A very good question! I believe the term was coined for AB... Prior to that, there's no reference to the word that I have ever seen. I'd think that George Duke would certainly have been capable of running a rehearsal... SOFA
--- On Sat, 2/9/13, abxer3p <abxe...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: abxer3p <abxe...@yahoo.com> Subject: [Zappa-List] clonemeisters through the years To: "Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com" <Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com> Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 5:12 PM Last night I wondered who had this position other than Arthur Barrow and Scott Thunes. It's been a while but I have read 6-8 or more Zappa-related books and can't remember. Was it that Frank always did it himself until the later years? And at that time was it because he had so many other thigns going on or was it due to his health problems? Joseph in NV