I just went and put the album on. My name is Joe. And the cover looks JUST like my dad. Love that album.

Me too!

@@AZmic69 I'm so happy that Zappa chose to include in his vast repertoire a song that tugs on the heart strings. Music has always been very emotion-evoking for me, and Zappa one of my favorite composers. My dad introduced me to his music when I was 5. To not have a Zappa tear-jerker would have been so unfortunate. Thank you Frank!

I don't know what to feel when I hear this song

"he begins to feel depressed now... he knows the end is near..."

*Amazing. 😅

Thanks Robert! Was really happy with this one and there's not a lot of covers of it. Wish this video did better however.

Thanks Bob, appreciate that very much! Love this one as well.

Thanks mate!

Case and point kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mL1yjM2b37Haeas.htmlsi=36vu6dOk-fFi9zGL

Thank you Paul! Appreciate that.

Thanks man. That's the whole point I guess. All those great solos that fly under the radar.

Thank you very much. Happy New year to you as well.

Kind of you to say, I appreciate that. Love this piece.

Thanks, and thanks for watching!

Joe's garage was when I first got into Zappa. Loved that album.

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar It was Apostrophe for me. I knew the lyrics to that entire album. (I only tinker around on guitar, so sadly I can't really "play" ) I could sing/recite them word for word with or without the record playing...my friends thought I was nuckin futs. I'm 61 now & gotta laugh when I think about how fanatical I was about certain music back then. Those were the days.

Thanks Pedro as always. That guitar has been my go-to for the past few months. Love it. Can't put it down.

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar I've been listening to this over and over... One small detail, you mentioned this to be in the key of C#, but it seems to be E major?

I learned it by ear and played it in C# minor. I just looked it up and The Frank Zappa guitar book says that it's actually in E Mixolydian. But one can play the E Major scale (in this case the relative minor would be C# which I played) over it and it still sounds bitchen.

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar It sounds E ionian to me (try the Emaj7 chord, E7 doesn't seem to fit, and it isn't a lydian sound either), but you are right about the relative minor of E major being C#.

Thanks for listening!

Thanks for watching! Was quite pleased with this one, and sadly few watch it.

Thank you! Worked hard on this tone if I remember correctly.

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks very much!

You're too kind mate, thanks!

Their for watching man! Was proud of this one and no one watches it sadly.

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar was my wedding song, uncut off joes garage some ppl got blowed away lol

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar do rat tomago good stuff

Why thank you very much! I adore this piece. Was a joy to play.

Well that's high praise indeed, thank you man! That means a lot. I like to think that I have a similar noodley style in my own playing.

Thanks Dan! Built her myself.

Weird melancholy e major though. And the progression goes IV I V as well so where's it really resolving to

E is also the 3rd t

E also being the third of C# minor so makes sense for phrases to be resolving there

For me, it's more so the song itself within the context of the whole triple album. Or in the context of Zappa's works. Or within everything (not to sound pretentious). The song itself is the "something" that "happens." Because I'll agree, there is essentially no progression within the song. Some new instruments get added in, the guitar goes from clean to driven, and it alternates between composed and improvised. But that's it. I usually don't seek out songs that don't change ("jam" music I guess), but if the song somehow feels connected (or contrasting) to something beyond itself (even if that's just the few songs before/after it), then that changes things. What it is that makes the connection depends on the song. In the case of Watermelon in Easter Hay, it's that it's so different, more relaxed, and more "beautiful" (should you perceive it that way) than its context.

It's a partscaster that I built.

The solo I mean

I haven't played this in four months. Would have to relearn much of it, but I'll give it some consideration.

I agree it would be amazing if you did!!

Not knocking ya. This was amazing. Especially the second, overdrive part.

Larry! Thanks as always, appreciate it man.