Sleep Dirt (instrumental) explained

Sleep Dirt
Type:instrumental
Artist:Frank Zappa
Album:Sleep Dirt
Released:January 19, 1979
Length:3:20
Label:DiscReet
Producer:Zappa

Sleep Dirt is an acoustic guitar duet featuring Frank Zappa and James Youman on Zappa's album Sleep Dirt.

The song's tone is described as intimate as Frank Zappa's sliding left hand gives it a special flavor. Zappa played a fast paced solo, while Youman played the accompaniment.[1] The track has some of the dreamy intensity of half-conscious perception as Youman falters at the end and Zappa asks, "you getting tired?"; "no, my fingers got stuck."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Page 348; Frank Zappa: "The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play" by Ben Watson, St. Martin's Griffin, New York, 1995
  2. Book: Poetry of Reality. Norman, K.. 1998. Taylor & Francis. 9780203986387. 121. 2014-12-14.