Re: [Zappa-List] Kona Brewing Company

[Milhouse481]

In a message dated 10/13/06 3:40:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought I read somewhere that it was in the Honolulu Airport Lounge... Or maybe it was another airport lounge, and Nappy turned him down at first because his band was booked for a gig in Honolulu... Milhouse? My recollection was that FZ "discovered" NMB singing in some kind of lounge band, yes..   Let's find out...   http://www.united-mutations.com/b/napoleon_murphy_brock.htm sez...   Frank Discovered Napoleon Murphy Brock in a Hawaiian nightclub leading a top 40 soul band.   from: jon naurin i've read somewhere that zappa found napoleon on a short vacation to hawaii. brock supposedly played in a local cover band, and fz was fascinated by his singing and his stage personality (and so am i!)         jon naurin writes: i found the actual quote, from new musical express, 5-oct 1974:  napoleon murphy brock? who, you may well be asking, is napoleon murphy brock? get this, nmb is the black guy over there with the saxophone and the flute and the moustache. he is the mothers' latest lead singer, and frank discovered him in a hawaiian nightclub leading a top 40 soul band. at the end of the set, napoleon was summoned to the presence. 'i said, "who is frank zappa?" they told me he was the leader of the mothers. i said, "oh, right. he's the guy who has his picture taken sittin' on the toilet.'" so frank told napoleon that he'd like him to join the mothers and leave the following week on a european tour. napoleon turned him down because he and his group had been booked into the nightclub for another seven weeks and told zappa to call him when he got back. he ended up joining the band, playing sax and singing backup on 'apostrophe' and graduating to lead singer of the touring band. (writer unknown)   __._,_.___ For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. SPONSORED LINKS Frank zappa Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___