House Music to Dance For

The Girl's on Fire (Extended Fire Mix)

Words and Music © 1978 by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

An unreleased track from the Gaucho sessions with slight overdubs.

The Last Gaucho

Kulee Baba

Some People Never Know

You're My Candy Lover (2021 Remix)

Frank Zappa appeared on the American radio show Castaway's Choice, hosted by John McNally. 1989

Radio 1990

Frank Zappa On Castaway's Choice 1989

DJ Dave Herman of WNEW FM, interviews Frank Zappa on the radio. Frank takes phone calls from fans and Dave Herman asks Frank about being on David Letterman, and not playing in Manhattan any more.

Dave Herman Interview With Frank Zappa 08-10-1982

It Wuz and Still Iz Late Octobra

I've Known You Before

Unfulfilled Shopping Cart Syndrome

The Second Arrangement

Straight from the Truancy Genes

I Can Hardly Hold My Food Down (Variation 2)

Star Smile Strong

Clam Radio (Frammis Version)

Clam Radio Samba

Anthony Pomes and I performed this John Lennon classic live in my studio back in the mid 2000's.  This track can be found on my CD E-Phant. https://johntabacco.bandcamp.com/album/e-phant-2

Words and Music © 1969 by John Lennon
DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS OBO LENONO

Cold Turkey

Consume The Position

Pure Stupid Sound Collage

Everything is a Write Off So Fugetaboutit Johannesburg

Arte Povera's Dream

Consume The Position Postlude

This is an excerpt from a radio interview that took place in April of 1975 at Connecticut radio station, WPLR.  Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart were in attendance promoting a show they were going to do that night. This took place in the afternoon and WPLR (a commercial station) allowed Zappa to play some new music he had not yet released.  As a 13 year old hearing the variety of music Zappa unleashed was like heaven to my ears.  In the two hours they were on FZ played the following pieces from an acetate (a test pressing)... "Inca Roads", "Can't Afford No Shoes", "San' Berdino", "The Regyptian Strut", the unedited version of "200 Years Old" and the original mix of "The Adventures of Greggery Peccary".  I recorded this onto my cheap mono Norelco cassette machine, hence the shabby sound quality.

Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart On WPLR In April Of 1975

A New Kind Of Love

A New Kind Of Love (Extended Version)

Who Can See It?

Bless You For No One

Bless You

For No One (feat. Mostly Moptop)

This is a re-mix of an unreleased song by Steely Dan. It was recorded live in 1996 in Manassas, VA. A.I. was used to separate the mostly mono mix into stereo. Various compression and equalization was applied to each track.
Words and Music © 1996 by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

Wet Side Story (2024 re-mix)

This track was recorded live using two microphones during a rehearsal that Sushi Savant had at Suburban Hermit Studios III, in Ronkonkoma, NY.  Using an A.I. program, that stereo mix was taken apart and remixed for a wider sound and a cleaner vocal. The song was only performed live once, which is a shame because it is such a great tune written by the very talented songstress, Susan DeVita.

Those who play this:
John Tabacco : Lead Vocal, Acoustic Electric Guitar
Joe Gioglio : Electric Guitar, Harmony
Jim Pastor : Electric Guitar
Mike Christian : Bass
Gary Settoducato : Drums

"I Confess" © 1987 by Susan DeVita, Published by Mr. Chichooli Music (SESAC)

I Confess (Sushi Savant rehearsal 6-23-23)

A cover of Frank Zappa's classic "Let's Make The Water Turn Black".  I recorded this right after 9/11.  Some of the lyrics have been changed (sorry) to reflect the time period but the performance is spirited.  For true believers only.

Let's Make The Water Turn Black

This is a phone interview Nigey Lennon and I did in 2010 with Lorraine Belcher who knew Frank Zappa intimately throughout his life.

Nigey Lennon and John Tabacco

The Lorraine Belcher Interview with Nigey Lennon and John Tabacco

Some old and some new house / montage piece.  Kind of a mixture of things found on House Music To Dance For by Tabacco, Pati, DiMauro.

It Ain't Puff Daddy, But What Ya Gonna Do?

Tell Me Why Then!

Yo' Chill, Chill, Let Me out and Watch You Fly

The World Doesn't Revolve Around That Way

M.I.P.

Saturn, Moon Matrix Distractions

Come Back Baby

Go Figya

I'm Borrrrrrred (feat. Jim Dexter, Marci Geller & Sirka Louca)

Playing around with a new interface, I needed something to record. I just took Paul McCartney's sweet little ditty and extended it a bit. (Based on a true story).
Words and Music © 1970 by Paul McCartney.
Additional words and Music © 2020 by Tabacco

Recorded at Suburban Hermit Studios, Stony Brook, NY
JT: All things...

The Lovely Linda (extended) - Paul McCartney cover

Script 2020

Venetian Blinds and Curtains - You Can Keep on Your Mask

John Tabacco is an American composer, singer songwriter, producer, recording engineer, multi instrumentalist and graphic artist. He has engineered /mixed and mastered music for hundreds of New York recording artists as well as projects released on BMG: The Kemelions, RCA: Faze, Rampage/Rhino: Rhett Forrester, Columbia: Rebbie Jackson, Rykodisc : Bob Marley, Columbia: Chris Jasper, Electra: Sonia Dada and Nickleodeon’s Are You Afraid Of The Dark? He is the CEO of It Iz What It Iz Music Publishing which currently holds over 600 songs in its catalog. He has been an associate producer for IndiMusic TV and hosts a bi-weekly radio program (CLAM RADIO) on college radio WUSB.fm since 1999.

His musical background consists of extensive study of orchestration with noted 20th century composer John Lessard, harmony with the late electronic music maverick Bulent Arel, and composition with Stony Brook University professor Peter Winkler. He received his BA in Music from Stony Brook University in 1983. 

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined. His style is a melding of pop - jazz -rock - avant garde / aleatory, classical and comedy.  He has been recording his music non stop since 1979.

Of note: In 1989 the satirical, absurd house song "Go House Yourself" co-written by Tabacco, Pati and DiMauro reached position 39 on Billboard's dance chart. 

In 2014 Tabacco signed a record deal with Texas, indie label, Muffin Records. They released his CD “Unfulfilled Shopping Carts Syndrome” internationally.

John Tabacco

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