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| Roy Estrada | |
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 Estrada playing bass guitar 2006 Photo: Russ Desaulniers |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Roy Ralph Moleman Guacamole Guadalupe Hidalgo Estrada and Orejón |
| Born | 17 April 1943 Santa Ana, California United States |
| Genres | Rock and roll, R&B, Funk rock, Doo-woopExperimental rock, jazz fusion |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, record producer, actor |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, backing vocals |
| Associated acts | Little Feat, Frank Zappa, Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart, Lowell George |
Roy Estrada (also known as "Roy Ralph Moleman Guacamole Guadalupe Hidalgo Estrada" and Orejón) (born April 17, 1943 in Santa Ana, California) is an American musician and backing vocalist, best known for his bass guitar work with Frank Zappa and for co-founding Little Feat.
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[edit] Biography
With drummer Jimmy Carl Black and Ray Collins, Estrada was an original member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, having previously been a founding member of The Soul Giants — the band from which the Mothers of Invention was formed.
Prior to the Soul Giants, Estrada fronted a band called Roy Estrada and the Rocketeers. The group released at least one single on the King label, "Jungle Dreams (Part 1)" backed with "Jungle Dreams (Part 2)".
Estrada sang "Oh in the Sky" on the Mothers of Invention "Color me Pop" TV Special in October 1968 with a high-pitched voice. In addition to his work with Zappa, Estrada formed Little Feat with Lowell George in 1969, playing on their first two albums before quitting in 1972 to join Captain Beefheart's Magic Band,[1] by whom he was given the nickname Orejón ('big ears'). He also played bass for Zappa's transitional 1976 Zoot Allures touring band, provided vocals and acting for Zappa's 1979 film Baby Snakes, and vocal work for the 1980s Zappa albums You Are What You Is, Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch and The Man from Utopia.
[edit] Grande Mothers
Since 2000, Estrada has been playing with former bandmates from the Mothers of Invention. In 2002, he joined forces with fellow Mothers of Invention: Don Preston, and Napoleon Murphy Brock, from three very different legacies of Zappa alumni groups, along with guitarist Ken Rosser and drummer/percussionist Christopher Garcia to form "The Grande Mothers", the only Mothers of Invention/Frank Zappa alumni consistently performing the music of Zappa since 2002, with over 90 performances.
Since then they have performed at numerous concerts and festivals throughout the US, Canada and Europe, including Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Holland, Italy, Norway and Switzerland. In 2005, guitarist Miroslav Tadić replaced Ken Rosser in the lineup. Robbie "Seahag" Mangano has been the guitarist for all of the European Grande Mothers' tours since 2009.
In 2003 Estrada released his debut solo album Hamburger Midnight on the record label Inkanish Records, on which he collaborated once again with Jimmy Carl Black.
[edit] References
- ^ Barnes, Mike (2000). Captain Beefheart. Quartet. p. 164. ISBN 0704380730.
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