- LeBocal has issued a mini-cd to promote their Zappa album
- The Nasal Retentive Orchestra is working on a new album
- German band Sheik Yerbouti has a new album scheduled
- And Dutch band B'wana Dik is recording a new album as well
- There's another Zappa sampler scheduled by Ryko, compiled by John Frusciante

JOHN TRUBEE

   "Food fetishistic foodies possess too much leisure time and money so
    they squander these resources on decadent configurations of comestibles
    to indulge their aesthetic sensibilities because, like most mediocrities with
    or without money, they lack the aesthetic sensibility to appreciate fine
    art, fine music, and fine literature. Food is a common source of interest
    for all uncultivated mediocrities."

    --John Trubee

And how's this for a nice picture of your Mothers?

Aynsley Dunbar, FZ, (Chester Thompson ?? & Tom Fowler ???), Ian Underwood and Jeff Simmons
Must have been the early seventies...
 

• eikanger-bjorsvik musikklag: best by farr, vol. 2
      (1998, cd, norway, doyen bandstand series doy cd 077)
• mattias ia eklundh: freak guitar
      (1999, cd, sweden, thunderstruck productions tsp2163992)
• eläkeläiset: humppa 'till we die 2000
      (1997, cd, ger, humppa records humppa 002)
• elektrobus: nedefinitivni
      (1976, k7, czech, ??)
• the fall: cerebral caustic
      (1995, lp, uk, permament records permlp 30)
• mick farren: vampires stole my lunch money
      (1988, cd, ger, line tacd 9.00628)
• mick farren and the deviants: partial recall
      (1992, cd, uk, transatlantic/drop out)
• michael fath: flick of the wrist
      (1988, cd, usa, platinum 3002)
• flo & eddie: illigal, immoral and fattening  (3)
      (1975, lp, usa, cbs)
• fischmob: männer können seine gefühle nicht zeigen
      (1995, lp, ger, efa lp 80035-1)
• the fourfathers: hellingly 10/7/98
      (????, k7, uk, private release)
• the fourfathers: far further
      (????, cdr, uk, private release)
• the fourfathers: live
      (2000, cdr, uk, private release)
• riccardo fassi tankio band: plays the music of frank zappa
      (1995, cd, i, splas(h) records cd h 428.2)
• elio e le storie tese: tutti gli uomini del deficiente
      (1999, cd, i, aspirine 74321727512)
• farrell & black: cataract jump
      (1996, cd, ger, fritz records fr 952014-1)
• die freunde des vereins zur pflege der kunst von francis vincent z u.a. m.: vorführungs cd
      (1999, cd, ger, private release)
• gangster fun: pure amphetamines
      (1998, cd, usa, jump up records jump013)
• joe goldmark: all over the road
      (1999, cd, usa, lo-ball)
• gong: family jewels
      (1998, 2cd, uk, gas records agascd008)
• javon jackson: a look within
      (1996, cd, usa, blue note cdp 724383649020)
• if six was nine: adante allegro (con testo a fronte)
      (1998, cd, i, splasc(h) records cdh 663.2)
• juicy lucy: who do you love - the best of  //  compilation
      (1990, lp, uk, sequel records nex lp 105)
• kontra: suurimmat iskut
      (1996, cd, sf, siboney, lxcd 610)
• lagunable: shei e paura? mai 'vui!
      (1997, cd, i, lagunable' lgb 002)
• freddy koorn's rhytm & blues sensation: the return of the son of horensleups
      (1996, cd, nl, pissoff-cd-96 (= private pressing))
• kladderdatsch: wilde kamelen
      (1994, cd, nl, stemra klad 1094)
• flo & eddie: moving targets
      (1976, lp, uk, cbs)
• flo & eddie: the best of flo & eddie = compilation
      (1986, lp, usa, rhino rnlp 70134)
• melonious quartet: au sud de la mandoline
      (1998, cd, f, l'empreinte digitale ed 13088)
• momus: first
      (??, cd, ger, ccat-107)
• motus quartett: crimson flames
      (1994, cd, ch, creative works records 45003 cd)
• mark nauseef & miroslav tadic: the snake music
      (1994, cd, ger, cmp cd 60)
• nazareth: at the beep
      (2000, 2cd, uk, snapper music smd cd 272)
• nazo-nazo shokai: oh zappa!
      (??, k7, jpn, private release)
• nite people: p.m.
      (1970, lp, uk, page one pols 025)
• orth: feed the flames
      (2000, cd, ger, morbid records)
• don preston: dom de wilde speaks - 1992 interview
      (1992, k7, usa, electrik yak 006)
• don preston: vile foamy ectoplasm (1)
      (1993, cd, ger, muffin records muffin cdmr 003)
• don preston: speaks! - 1992 interview
      (1993, k7, usa, electrik yak letc 1)
• don preston: hear me out (2)
      (1997, cd, us, echograph 9601-2)
• don preston: music from blood diner & other films
      (2001, cdr, usa, brain records)
• the don preston trio: transformation (3)
      (2001, cd, usa, cryptogramophone cg107)
• don preston: io landscapes
      (2001, cdr, usa, brain records)
• don preston: corpus transfixum
      (2001, cdrom, usa, brain records)
• sogenanntes linksradikales blasorchester: hört, hört
      (1977, lp, ger, trikont us 0036)
  
