Peaches en Regalia

"Peaches en Regalia"
Single by Frank Zappa
from the album Hot Rats
B-side	Little Umbrellas
Released	1970
Recorded	1969
Genre	Instrumental rock, jazz fusion, Progressive rock
Length	3:38
Label	Bizarre
Writer(s)	Frank Zappa
Producer	Frank Zappa

"Peaches en Regalia" is an instrumental jazz fusion composition by Frank Zappa. It was released on Zappa's album Hot Rats in 1969 and has been recorded many times since. It was also released as a single in 1970, with "Little Umbrellas" as the B-side. Zappa used the piece on many of his tours, often as either the opening or the encore of a show.

"Peaches en Regalia" has been included in the "underground" version of The Real Book, despite being compositionally more complicated than typical jam session tunes. Having a song included in the book has been described "the ultimate insider credential for a jazz composer".

The tune is used as instrumental background music on the BBC London radio programme presented by Danny Baker. It was also the theme tune for the early 1970s BBC2 show One Man's Week.

A cover of the piece recorded by Zappa Plays Zappa (including Zappa's son Dweezil and former Zappa alumni Steve Vai and Napoleon Murphy Brock) won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in February 2009.

Personnel

• Frank Zappa — guitar, octave bass.
• Ian Underwood — keyboards, flute, saxophone, clarinet
• Shuggie Otis — bass
• Ron Selico — drums

Renditions

By Zappa

Year	Album	Notes
1969	Hot Rats
1971	Fillmore East, June 1971	Live
1981	Tinsel Town Rebellion	Live as "Peaches III"
1991	Any Way the Wind Blows	Recorded live in 1979, released as part of the Beat the Boots series.
1992	Swiss Cheese / Fire!	Recorded live in 1971, released as part of the Beat the Boots II series.
2010	Odeon Hammersmith	Recorded live in 1978 at the famous London venue.

On tribute albums

Year	Performer	Album
1994	The Muffin Men	Say Cheese & Thank You
1994	Riccardo Fassi Tankio	Plays the Music of Frank Zappa
1995	Harmonia	Harmonia Meets Zappa
1996	Omnibus Wind Ensemble	Music by Frank Zappa
1997	Ed Palermo	Ed Palermo Big Band Plays the Music of Frank Zappa
1999	The Dangerous Kitchen	Pays Tribute to Frank Zappa
2004	Ensemble Modern	Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa
2004	The Muffin Men	Bakers Dozen
2004	Pollo Del Mar	Lemme Take You to the Beach (Various artists)
2005	Colin Towns	Frank Zappa's Hot Licks

Other versions

Year	Performer	Album
1994	Jon Poole	What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
1995	Meridian Arts Ensemble	Prime Meridian
2000	Dixie Dregs	California Screamin'
2000	The Grandmothers	Eating the Astoria
2006	Dweezil Zappa	Go with What You Know
2006	Daniele Sepe	Suonarne 1 per educarne 100
2007	Phish	Vegas 96
2007	The Roots	How I Got Over
2009	Les cris de Paris (a cappella)	Encores (alpha)
2011	Phish	2011/07/01 I Super Ball IX, NY