Name Denny Walley | Role Guitarist | |
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Albums Spare Parts, 2 Originals of the Mothers of Invention Music group The Mothers of Invention (1975) Similar People Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tom Fowler, Peter Wolf, Bruce Fowler, Jimmy Carl Black | ||
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Denny Walley is an American guitarist who was born in Pennsylvania 4 February 1943.
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- Career
- Frank Zappa
- Captain Beefheart
- The Magic Band
- References
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Career
Denny Walley spent much of his childhood in New York City before his family moved to Lancaster, California, in 1955 where he met Frank Zappa.
Denny Walley has played with many bands over the years and is best known for his work with Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. He also played briefly with Geronimo Black in 1972.
Captain Beefheart gave him the nickname Feelers Rebo.
Since 2003 he has been touring regularly with the reformed Magic Band.
Frank Zappa
Walley played guitar, slide guitar and also provided vocals for the following Frank Zappa albums:
Captain Beefheart
On the original Bat Chain Puller album (recorded in 1976, but released only in 2012 due to legal ownership problems) he played accordion on the track "Harry Irene", as well as guitar and slide guitar on all the tracks.