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Episode 140: “Trouble Every Day” by the Mothers of Invention

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Zappe Buff - The Man Who Made Them

By the early sixties, as well as plain guitar in bar bands, Zappa was working as an assistant for a man named paul buff. Paul Buff had worked as an engineer for a guided missile manufacturer, but decided that he didn't want to do that any more. He opened up the first independent multi crack recording studio on the west coast, using equipment hed designed and built himself.Buff engineered a huge number of instrumentals there, including wipe out by the sapabes. The bee side to that grunnon run was written by zapper, who also plays guitar on that side.

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