappa. He is an outstanding musician and a very gentle person. He visited Denmark 3 times and I stood there touching the scene not to miss a single detail. Great interview!
sorry to hear the torment Dweezil went through on running man. But I have always felt that his using his dads line "don't touch that Dial" from the song I'm the slime was easily the high point of that movie.
