GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY! MUSIC INSPIRED BY FRANK ZAPPA

Usually the one-man-bands are defective with at least one of the instruments played. This is not the case. I've been nicely surprised by Jay Danleyl's technical skill with all the instruments he has played in this album. Not only he plays guitar as well as the great Frank, but everything he has put in the album is amazingly well played.

The compositions are very Zappa'esque, as the album title says. I'm sure that Frank would have approved this work. The spirit of Zappa is present also in the track's title, which have the same irony and have the power of sending a message even though all the tracks are instrumental.

Example: Bozo's Bonanza. I had to do some research to understand its meaning. It refers to Alan Livingston, the Capital Record president who was the creator of "Bozo the Clown" and later responsible of the broadcasting of Bonanza on NBC.

Googly Moogly indicates surprise and it seems was used by Willie Nelson in a blues before Zappa started making use of this interjection.

But let's go back to music. As Zappa said, "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture", so I won't attempt to describe the very complex tracks which are full of Zappa's humour also in the instrumental sudden changes inside the tracks.

I felt a bit of "darkness" in the central part of "Poker with Tarot Cards", but the rest is full of light and very enjoyable also for those who are not into the music of Frank Zappa.

I don't know the other works of Jay Danley, so I don't know how much he relates to Zappa. This album is a sort of tribute and it reaches its target. Let me joke about it being the first album composed by Frank Zappa after his death.

Well done...

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