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Artist: Frank Zappa
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Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
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Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
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Mark Volman (vocals)
Howard Kaylan (vocals)
Ian Underwood (keyboards, woodwinds)
Aynsley Dunbar (drums)
George Duke (keyboards, trombone)
Martin Lickert (bass)
Ruth Underwood (orchestra drum set)
Jim Pons (vocals)
Theodor Bikel:
Ladies and gentlemen!
Chorus:
200 motels
Theodor Bikel:
200 motels.. Life on the road.
Theodor Bikel:
Ladies and gentlemen! and here he is..
Who?
Larry the dwarf.
Larry likes to dress up funny. Tonight he's dressed up like Frank Zappa.
Let's ask him "What's the deal?"
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