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6 unusual facts about Chad Wackerman


Chad Wackerman

Chad has also toured with James Taylor, best friends Mark Linn-Baker and Larry Sweeney, John Patitucci, Jeff Lorber, and Joe Sample, as well as fellow Zappa drummer Terry Bozzio in a series of all-percussion concerts.

Two pieces of music, "Mo and Herb's vacation", and "The Black Page" were considered exceptionally difficult.

Forty Reasons

Forty Reasons is the first studio album by drummer Chad Wackerman, released in 1991 through CMP Records; it was later reissued together with Wackerman's 1993 album The View as a limited edition double-disc compilation.

Legs Eleven

Legs Eleven is the fourth studio album by drummer Chad Wackerman, released in 2004 through the Australia Council for the Arts.

The Black Page

In 2001, Terry Bozzio and Chad Wackerman released the video "Solos and Duets" which features "The Black Page" played as a duet between the two ex-Zappa drummers with a transcription of the piece scrolling along the bottom of the screen as it is being played .

The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa

The compilation has never been made available officially in other formats (compact discs, etc.), but the cassette contains some unique material, including an unreleased guitar solo and an excerpt from an unreleased remix of "Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra" from the Studio Tan album, featuring drum overdubs by Chad Wackerman.



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