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<<But he did have a tendency to jump into new technology before it had really matured (the electronic drums on the '84 tour, ewwww....but then again, a lot of people where using those then.)>> I'll have to listen to the recordings I have from the 84 tour, and get back to you on that one. I will admit that drum solo on Does Humor Belong In Music is a bit too...well, I'm not a fan of drum solos in the first place, but I sometimes think the sounds that Chad came up with there sound more like a product demonstration that something you wuold present to a record buying or concert attending public. On the other hand, I always liked what Bill Bruford did with electronic drums, and was a bit dismayed when I saw King Crimson in 95, and saw that he had moved back to mostly using an acoustic drum set. I've since reversed myself, because, though he probably was one of the more interesting people I've heard use electronic percussion, he's also just as interesting and amazing when he plays an all acoustic kit. I remember being thoroughly impressed with his drum solo that opened the early show at The Knitting Factory in NYC on the BLUE tour (I'll always kick myself for not attending the late show, as well). But getting back to Zappa, I once read where he said one of the head of R&D at New England Digital (the company that manufactured the Synclavier) accused Frank of pushing the instrument past it's capablities on purpose, or something to that effect. ===== May you never thirst! The Scuba Diver Presently Known As Chris "What do you get when you give a yo-yo to a flock of flamingos?"-James Earl Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com