PETER WOLF AND GIPSY LOVE

Peter Wolf studied classical piano at Vienna’s Conservatory of Music. At the age of 16, he won the "European Jazz Festival" as a solo pianist. 

In the early seventies, Peter Wolf was a part of Austrian band Gipsy Love. They recorded two albums.

Coming to America in his early twenties, Wolf worked with local musicians such as Neal Starkey (bassist) and Bill Hatcher (guitarist) in Atlanta, Georgia and with Steve Sample Jr (drummer, son of Steve Sample, Sr and Ray Reach (keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist) in Birmingham, Alabama.

After his time in the southeastern United States, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he played keyboards for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s. After his work with Zappa, he then went on to the band Group 87 with Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Peter Maunu, and Mark Isham.

I revisited the Gipsy Love albums this morning.
Seventies rock.
Quite enjoyable.
"Here We Come" includes several tracks that were co-written by Thomas Nordegg, FZ's (but also Dweezil and Steve Vai's) guitar tech, among other things.

• gipsy love: gipsy love
      (1971, lp, austria, BASF) -> reissued on CD in 2011

• gipsy love: here we come
      (1972, lp, germany, PAN) -> reissued on CD in 2011

YouTube snippet:

FRANK ZAPPA - HALOWEEN 77 - SHOW #1

I've been listening to the first show of FZ's "Haloween 77" set and I've enjoyed it a lot !!

Released as part of the Halloween 77 box, but also available on iTunes !!

What a show.
What a band.
With 24 minutes of 'Wild Love'  !!


frank zappa: guitar, vocals
adrian belew: guitar, vocals
patrick o'hearn: bass, vocals
terry bozzio: drums, vocals
ed mann: percussion, harmonica, vocals
tommy mars: keyboards, vocals
peter wolf: keyboards

live at palladium, new york city, ny, 10/28/1977 - show 1 (02:17:24)

1. introductions (03:28)
2. peaches en regalia (02:42)
3. the torture never stops (13:05)
4. tryin' to grow a chin (03:37)
5. city of tiny lites (06:04)
6. pound for a brown (08:05)
7. bobby brown goes down (04:33)
8. conehead (09:19)
9. flakes (04:03)
10. big leg emma (01:47)
11. envelopes (02:29)
12. terry's solo (04:42)
13. disco boy (03:53)
14. lather (03:36)
15. wild love (24:05)
16. titties n beer (07:16)
17. audience participation (00:48)
18. the black page #2 (03:02)
19. jones crusher (02:48)
20. broken hearts are for assholes (03:52)
21. punky's whips (09:43)
22. encore audience (01:21)
23. dinah-moe humm (04:55)
24. camarillo brillo (03:35)
25. muffin man (04:36)

PETER WOLF, JOEL TAYLOR

Former Zappa keyboard player Peter Wolf can be heard on Jeff Richman's "Last Arrival" album from 1996. And you might also recognize Joel Taylor (on drums), who recently toured with The Banned From Utopia.

http://ketmokin7audio.blogspot.be/2016/11/jeff-richman-last-arrival-1996.html

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

ZAPPA - CHICAGO '78

• zappa: chicago '78
      (2016, 2cd, usa, zappa records zr20025)

"Chicago '78".
Frank Zappa captured in concert at the second show at the 'Uptown Theater' on September 29, 1978.
The band featured FZ, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf, Ed Mann, Arthur Barrow and Vinnie Colaiuta'.

disc one

1. chicago walk-on
2. twenty-one
3. dancin' fool
4. easy meat
5. honey, don't you want a man like me?
6. keep it greasy
7. village of the sun
8. the meek shall inherit noghing
9. bamboozled by love
10. sy borg

disc two

1. little house i used to live in
2. paroxysmal splendor (includes 'fz & pig', 'i'm a beautiful guy', 'crew slut')
3. yo mama
4. magic fingers
5. don't eat the yellow snow
6. strictly genteel
7. black napkins

Beautiful.

THE ROYAL DAN TRIBUTE

"The Royal Dan Tribute" is the title of the Steely Dan tribute album that got released in 2006.
Contributions by Robben Ford, Steve Morse, Al Dimeola, Mike Stern...
With an exceptional backing band : Vinnie Colaiuta, Jimmy Haslip, Peter Wolf and Ernie Watts.
That's three musicians that worked with Frank Zappa !

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

ANDRE HELLER

André Heller released a number of albums in the early eighties that featured a number of Zappa alumni.

• andré heller: basta
      (1978, lp, ger, mandragora intercord int 460 110)
  feat. peter wolf, terry bozzio, patrick o'hearn, ed mann, vinnie colaiuta

• andré heller: verwunschen
      (1980, lp, ger, mandragora intercord int 160 152)
  - feat. vinnie colaiuta, peter wolf

• andré heller: stimmenhören
      (1983, lp, ger, his master's voice 1c 066-46748)
  - feat. peter wolf

A PETER WOLF UPDATE

Former Zappa keyboard player Peter Wolf says:
"Over the last two years we have been working on a fun new platform ...... check it out - it's a blast !"

The website : http://wolfmillesi.com/

Another website : http://www.whamslam.com/

The YouTube movie :