Tom Collier recorded a fine version of FZ's 'Magic Fingers'.
It got released on his "Boomer Vibes, Volume 1" album in 2023.
Tom elaborated on Frank Zappa:
When I first arrived in Los Angeles in 1975, I was called to be a substitute percussionist for Frank Zappa's orchestra concert in Royce Hall, on the UCLA campus. As it turned out, I was able to participate in the rehearsals and play the concert when one of the other percussionists got sick. Later on, after Ruth Underwood "retired" from his band, Frank asked me to take her place. However, I had other projects I was working on and didn't want to go on the road for the next 10 months. He asked me again in 1979 after I had moved back to Seattle, but once again I was involved in projects I couldn't give up for months of traveling. So, the timing was never right for me to join his band.
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