Roy Estrada
| Roy Estrada | |
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Estrada playing bass guitar 2006
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Roy Ralph Moleman Guacamole Guadalupe Hidalgo Estrada and Orejón |
| Born |
April 17, 1943 Santa Ana, California United States |
| Genres | Rock and roll, R&B, funk rock, doo-wop, experimental rock, jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer, actor |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, vocals, guitarrón |
| Years active | 1964–1994 2000–2012 |
| Associated acts | The Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa, Little Feat, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band |
| Notable instruments | |
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Fender Precision Bass Höfner 500/8 Ibanez Soundgear |
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Roy Estrada (also known as "Roy Ralph Moleman Guacamole Guadalupe Hidalgo Estrada" and "Orejón"; born April 17, 1943 in Santa Ana, California) is an American musician and vocalist, best known for his bass guitar work with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and for having been a founding member of Little Feat, playing on their first two albums.
He is also a convicted sex offender, first having been convicted of child sex abuse in 1994 and serving six years imprisonment, then plead guilty to abuse of a young relative in 2012. As of 2016 Estrada is incarcerated in California and is ineligible for parole until he is 93 years old.
With drummer Jimmy Carl Black and vocalist Ray Collins, Estrada was an original member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention. Previously, Estrada had been a founding member of the Soul Giants, the band from which the Mothers of Invention was formed.
Prior to the Soul Giants, Estrada fronted a band called Roy Estrada and the Rocketeers. The group released at least one single on the King label, "Jungle Dreams (Part 1)" backed with "Jungle Dreams (Part 2)".
In addition to his work with Zappa, Estrada formed Little Feat with Lowell George, Richie Hayward and Bill Payne in 1969, playing bass and singing backing vocals on their first two albums before quitting in 1972 to join Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. Beefheart gave him the nickname "Orejón" ('big ears'). He also played bass for Zappa's transitional 1976 Zoot Allures touring band, and provided vocals and acting for Zappa's 1979 film Baby Snakes, and vocal work for the 1980s Zappa albums You Are What You Is, Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch and The Man from Utopia.
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