Twenty Small Cigars (F. Zappa)

Jan Jonsson · Post by **Jan Jonsson** » 2 Nov 2022 8:02 am

Hi,

In contrast to many other musicians I never managed to produce any home recordings during the pandemic. Instead, I spent all of my time and energy on adapting courses at my university to remote teaching. Well, with that done I have finally found the time to revive my home recording equipment and also managed to find new musical inspiration in the process.

Here is my first post-pandemic home recording: a rendition of Frank Zappa's "Twenty Small Guitars", performed on a Desert Rose steel guitar and a Fender Nocaster. Accompanied by a small software trio on drums, acoustic bass and piano.

https://soundcloud.com/janjomusic/twenty-small-cigars

Best regards,
/Jan

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 3 Nov 2022 1:27 pm

very cool! sounds great Jan

Jack Stanton · Post by **Jack Stanton** » 3 Nov 2022 7:52 pm

Great stuff, Jan!

rick andrews · Post by **rick andrews** » 4 Nov 2022 5:02 am

Nice work on one of the mad genius's pieces.

Bill Sutton · Post by **Bill Sutton** » 4 Nov 2022 6:18 am

Awesome Jan...Its good to here from you...Its been A while. I Love your Music. And I really love your tablature on Lloyd Green's Music...Best there is. I got A great compliment from Lloyd himself on A song called "Venus Moon" that I learned with the help of your great Tablature. Lloyd said that "Most but not All the positions I used were the Same that he used"...Your tablature for that tune was very precise...Lloyd himself said so. I cherish that Compliment that my Steel Guitar Hero "Lloyd Green" gave me. Thanks for this post Jan...You are A great Steel Guitar picker...and A great Transcriber.

Bill S.

Jan Jonsson · Post by **Jan Jonsson** » 4 Nov 2022 10:00 am

Thank you for the kind comments. This tune has been on my wish list for a long time, so I'm glad I finally managed to record a version of it.

Inspired by Zappa's guitar sound on the original recording I also a made special mix of the tune, using a DAW auto-wah plug-in on the pedal steel fills in the second verse:

https://soundcloud.com/janjomusic/twent ... ah-version

Bill: I am pleased to hear that you have found my transcriptions useful. It was an extra bonus to hear that you got compliments from Lloyd himself.

Best regards,
/Jan

David Dorwart · Post by **David Dorwart** » 4 Nov 2022 6:55 pm

Outstanding!