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Music / Musik » alt.fan.frank-zappa » Zappa does Zappa right
| Zappa does Zappa right [message #283558] |
Fr, 23 Juni 2006 02:56 |
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Frank Zappa was surely looking down and smiling on the Dodge Theatre on
Wednesday night as his son Dweezil and a handful of his former
bandmates presented Zappa Plays Zappa, a three-hour celebration of
Frank's music.
But first, a mea culpa. In our Sunday edition we ran a picture of Ringo
Starr from the movie 200 Motels by mistake. It caught the eye of
Dweezil who mentioned it from the stage. No disrespect was intended and
a correction has been issued - it was a shame that our mistake marred
the show for Dweez and the band. advertisement
But the photo wasn't the only problem to mar Wednesday's show. An
introductory video of Frank performing in 1974 had to be stopped
because of problems, and later during the show the video screen was
tried once again, projecting Frank soloing over the song Chunga's
Revenge, but again it failed to work properly. The audience didn't
complain either time, just grateful to be hearing Frank's music on
stage again, and Dweezil apologized profusely, even though he was
clearly frustrated by the technical problems.
But those glitches aside, Zappa Plays Zappa was an unqualified success.
The six-piece band assembled by Dweez was tight, the fomer members were
full of personality, and Dweez's love of his father came through in
every note he played.
After the aborted video, Dweezil brought the band on early, starting
the show with an unreleased instrumental gem called Imaginary Diseases.
Singer and Zappa alum Napoleon Murphy Brock joined the group halfway
through, before taking the mic for the ancient Hungry Freaks, Daddy,
from Zappa's 1966 debut, Freak Out.
Brock's boundless onstage energy was another key to the success of
Zappa Plays Zappa. He sang the bulk of the set, which drew heavily on
Zappa's early '70s output. His clownish faces and silly dances made
numbers like Cheepnis and Montana all the more fun.
The second guest of the evening was drummer Terry Bozzio, who played
with Zappa in the late '70s before founding the new wave band Missing
Persons. Unfortunately Bozzio injured his arm during a recent concert
and was limited in his drumming. Bozzio proved that should he ever lose
his drumming ability he can find a new career as a frontman, stalking
the stage during the punkish I'm So Cute and Trying to Grow a Chin.
At Dweezil's urging, Bozzio went behind the kit for the hilarious
Punky's Whips, showing that even one-handed, he is one of the best
drummers in the world. Bozzio would return during the encores for an
extended duet with the main drummer Joe Travers.
Following Bozzio's appearance came guitar wizard Steve Vai who joined
the group for some of Zappa's most popular tunes like Peaches en
Regalia. Only slightly less of a showman than he is during his solo
concerts, Vai did stay out of the spotlight mostly, moving towards
center stage only during his extended duels with Dweezil on Montana and
More Trouble Every Day.
But the regular band members were no slouches either. Saxophonist
Scheila Gonzalez blew some amazing solos during King Kong, while
Mohawk-sporting keyboardist Aaron Arntz delivered the bluesy riffs on
Eat That Question with aplomb.
The star, however, was clearly Dweezil, whose love for his father
shined in every not he played on his dad's Gibson SG. Vai's flashy
soloing on Zomby Woof may have been exciting, but Dweez's expressive
solo on Inca Roads elicited the biggest response of the evening. After
years of playing the shred-guitar god, Dweezil has found his musical
calling.
As the band took its final bows Dweezil promised to make Zappa Plays
Zappa an annual event.
"With 70 albums we have plenty of music to choose from," he said.
Here's looking forward to an encore visit. Perhaps with Flo and Eddie
or Ike Willis sitting in?
Setlist:
Imaginary Diseases
Hungry Freaks, Daddy
Let's Make the Water Turn Black
Florentine Pogen
Pygmy Twylyte
The Idiot Bastard Son
Cheepnis
King Kong
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
St. Alfonso's Pancake Breakfast
Father O'Blivion
Inca Roads
Eat That Question
I'm So Cute
Trying to Grow a Chin
Punky's Whips
The Black Page
Peaches En Regalia
Montana
Village of the Sun
Echidna's Arf (of You)
Don't You Ever Wash That Thing
Zomby Woof
Chunga's Revenge
Camarillo Brillo
Son of Orange County
Trouble Every Day
A Token of My Extreme
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