Author Topic: Zappa Plays Zappa... (Read 397 times)

olieoliver · « **on:** December 16, 2006, 09:50:07 PM »

Don't know if anyones had a chance to see this show but I highly recommend it. It just got home from the Dallas (Nokia Theater) show and was very pleased.
Dweezil sure has got his dad's knack for finding good musicians.
Steve Vai and Terry Bozio where both very good but it was Dweezil's band that I was most impressed with.

Very loud but also very good.
Bravo Dweezil, bravo!

inthelows · « **Reply #1 on:** December 16, 2006, 10:24:10 PM »

Is there a site to catch dates for this?
Thanks
NLP

olieoliver · « **Reply #2 on:** December 17, 2006, 05:57:43 AM »

Here is the official site Zappa Plays Zappa

davr35 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2006, 08:07:13 AM »

I'm going to the show tommorrow night in New Orleans will report back

mikedm · « **Reply #4 on:** December 17, 2006, 12:01:11 PM »

Hey, Olie, I don't know about you, but it took the entire drive home for my head to clear.

Strickly speaking, the band was outrageous, extremely tight, lots of fun and not a wasted moment. Dweezil did his homework, too.

Opened with Andy and never looked back.

Catch them if you can.

David Houck · « **Reply #5 on:** December 17, 2006, 05:55:58 PM »

The guitar player in my band went to the Atlanta show. He thought it was amazing. He's a big Zappa fan.

olieoliver · « **Reply #6 on:** December 17, 2006, 07:04:59 PM »

The show in Dallas was awesome. I'm not really a huge Zappa fan but I always appreciated the musicianship his music contained. Dweezil's show was no exception either.
I was especially impressed with a Scheila Gonzalez, she played keys, sax and provided vocals, all 3 at the same times it seemed like too.

to_81_0190 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 17, 2006, 07:47:30 PM »

This thread make Zappa fan who is living in Japan frustrate! It's Me! @;+?/*-!!!

mikedm · « **Reply #8 on:** December 18, 2006, 02:47:06 PM »

Set list for the Dallas show lifted from another discussion board, not in order performed. Not being a Zappa-head I can't vouch for accuracy, I leave that to the more Zappa infected/affected/effected members. The Bozio era material was played back to back. Black Page was great.
Andy (opener)
Inca Roads
Sofa #1 (closer)
Florentine Pogen
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (the whole epic, but without Nanook Rubs It)
Black Page #1
Black Page #2
Cheepnis
Pygmy Twylyte
Tell Me You Love Me
Call Any Vegetable (different arrangement)
Zomby Woof
I'm the Slime
I'm So Cute
Tryin' to Grow a Chin
Punky's Whips
Oh No / Orange County Lumber Truck / Harry, You're a Beast
Trouble Every Day
The Idiot Bastard Son
Montana
Peaches en Regalia
Village of the Sun
Black Napkins
Echidna's Arf (Of You)

Not many dates left and scattered geographicaly. Dweezil mentioned more than once that he'd like to do this next year.

olieoliver · « **Reply #9 on:** December 18, 2006, 02:51:50 PM »

Nice to see you're working hard to day Mike.

mikedm · « **Reply #10 on:** December 18, 2006, 05:10:31 PM »

it's the least I can do, ; )

zappahead · « **Reply #11 on:** December 18, 2006, 07:55:06 PM »

I caught the show when they came to DC to the Warner Theater. Its a really top notch show. Everyone involved is really just an excellent musician and the versions of all the songs were great. Steve Vai was in excellent form. He really blew the lid off the place a couple of times. I think he is at his best playing Zappa. Dweezil has really taken his playing to that next level. His solos and riffs were all great. That set list looks pretty close to what I saw except they tossed in Torture never stops when I caught them. This is a great show, definetly worth seeing.

davr35 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 18, 2006, 11:03:26 PM »

Just got back from the New Orleans show. Three hours twenty minutes of pure bliss.

davr35 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 18, 2006, 11:21:45 PM »

Oh I forgot they played Regyptian Strut

to_81_0190 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 19, 2006, 12:41:44 AM »

Wow! Almost every song on the set list is my fovorites!