• sogenanntes linksradikales blasorchester: sogenanntes linksradikales blasorchester
      (2001, 2cd, ger, trikont cd 0258-2)
• stukas: 9
      (1994, cd, ??, birdnest records bird055cd)
• denny walley: spare parts  (1)
      (1997, cd, swe, ultimate audio entertainment uae disc 5)
• terry ware: buffalo tracks
      (2001, cd, usa, okiemotion)
• pete weiss and the rock band: we’re an american band
      (2000, cd, usa, section 304 records) – incl. ‘bow tie daddy’ (frank zappa)
• the zappa instrumentaale: hard ones to play!  (1)
      (????, cdr, australia, private release) - all compositions by frank zappa
• the zappa instrumentaale: live at the club - part one  (2)
      (????, cdr, australia, private release) - all compositions by frank zappa
• the zappa instrumentaale: live at the club - part two  (3)
      (????, cdr, australia, private release) - all compositions by frank zappa
• the zappa instrumentaale: zappaclause 2 - z.i. @ the club - part one  (4)
      (????,cdr, australia, private release) - all compositions by frank zappa
• the zappa instrumentaale: zappaclause 2 - z.i. @ the club - part two  (5)
      (????,cdr, australia, private release) - all compositions by frank zappa
• the zappa instrumentaale: the final fling - live in sydney  (6)
      (????, cdr, australia, private release) - all compositions by frank zappa
• monica zetterlund: nu är det skönt att leva
      (1992, cd, nl, emi 1364492) – incl. ‘toads of the short forest’ (frank zappa)
• my dog popper: fifi
      (1996, cd, can, ??)
• nurse with wound: second private session - rock 'n roll station special edition
      (2000, cd, uk, world serpant distribution ud043 cd)
• jack o'fire: forever
      (1996, cd, ??, sympathy for the record industry 405)
• x-legged sally: fired  (5)
  (1997, cd, bel, bang)
• ringsgwandl: trulla! trulla!
      (1989, cd, ger, trikont unsere stimme 0155-2)
• die rockys: du sollst dich schäm' (denn du tanzt nicht)
      (1999, cd, ger, rockvogel)
• russian-german composers quartet: not only for...  (1)
      (1997, cd, uk, leo records leo lab cd 033)
  
• russian-german composers quartet: ... charms  (2)
      (2000, cd, ger, obst rd 6.9)
• joe satriani, eric johnson, steve vai: g3 - live in concert
      (1997, cd, usa, epic 487539 2)
• septpiece: septpiece
      (1998, cd, uk, red dot records rd 00124)
• the spotnicks: vol 6
      (2000, cd, fr, magic 5274762)
• das karin stock blechquartett: demo
      (???, cdr, ger, private release)
• david tanenbaum: david tanenbaum
      (1997, cd, usa, new albion records na095)
• thom teresi: street smart
      (1998, cd, usa, rhombus)
• steve vai: 777
      (1993, cd-bootleg, lux, rockdreams rocks 92062)
  
• steve vai: new york, my father's place 18/03/83
      (1993, cd-bootleg, i, all of us 09)
  
• steve vai: welcome to the ultra zone
      (2000, 2cd-bootleg, ??, sv 070 32000-1)
  
• steve vai: alive in an ultra world
      (2001, 2cd, au, epic epc 501539 2)
• camper van beethoven: camper van beethoven is dead, long live camper van beethoven
      (2000, cd, usa, pitch-a-tent pat200002)
• various artists: ska chartbusters
      (2000, cd, ger, wolverine records wrr071/sc09)
• maarit: viis' pientä
      (1975, lp, sf, love records lrlp 128)
• los marañones: los marañones
      (1996, cd, spain, edel music s.a. fac 008657-2)
• moschner, nicols, sachse: nevergreens
      (1998, cd, ger, amf-music)
• cor mutsers - patrick van gerven: we are not alone
      (1996, cd, nl, strictly country records scr-a5)
  
