From: fox-r@hippocampus.cis.ohio-state.edu (The Guitarist From Hell)
Subject: Proglink:  Zappa and Genesis solutions
Organization: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:15:36 GMT

Here are the proglinks that I have for Zappa and Genesis:
(note, some of these links could actually been done multiple ways,
where this is true, I have tried to include some of the variations)

The obvious one goes 
FZ --> Chester Thompson --> Genesis

Another one?
FZ --> Jean Luc Ponty
Jean Luc Ponty --> Daryl Stuermer (Daryl played on 3 or 4 Ponty albums)
Daryl --> Genesis

Here's a simple one (thanks to Carl Whalen for pointing this out to me!)
FZ --> Vinnie Coliuta --> Tony Banks (the album Still) --> Genesis

How about another one?
FZ --> Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew --> King Crimson
King Crimson --> Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford --> Genesis

OR  if you don't like the Bruford connection (because he only toured
with Genesis once), you can still get to Genesis using alternative routes
such as 
FZ --->  Belew --> Crimson -->
King Crimson --> Mel Collins --> Camel --> Phil Collins (who played drums
on one song of a Camel album :-)--> Genesis

More connections between Zappa and Genesis?  Well, lets try this one:
FZ --> Ansley Dunbar
Ansley Dunbar --> Journey
Journey --> Steve Smith
Steve Smith --> Jean Luc Ponty (on Enigmatic Oceans)
Jean Luc Ponty --> Daryl Stuermer --> Genesis

Even more connections?  Yes:
FZ --> Tom Fowler (or Walt Fowler or Bruce Fowler)
Tom Fowler --> Steve Fowler
Steve Fowler --> Chester Thompson (Chester played drums on one of
Steve Fowler's solo albums) --> Genesis


How about this convoluted one?
FZ --> George Duke
George Duke --> Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke --> Al DiMeola (they were together in Return to Forever)
Al DiMeola --> John McLaughlin (these two guitarists did an acoustic tour
once which included a live album) --> Jan Hammer (Mahavisnhu Orhcestra)
Jan Hammer --> Neil Schon --> Steve Smith (Journey) 
--> Jean Luc Ponty --> Daryl Stuermer --> Genesis

And here are several variations using Terry Bozzio:
FZ --> Terry Bozzio --> John Wetton (UK) --> Bill Bruford (via
UK or King Crimson) --> Genesis
or
FZ --> Terry Bozzio --> Jeff Beck --> Jan Hammer --> see above
or
FZ --> Terry Bozzio --> Eddie Jobson (they were both in UK together)
--> Ian Anderson --> David Palmer
--> Steve Hackett --> Genesis

and another involving Eddie Jobson more directly:

FZ --> Eddie Jobson --> UK -->...
or FZ --> Jobson --> Ian Anderson -->...

By the way, if you are not a Zappa fan, you should check out
Chester Thompson's drumming on either One Size Fits All or You
Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Volune II.  He plays some unreal drums,
and the other musicians (George Duke, Ruth Underwood) are unbelievably
good too. These two CDs are two of Zappa's finest, and well worth
your investment.  Check them out!!


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