tony duran
tony duran
(* 1945/10/14, Los Angeles, California + 2011/12/19, Bruceville, Texas)
Tony Duran contributed slide guitar and vocals for
"Waka/Jawaka", "The Grand Wazoo" and "Apostrophe'
". He toured with Zappa's Grand Wazoo Orchestra, September
1972, and with the Petit Wazoo Orchestra (or The Mothers, as they were called at
the time) from October until December 1972.
He can also be heard on "Joe's Domage" and on "Imaginary
Diseases".
Tony Duran was the lead guitarist of Ruben And The Jets, who's first album was produced by Zappa.
In 1980, Tony Duran toured with the Grandmothers. A couple of recordings from this tour can be found on the Grandmothers' "The Eternal Question" album.
Anthony (Tony) Philip Duran passed away on December 19, 2011 after a two year battle with prostate cancer.
discography
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15 |
frank
zappa: waka/jawaka
(1972, lp, usa, bizarre) |
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16 |
the
mothers: the grand wazoo (1972, lp, usa, bizarre) |
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| ruben
& the jets:
for real (1) (1973, lp, usa, mercury) - produced, featuring, parts written & arranged by frank zappa |
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| ruben and the jets:
con safos (2) (1973, lp, usa, in-discreet) |
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18 |
frank
zappa: apostrophe (') (1974, lp, usa, discreet) |
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grandmothers: the eternal question (2001, cdr, ger, private release) - feat. various ex-moi; incl.zappa compositions |
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73 |
frank zappa: joe's domage (2004, cd, usa, vaulternative records) |
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76 |
frank zappa: imaginary diseases (2006, cd, usa, zappa records) |
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| bunk
gardner: it's all bunk! (2007, cd, usa, crossfire publications) - feat. various ex-moi |
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82 |
frank zappa: wazoo (2007, 2cd, usa, vaulternative records) |
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83 |
frank zappa: one shot deal (2008, cd, usa, zappa records) |
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| bunk
gardner: it's all bunk! (reloaded) (2010, download, -, crossfire publications) = revised edition - download only |
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104 |
frank zappa:
the crux of the biscuit |
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109 |
frank zappa:
little dots (2016, cd, usa, zappa records zr20026) |
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| frank zappa: rollo /
portland improvisation (2017, 10", usa, zappa records bpr1230) - record store day release |
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random notes
Charles Ulrich says:
Tony Duran was the only musician besides Frank
Zappa to play on both 1972 studio
albums and on both 1972 tours. He was the lead guitarist of
Ruben
And The Jets, named
after singer Ruben Ladron De Guevara and the Frank Zappa album "Cruising With Ruben
And
The Jets".
Zappa produced their first album,
"For Real", released in 1973.
Former Mother Motorhead
Sherwood played baritone sax and tambourine in
Ruben And The Jets.
Guevara
and Jets rhythm guitarist Robert "Frog" Camarena provided backing
vocals on 'Cheepnis' ("Roxy And Elsewhere"), something on "Apostrophe",
and (Guevara only) 'Find Her Finer' ("Zoot Allures"). Tony Duran himself
is heard on 'Apostrophe', a studio jam recorded at Electric Ladyland
Studios, New York, in September, 1972, during the Grand Wazoo tour.
In the sixties, Tony Duran played tenor sax with The Premiers, an east
side Chicano rock group. He is mentioned in the Mark Guerrero website at <http://www.markguerrero.net/11.html>.
A very fine picture can be found at <http://www.markguerrero.net/pa5.html>.
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