I was at Frank Zappa's last gig June 9 1988 (although none of knew that at the time) in Genoa - I'd met him earlier whilst in Rome, and saw him after the gig. He left his Notepad (price on the back - $0.69) and there was the set list and 3 earlier attempts in his distinctive scrawl. Also of note he had written the then mafia Murdoch Silvio Berlusconi on the inside cover.
I read a year later in his autobiography that Italian TV wanted him to write the music for the FIFA futbol Italia 1990, he gave them Dio Fa - God is a Liar, which seems to have been rejected in favour of the 3 tenors.
Duncan Sanderson of the Pink Finks has my whirlwind guitar lead.
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