105 - Frank Zappa - Willie the Pimp
May 20th, 2008 by arthur
We continue the Frank Zappa theme with a song off the album Hot Rats, Willie the Pimp.
This has one of the greatest riffs I know. It gets pretty repetitive after a while, but still. The only thing I can’t really stand about this song is Captain Beefheart’s screeching. What I find most amazing is that he recorded this around the same time the Beatles made Abbey Road. Frank was way ahead of his time.
Youtube - weird clip with the studio version.
Youtube - Dweezil covering Willie the Pimp during the Zappa Plays Zappa tour.