John Mclaughlin and FZ.
For the clean slide tone: George Harrison
hmmm...i haven't really noticed FZ's tone...i'm too busy laughing at the lyrics....
"valley girl, she's a valley girl...ok fine, fer sure fer sure..." hahaha!
John Mclaughlin's tone is great!
have you heard his album Live in Paris? galing!
Mother Tongues!
How about these, mark:
"...the meek shall inherit nothing..."
"...she held my balls in a vise but she left the [sausage], I guess it's still hooked on but now it shoots too quick..." (Bobby Brown goes down)
"Disco boy, thats the way it goes, so wipe your nose and try it again to get a little pussy tomorrow...disco boy, you're no one understands - but thank the lord that you still got hands to help you do the jerking that will wipe out the disco sorrow." (Disco Boy)
Try out these tracks for the Zappa tone that I'm shooting for:
"Magic Fingers" (200 motels)
"Chunga's Revenge" (Chunga's Revenge)
"Muffin Man (live)" (Baby Snakes OST)
"Sharleena" (Chunga's Revenge)
"Five Five Five" (Shut up and play your guitar Disc 1)
"I'm the slime (live)" (his guesting on SNL)
As for Mclaughlin, I like his tone on these LPs:
with Miles Davis:
Tribute to Jack Johnson
Bitches Brew
Live-Evil
Mahavishnu Orchestra:
Inner Mounting Flame
The Lost Trident Sessions