DESCRIPTION:
1988 03 05'
Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland, OH
Vid 188min
From sircussalot @ http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4814

[0:00] Crowd/Tuning
[1:01] Voter Registration/Panty Rap
[7:10] The Black Page
[14:51] Dickie's Such An Asshole
[21:02] When The Lie's So Big
[24:39] Planet Of The Baritone Women
[27:22] Any Kind Of Pain
[33:58] Texas Motel Medley
[42:52] Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
[50:15] Sofa
---intermission---
[52:59] FZ on Cover Story 12 10 88
[1:16:44] FZ on Arsenio Hall Show 02 ?? 89
[1:27:44] Gail and Dweezil on 'Home' cooking show '80s
---intermission---
[1:34:49] Preamble/Panty Rap
[1:36:19] Let's Move To Cleveland
[1:42:20] Packard Goose
[1:49:41] King Kong (w/ When Horn Players Talk)
[2:04:09] I Am The Walrus
[2:07:51] Andy
[2:13:12] Inca Roads
---encore---
[2:24:14] Peaches En Regalia
[2:27:07] Stairway To Heaven
---encore---
[2:36:35] Sharleena
[2:44:28] Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (cuts during solo)
[2:53:40] Zappa on CNN 1989

Frank Zappa (guitar/Synclavier/vocals)
Ike Willis (rhythm guitar/vocals)
Mike Keneally (stunt guitar/keyboards/vocals)
Robert Martin (keyboards/Synclavier/ vocals)
Ed Mann (percussion/Synclavier/vocals)
Scott Thunes (bass/mini-moog)
Chad Wackerman (drums/electronic percussion)
Walt Fowler (trumpet/flugelhorn/Synclavier)
Bruce Fowler (trombone)
Paul Carman (alto/soprano sax)
Albert Wing (tenor sax)
Kurt McGettrick (baritone sax).

I have no rights to the lyrics or music of these songs or contents of videos
Buy official albums here: https://www.zappa.com
Find more unofficial recordings here: https://www.zappateers.com

From PAT BUZBY at (http://members.shaw.ca/fz-pomd/1988/marchrvw.html#35):
This is an example of a solid '88 show - fun and well played, with a couple of surprises. We get an all-Republican first set, with the Republican and Texas Motel Medlies sandwiched between "The Black Page" and "Sofa." Tonight's "Any Kind Of Pain" solo is the one FZ chose to release on BTHW, and this solo exemplifies his style on this tour - acoustic musing that somehow manages to incorporate both his most lyrical playing and his coarsest blues-influenced mannerisms. Aside from that, "Dickie's" finds Ike forgetting the words in the preaching section again and doing some amusing ad-libs to cover it up, and some weird low harmonies appear briefly on the "quadrophonic desperation" line. (Shades of the 1974 TV special version of "Stinkfoot.") Tonight's audience is exceptionally rowdy (at least judging from my tape), and they give the Texas songs a good reception.

Set 2 starts with the inevitable "Let's Move To Cleveland"; FZ's solo reverts to the wandering melancholy of the '82 takes (cf. "Is That All There Is?" on Guitar) rather than the free jazz extravaganzas of '84. An entertainingly jazzy but average "King Kong" (sans guitar solos) benefits greatly from Bruce Fowler's monologue, which appears on MAJNH. As Keneally once reported on the Zappa newsgroup, this was intended as the first installment of "When Horn Players Talk," but no one could follow Bruce's act.

The "Andy"/"Inca Roads" conclusion also helps make this a good second set, but the peak comes with the extended second encore. After the tour premiere of "Sharleena," FZ whips out one of the longest and hottest "Oh No" solos of '88, leading Chad on some extended chases; outings like this wipe away the memory of the brief, perfunctory solos that plagued many of the February shows. "Illinois Enema Bandit" follows with a "Chunga's Revenge" quote in FZ's solo and some early "bus ride" joking in the outro. A fine show - and you know that FZ is in good form when he manages to tie together the voter registration pitch and the panty rap.

- PB

Thanks for listening and please share.