• cor mutsers - patrick van gerven: if only we could sing
      (1998, cd, nl, strictly country records scr-a7)
• octafish: land unter
      (1995, cd, ger, octafisch 295005)
  
• octafish: hai girls
      (1999, cd, ger, akku disc adcd 3032)
• omnibus wind ensemble: from mozart to zappa
      (1992, cd, sweden, opus 3 cd 9203)
  
• omnibus wind ensemble: music by frank zappa
      (1995, cd, s, opus musicum cd 19403)
• eckhard petri & dietmar kirstein: servieren musik
      (1998, cd, ger, starfish music cd 15039850)
• jean-luc ponty: king kong  (5)
      (1970, lp, usa, world pacific jazz st 20172)
• project/object: absolutely live
      (2000, cd, usa, phoenix media group 3020)
• jon poole: what's the ugliest part of your body?
      (????, cd, uk , org 305) – all compositions by frank zappa

ALBUM COVERS

• pipco: in cerca de mr. zappa
      (1998, cdr, italy, private release)
• jeffrey burns: ruth is sleeping
      (1992, cd, ger, pool music produktion 76013)
• don campau: don't be so serious
      (1994, k7, usa, private release)
• circus harlekin: die band
      (1998, cd, ger, private pressing)

• le concert impromptu & bossini: prophetic attitude
      (1997, cds-pro, fr, l'empreinte digitale)

• le concert impromptu & bossini: prophetic attitude
      (1997, cd, fr, l’empreinte digitale)

• diego conti & monica de matteis: zappa, lupone, lutoslawski, pärt
      (1994, cd, i, cont cdsm 00194)
• julian cope: floored genius 2
      (1993, lp, gb, nightrack records lpnt 003)
• dead anyway: o' what a noble mind is here overthrown
      (1993, cd, ger, metronome)
• dixie dregs: california' screamin'
      (1999, cd, usa, zebra records zd 44021-2)
• double up: bobby brown
      (1999, cdsingle, ger, marlboro music 74321 67470 2)
• doug & the mystics: new hat
      (1995, cd, usa, wild cat)
• the don and bunk show: necessity is...
      (2000, cdr, usa, brain records)
  
• the don and bunk show: joined at the hip
      (2002, cdr, usa, brain records)
• dream theater: images and words
      (1992, cd, usa, atlantic atco 7567-92148-2)
• behind the mirror & jimmy carl black: an evening with jimmy carl black & behind the mirror
      (2001, cdr, ger, private release)
• bohuslän big band: bohuslän big band plays frank zappa
      (2000, cd, swe, imogena)
• lex l. bronkowitz orchestra: lex l. bronkowitz orchestra plays the music of frank zappa - get dressed or arrested
      (2000, cdr, ger, private release)
• eugene chadbourne: camper van chadbourne
      (1989, cd, uk, fundamental music save 46)
• warren cuccurullo: roadrage
      (1998, cd, usa, lo-fi records)
• deus: worst case scenario
      (1994, cd, nl, island bang)
• george duke: three originals
      (1993, cd, ger, mps 519198-2)
• dude: dude remembers #1: from early noises to lost melodies
      (1997, cdr, fr, zonga records zr 060497-2129 )
  
• dude: dude remembers #4: from orange lemonade to blue potatoes
      (1999, cdr, fr, zonga records zr 020299-0036 )
• babe ruth: first base/amar caballero
      (??, cd, uk, bgo records) – incl. ‘king kong’ (frank zappa)
• kemerson, kaked and karl karma: faarkuus - fanfare for the common dickhead!!  (1)
      (????, cdr, australia, private release) - lots of compositions by frank zappa

SCRAM

• "Wild Man Fischer Amongst The Shroom People", a four page comic book story by Denni Eichhorn about Wild Man Fischer crashing at a friends place (or should I say former friends place).
   
• and there's also "Camp Medomak Misfit",
  a John Trubee interview by Bob Dubrow. Does it explain how Trubee's mind ticks? No, that would be too much, I guess. But is a very funny interview about John Trubee's experience with summercamps.
   
• more? Sure, there's Lee Hazlewood, PF Sloan, Linda Perhacs, ...
   

STEVE MANN

Hello Hello from Steve Mann via Janet Smith of Bella Roma Music in Berkeley.

