Clearthinker - most people have no idea who Sandy Denny was talking about tragic. My favorite work with her at the helm would be Liege and Lief. After about 1/2 hour of Shut Up my eyes start to cross. I guess I prefer Zappa's solos in the context of his songs. He gets so technical sometimes the sole is missing, the mirror image of Duane Allman. I do love Uncle Meat and Burnt Weeny Sandwich. Call Any Vegetable probably has his most famous guitar solo.
Thanks for the response @Mijo
Here in the UK Sandy was far bigger than stateside. She was born in Wimbledon where I grew up, just a couple of years older than I. Her brother was at my school.
I agree about Liege and Lief. I listen to it often. It is Fairport's masterpiece and perhaps the centrepiece of folk-rock because it retains the folk idiom in a way that, say, Mr Tambourine Man does not.
It would be in my next 5 if OP had permitted. But listen to Grassman again - it showcases her wonderful voice in a way L+L cannot, as well as some wonderful quiet introspective songs.
Zappa is surely by far the most under-rated rock guitarist of all time, tragically taken as he was about to break further into the world of serious orchestral music, financed by his rock career. I take it you have heard the orchestral releases?
