While I have yet to find a mint copy of Frank Zappa’s Best Band’s May 17th, 1988 concert in Barcelona, Spain, that truly does justice to their overall performance, there are still clips on YouTube which are worth watching – especially those which highlight the particular talents of the horn section: Paul Carman (saxophone), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Walt Fowler (trumpet, flugel horn), Albert Wing (saxophone), and the late Kurt McGettrick (saxophone, clarinet). In the following three clips – “Black Napkins”, “Strictly Genteel” and “Bolero” – the horn section certainly shines:
Barcelona setlist:
The Black Page #2
Packard Goose
Sharleena
Bamboozled By Love
Black Napkins
When The Lie’s So Big
Planet Of The Baritone Women
Any Kind Of Pain
Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk
Sofa/Find Her Finer
Big Swifty
I Ain’t Got No Heart
Love Of My Life
The Torture Never Stops I
The Torture Never Stops II
Bolero
Watermelon In Easter Hay
Whipping Post
I Am The Walrus
The Illinois Enema Bandit
Strictly Genteel
Zappa In Barcelona, 1988 is a blogpost from killuglyradio.com.
