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As the lights go down inside the Philharmonic Hall, the anticipation felt by the audience as they await the son of the legendary Frank Zappa, the just as eminent Dweezil Zappa, was akin to urged to be patient before the start of the Big Bang, everybody knew how important it was, everybody sensed it, they just couldn’t wait for it to begin.
Zappa Plays Zappa, the Grammy winning group that features Frank Zappa’s son, Dweezil Zappa has made and recreated history performing the music of Frank Zappa over the past 8 years, is set to embark on an epic musical trek across the U.K. celebrating the classic Frank Zappa album Roxy & Elsewhere.
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of that pivotal Zappa fan favourite, the entirety of its repertoire, including the provocative rhythms of Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?, Echidna’s Arf (Of You) and Be-Bop Tango (of the Old Jazzmen’s Church)”* will be performed live on stage.
Originally published by L.S. Media. September 8th 2012.
The very name of Frank Zappa still feels like an enigma, somebody that was never really understood except through his music. When the musician passed on in 1993, the world lost one of its great musical eccentrics, most prodigious, prolific and all round good guys. With more than 60 albums to his name, whether solo recordings or with his band The Mothers of Invention, he had created music that was as diverse and difficult to categorize as any musician alive. The self- taught musician’s taste for the eclectic was marked him out as a true superstar and when he passed on, it seemed that the music may have died with him.