You were right to ask if the featured artist on Straight Life sounded like a person who O.D. It did not happen.
Since Steve is alive and well in Berkeley, California where his friend Will Scarlett had him brought up from Los Angeles in October of 2003, I can vouch for his presence!
Steve just played the Boonville blues festival with blues buddy Jake Fussell (Will Scarlett was scheduled to join them, but got hit by a bad bug of some kind and didn’t make it to the festival. Bummer).

Anyway, Stefan Grossman has been sending Steve CD’s, videos and now DVD’s over the years while Steve was hospitalized and then living in board and care half-way houses, still performing occasionally. Now in a good place up here in Berkeley and playing up a storm,  He’s older now, but still has those incredible hands, plays blues and tons of other stuff as well, remembers everything, artists, tunes, recording sessions, he’s amazing.

He has a few guitar students in the area, plays in the Berkeley chess club tournaments,  and gets around to local concerts to catch up on old buddies. He’s older but still a ton of fun, surrounded by a musical global village. He saw Paul Geremia at Erik Schoenberg’s guitar shop in Tiburon recently. Paul played “Holly,” Steve’s signature piece, and gave a really nice acknowledgement to the author in the audience. Real heart-warming.

Bella Roma Music is gathering recorded tracks of Steve from early concerts at the Ash Grove, the Jabberwok in Berkeley, and also  some studio recordings not previously released. We hope to put together a nice CD project with booklet, lyrics, stories and photos, some time in the next year.

Since he played up at the Boonville Blues festival and had such a good time, maybe we can get him out on the road again, if the environment is friendly enough to support his needs. He will need to travel with another musician most likely. Hopefully there will also be a web site where his CD will eventually be available, sold directly by Steve who can autograph them personally.
Everybody who still believes in STEVE MANN, clap your hands!!!

I came across the United Mutations web site while I was researching authorship of some tracks on Steve’s previous records before we copyright his original material for him. (It’s about time!) (Vietnam Blues—did he write the version on Straight Life? I’ll find out)

Stay well,
Janet Smith
 

KAOSMIK KITTY

• kaosmik kitty: kitty o'nine tales... or the nine lives of kaosmikitty - volume 1
      (2004, cdr, usa, private release)
   
  • Kaosmikitty has some 'interesting' stories to tell. The most part is about how she got interested in bestiality, but the one I thought of as the most bizarre is the one were her dog had died. Her dad had burried the corpse in the garden, but had left the dog's head sticking out above the ground. So when Kaosmikitty came home after a couple of months, she yelled out to her dog (not knowing it had died), finding a rotten head in the garden...

• kaosmik kitty: kitty o'nine tales... or the nine lives of kaosmikitty - volume 2
      (2004, cdr, usa, private release)
   
  • part two of the interview.
    
    Cover picture by Carl Franzoni !!
     
  • Want to know more? Want to give one of these as a birthday present to one of your friends? Write Trubee at:
    crawlingwageslave@juno.com.

UGLY JANITORS OF AMERICA

2004/06/04 concert 'kimo's', san francisco, ca, usa

• John Trubee: electric guitar
• Laurie Amat: vox extraordinaire
• Mike Mckevitt: electric bass
• Andy Rosa: drums
   
• triumph of the damned * the dream * vaulting over her walls * song of the tiger * the deserts of eternity * christina's lullaby * world of misery * little man torture sequence * intro interlude * time burns itself upon you now * orange baby puke on the bus

Not that he's ever been away, but Trubee sure is back !!
The Ugly Janitors, this time as a quartet, played a superb gig. Good songs, and a fine perfomance. Laurie Amat is credited by John Trubee as 'vox extraordinaire', but believe me, that's still an understatement. She's got an Incredible Voice and fits in nice with Trubee's guitar work.

If you live in the neighbourhood of San Francisco, you should try to check them out.
Or write to Trubee at crawlingwageslave@juno.com and order some of his recordings.
 

ENSEMBLE AMBROSIUS

Very fine concert indeed.
Last night, "Cucamonga" included 'Night School', 'Moggio', Medley: 'Toads Of The Short Forest'/'Dupree's Paradise'/'The Black Page', 'G-Spot Tornado'.
Go to www.radio1.be, look for Cucamonga and replay the radio show !!!
 

