Dweezil Zappa

Wow! This is awesome! A fantastic resource! Thanks again Allen for sharing all of your materials with us. Many practice hours ahead to look forward to!......Read more

Yes…great point Roxy! I read your citation of Greg Renoff’s research on Alex and Edward’s piano teacher Stanley Kalvitis and it is clear that the piano and knowledge of it certainly impacted Ed greatly. Greg and I have spoken......Read more

Here’s a link to my forum thread in which I go over what I’ve learned about how to set up a Fender vibrato system. Dweezil mentioned this in this episode and this thread also includes links to the Fender vibrato set-up/mod......Read more

Here are my handwritten TABs for the opening lick from the “Ice Cream Man” solo and the ending descending lick from that solo which were discussed in Ep. 23. In all my transcriptions, I make sure to include the left hand......Read more

Here is a link to the live version of “Sitting On Top of the World” from Cream’s ‘Goodbye’ LP that was discussed as being so critical to Ed’s playing. The unaccompanied solo flourish at the end begins at around 4:34......Read more

The very fast lick near the beginning of the “Panama” solo is an example that I played which is an extension of the Clapton “Sitting On Top of the World” ending solo lick patterns: And another example of this Clapton......Read more

To demonstrate Ed’s penchant for whole step bending with his Index finger rather than his Ring finger in his typical blues box playing, I played the opening lick from the “Jump” solo which is a great workout for these Index......Read more