Stackwaddy - Willie The Pimp (Frank Zappa Cover)

From '' You Really Got Me '' Label: Dandelion Records -- 2001-331 Format: Vinyl, 7" Country: UK Released: 1972 Genre: Rock Tracklist A You Really Got Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6nRvobH57s B Willie The Pimp A side covers The Kinks' track. B side covers Frank Zappa's track. Published by Carin Music. ------------------------ "Willie the Pimp" is a blues rock song from Frank Zappa's 1969 album Hot Rats. It features an idiosyncratic Captain Beefheart vocal and one of Zappa's classic guitar solos. It is 9 minutes and 16 seconds long on Hot Rats. It is the only track that is not instrumental on the album, though the track features a long instrumental guitar solo. The song has also appeared on Zappa's Fillmore East - June 1971 and You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 albums. The album title Hot Rats comes from a lyric of Willie the Pimp. The origin of the song was explained in a conversation Zappa recorded in 1972. This interview recording was later released as "The Story of Willie the Pimp" on the Zappa album Mystery Disc. The song was ranked number 75 on the list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" of Rolling Stone. Hot Rats Fillmore East You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 Cover versions Juicy Lucy covered "Willie the Pimp" on their 1970 release Lie Back and Enjoy It, their version was included in Andy Votel's compilation Vertigo Mixed, released in 2005. Stack Waddy on their 1972 album Bugger Off! The band Clouds (with Adam McGrath) on their Legendary Demo on the track "Magic Hater" Qui on their 2007 album "Love's Miracle". Alex Harvey recorded a version that can be found on the album The Joker is Wild Former Zappa guitarist Warren Cuccurullo covered the song on his 1998 album Roadrage. New Jersey-based psychedelic/progressive rock quartet Karmic Juggernaut has been known to cover the tune in their live shows.