Frank's bodyguard John Smothers. talks about the Zappa band during the 1978 tour and about FZ. Interview with John Smothers From the German video, "We Don't Mess Around." Interviewer unknown. John: Hey, how you doin? Yeah! Interviewer: Fine, how are you? John: Fine. Interviewer: Uh, John, what's your profession in the band with Frank Zappa? John: I'm a professional bodyguard, I take care of Frank. I make sure nobody touches him, everybody stays in line, make sure they get on the plane right, walk behind the road manager, make sure he does every damn thing right, cuz he costs (?) all the time. Interviewer: How you are skilled? For that profession? John: How was I done what? Interviewer: Skilled? John: Well, I took care of majors and generals and the paratroopers, and when I got out the service I didn't know nothin' to do. So I bought a couple limousines, and got in the bodyguard business. Interviewer: Um, you are together with the band. What do you know about the band? John: Well, I've seen seven different bands go on around here. Seven different bands. From George Duke down to Flo & Eddie, and this band he's got now is more crazy than the last band. The last band we had, we had- we had six puppies. In this band we got three of the puppies raised to be dogs, now I got three little poodles in place of 'em! The drummer's a poodle, the guitar player's a poodle, and that guy from St. Louis, he's a poodle. It takes 'em a whole year to grow up to be a full-grown dog. Interviewer ...