Bongo Fury review by Ed Ward
[alert_box type=”info”]This review for the Zappa / Mothers / Beefheart collaboration originally appeared in the January 1976 edition of Creem.[/alert_box] A classic Cal Schenkel cover surrounds one of the most listenable Zappa / Mothers records since the old days, but anyone coming to this set to hear Beefheart will be semi-disappointed. Semi because he does a lot of singing on Bongo Fury, but what he’s singing are the same old Zappa lyrics, which deal with the same old Zappa hang-ups. It’s a strange experience to listen to the album’s first cut, “Debra Kadabra,” and hear Beefheart singing like Beefheart, but realize a little way intoRead More →