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Bunk Gardner
Bunk Gardner in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, The Netherlands, c. October 1968
Born	John Leon Guarnera (1933-05-02) May 2, 1933 (age 91) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations	Multi-instrumentalist performance artist

Bunk Gardner (born John Leon Guarnera; May 2, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American musician who most notably played for the original version of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention until the group disbanded in 1969. He plays woodwinds and tenor sax.

Career

Gardner started playing music at the age of seven by taking piano lessons. When he was a teenager he started playing the tenor sax. In 1959 he played with Bud Wattles & his Orchestra's album Themes from the Hip. Later he played with Joanna & the Playboys in 1962. By late 1966 Gardner had joined Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, playing tenor sax and other woodwinds. The Mothers found success, with Absolutely Free and We're Only in It for the Money entering the charts. In late 1968 his brother Buzz Gardner joined the Mothers, staying until the group disbanded a year later. Gardner played with Menage A Trois with Buzz and John Balkin. Later he recorded with Geronimo Black and the Grandmothers.

In 1980 Gardner and other members from the Mothers of Invention reunited to form the Grandmothers, recording a few albums and reuniting again in 2002. Gardner has done a few projects with Don Preston, a member of the Mothers, making a few albums and touring with him.

Gardner also plays flute, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, and bass and soprano saxes.

Don Preston remains Gardner's close friend. In 2010 he recorded Gardner's autobiography (audiobook) "The Bunk Gardner Story" (featuring Don Preston), in Arthur Barrow's lotek studio, produced by Jon Larsen for Zonic Entertainment.

From 2003 to 2009, Gardner was a member of the Los Feliz Woodwind Ensemble with founder Kalman Bloch and Michele Zukovsky.^[1]^[2]

Personal life

Gardner married his wife Bonnie in 1977; the couple have two daughters.

Discography

With Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

Absolutely Free
We're Only in It for the Money
Lumpy Gravy
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
Uncle Meat
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
Ahead of Their Time
Mystery Disc
Finer Moments
Road Tapes, Venue 1
The Ark (BTB)
Electric Aunt Jemima (BTB)
Our Man in Nirvana (BTB)

With The Grandmothers

The Grandmothers (1981)
Fan Club Talk (1981)
Lookin Up Granny's Dress (1983)
A Mother of Anthology (1993)
Who Could Imagine? (1994)
Eating The Astoria (2000)

With Geronimo Black

Geronimo Black – Uni – 1972
Welcome Back Geronimo Black – Helios – 1980.

Bunk Gardner solo releases

It's All Bunk – Crossfire Productions 2007
The Bunk Gardner Story – part one - Zonic Entertainment 2011
The Bunk Gardner Story – part two - Zonic Entertainment 2011

References

^ "Kalman Bloch". Rharl25.wixsite.com.
^ "Skylight Books Celebrates Eight Years (Like the Number of Legs on a Spider)". Laist.com. October 29, 2004.

External links

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Napoleon Murphy Brock

Studio albums

Articles	Scott Kolden
Groups	Alice Cooper Band Flash Focus Gong Hawkwind The Magic Band The Mothers of Invention Utopia

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention

Official releases
(1966–1993)

1960s	Freak Out! Absolutely Free We're Only in It for the Money Lumpy Gravy Cruising with Ruben & the Jets Mothermania Uncle Meat Hot Rats
1970s	Burnt Weeny Sandwich Weasels Ripped My Flesh Chunga's Revenge Fillmore East – June 1971 200 Motels Just Another Band from L.A. Waka/Jawaka The Grand Wazoo Over-Nite Sensation Apostrophe (') Roxy & Elsewhere One Size Fits All Bongo Fury Zoot Allures Zappa in New York Studio Tan Sleep Dirt Sheik Yerbouti Orchestral Favorites Joe's Garage Act I Joe's Garage Acts II & III
1980s	Tinsel Town Rebellion Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar You Are What You Is Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch The Man from Utopia Baby Snakes London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger Them or Us Francesco Zappa Thing-Fish The Old Masters, Box I Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention Does Humor Belong in Music? The Old Masters, Box II Jazz from Hell London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II The Old Masters, Box III Guitar You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 Broadway the Hard Way You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3
1990s	The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life Make a Jazz Noise Here You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 Playground Psychotics Ahead of Their Time The Yellow Shark

Posthumous
official releases

1990s	Civilization Phaze III The Lost Episodes Läther Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute Have I Offended Someone? Mystery Disc Everything Is Healing Nicely
2000s	FZ:OZ Halloween Joe's Corsage QuAUDIOPHILIAc Joe's Domage Joe's XMASage Imaginary Diseases Trance-Fusion The MOFO Project/Object The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh) Buffalo The Dub Room Special! Wazoo One Shot Deal Joe's Menage The Lumpy Money Project/Object Philly '76
2010s	Greasy Love Songs "Congress Shall Make No Law..." Hammersmith Odeon Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison Carnegie Hall Understanding America Road Tapes, Venue #1 Finer Moments AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack Road Tapes, Venue #2 A Token of His Extreme Soundtrack Joe's Camouflage Roxy by Proxy Dance Me This 200 Motels: The Suites Roxy the Soundtrack Road Tapes, Venue #3 The Crux of the Biscuit Frank Zappa for President ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary Chicago '78 Little Dots Halloween 77 The Roxy Performances Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary Halloween 73 The Hot Rats Sessions
2020s	The Mothers 1970 Halloween 81 Halloween 81 Highlights Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition The Mothers 1971 Zappa/Erie Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana Waka/Wazoo Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich Funky Nothingness Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Whisky a Go Go Apostrophe(') 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Miscellaneous

Compilations	The *** of the Mothers* Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa Strictly Genteel: A "Classical" Introduction to Frank Zappa Cucamonga Cheap Thrills Son of Cheep Thrills

Birthday Bundle series	2006 2008 2010 2011

Singles

Other
compositions

"Absolutely Free"
"Advance Romance"
"The Adventures of Greggery Peccary"
"America Drinks & Goes Home"
"Are You Hung Up?"
"Billy the Mountain"
"The Black Page"
"Brown Shoes Don't Make It"
"Camarillo Brillo"
"Cheepnis"
"Duodenum"
"Father O'Blivion"
"Help, I'm a Rock"
"G-Spot Tornado"
"I Have Been in You"
"Inca Roads"
"Jewish Princess"
"Let's Make the Water Turn Black"
"A Little Green Rosetta"
"Memories of El Monte"
"Montana"
"Muffin Man"
"Nanook Rubs It"
"Plastic People"
"The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet"
"Rollo"
"Sleep Dirt"
"St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast"
"Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance"
"A Token of My Extreme"
"The Torture Never Stops"
"Uncle Remus"
"Watermelon in Easter Hay"
"Who Needs the Peace Corps?"
"Willie the Pimp"
"Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station"

Filmography

200 Motels
Baby Snakes
The Dub Room Special
Does Humor Belong in Music?
Video from Hell
Uncle Meat
The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
The Amazing Mr. Bickford

Relatives

Influence

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Rubén Guevara Tony Duran Robert "Frog" Camarena John Martinez Robert "Buffalo" Roberts Bill Wild Bob Zamora Jim Sherwood Ray Collins Frank Zappa Roy Estrada Jimmy Carl Black Arthur Dyer Tripp III Ian Underwood Don Preston Bunk Gardner
Studio albums	Cruising with Ruben & the Jets For Real! Con Safos
Related articles	Frank Zappa The Mothers of Invention
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