Frank Zappa is out to get you!

Frank Zappa is possibly my favorite guitarist (although Gina Gleason of Baroness is right there, too) just from his guitar soloing on “Out to Get You” from Grand Funk Railroad’s 1976 album Good Singin’, Good Playin’. The March 2022 article about Zappa had some amusing quotes: “So therefore, in order to really play guitar, you’ve got to hire a band, and that becomes cumbersome. And I guess nobody’s going to want to audition just to be in Frank’s backup band, just so Frank can play guitar.” I think there is some good singin’ and good playin’ on that Grand Funk album (which Zappa produced), but on “Out to Get You,” the band is especially inspired, and Zappa’s soloing is “something transcendent, something out.”

— Peter Egley Jr.