THE SCHOOL OF ROCK, feat. NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK

It looks like Napoleon Murphy Brock has a tight schedule coming up the next couple of weeks. After his tour with the Grandmothers (also performing at Zappanale), he will team up with the (Paul Green) School Of Rock to play some gigs in the States:

the School of Rock + Napoleon Murphy Brock tour is set, and here are the dates:

• 2004/08/12 concert ‘the rainbow room’, seattle, wa, usa
  Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock
  http://www.therainbowlive.com
   

• 2004/08/13 concert ‘nocturnal’, portland, or, usa
  Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock
  http://www.nocturnalpdx.com/
   

• 2004/08/14 concert ‘wow hall’, eugene, or, usa:
  1-Classic Rock Show (Matinee)
  2-Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock (Evening)
  http://www.wowhall.org/
   

• 2004/08/17 concert ‘the starlight’, ft collins, co, usa
  Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock
  http://www.thestarlight.com/
   

• 2004/08/18 concert ‘cervantes masterpiece ballroom’, denver, co, usa
  Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock
  http://www.quixotes.com/
   

• 2004/08/19 concert ‘(venue to be announced)’, salt lake city, ut, usa
  1-Classic Rock Show (matinee)
  2-Zappa w/Napoleon Murphy Brock (evening)
   

• 2004/08/20 concert ‘the wild wild west casino’, las vegas, nv, usa
  Zappa Show w/Napoleon Murphy Brock
  http://www.lvjbs.org/

ADDITIONS - CORRECTIONS

• metropolis orchestra: tribute to f.z.
      (1999, cdr, i, private release) = demo – all compositions by frank zappa
• fast & bulbous: memorial barbecue
      (1997, cd, i, phmadk 01) - all frank zappa compositions
• various artists: frank you, thank!
      (1999, cd, i, il popolo del blues) – feat.various artists playing frank zappa compositions
• various artists: zappanale no.9
      (2000, cd, ger, arf society / billepalast lc 10207) - feat. various artists playing frank zappa compositions
• mike mainieri: an american diary
      (1995, cd, usa, nyc records 6015-2) – incl. ‘king kong’ (frank zappa)
• minnesota contemporary ensemble: 180° from ordinary
      (1997, cd, usa, innova records innova 513) – incl. ‘the black page’ (frank zappa)
• steffen moddrow: moddrow's chambers
      (2002, book + cd, ger, crater entertainment) - feat.jc black, behind the mirror; incl.'the black page' (f.zappa)
• various artists: arf-society's black cd / zappanale #8
      (1998, cd, ger, fz 2112)- feat. various artists playing frank zappa compositions

FRANK YOU, THANK - VOLUME TWO

• various artists: frank you, thank! vol.2
      (2003, cd, i, il popolo del blues)
  
  
  • Good Grief!! There's lots of things happening in Italy. Bands playing Zappa's music, festivals, and now there's even a second volume in the "Frank You, Thank" series.
    Very impressive.
    Familiar names (Harmonia Ensemble, Metropolis Orchestra, Sandro Oliva, Fast & Bulbous Jelly) confirming that they know how to play their Zappa. Especially the Metropolis Orchestra sounds like they're having a lot of fun playing their Zappa medley.
    The less familiar names (to me, that is) deliver excellent work as well. Sandro Fresi, the Orchestra Spaziale (!!), Chiuselunghe, ...
    This is a superb album. Very fine, expressive, sometimes even daring or adventurous arrangements, but isn't that what we all need?
  • Highly recommended !!

KING CRIMSON

60 minutes of the show have been broadcast preciously. I don't know they aired the complete concert yesterday...
 

GEORGE DUKE

Much to my surprise, though, the broadcast didn't include the part where George Duke played his favourite Zappa composition, 'Cosmik Debris', and the fabulous tune that he wrote with Zappa, 'Uncle Remus'. During the concert, George Duke said that it had been over twenty years that he had played 'Uncle Remus', but that he had had various request to play the song.
 

UNCLE MEETING 2004

The Grand Wazoo

• 2004/05/08 concert mestre, venice, italy  -  part of the "Uncle Meeting 2004" happening
  • line-up
    • Marco Beluzzi: keyboards * Luca Fattori: lead vocals * Alessandro Tozzi: drums * Michele Turrini: guitar * Luca Vecchi: bass
  • setlist
    • the torture never stops * montana * village of the sun * outside now * pound for a brown * inca roads * lucille has messed my mind up * florentine pogen * regyptian strut * easy meat * muffin man

Ossi Duri

• 2004/05/08 concert mestre, venice, italy  -  part of the "Uncle Meeting 2004" happening
  • line-up
    • Ossi Duri: Martin Bellavia: guitar, vocals * Alessandro Armuschio: keyboards, lead vocals * Ruben Bellavia: drums, vocals * Gianni Denitto: sax, guitar * Simone Bellavia: bass
    • guest: Giampaolo Gianese (from Lagunable): vocals and harmonica
  • setlist
    • zoot allures - intro * cosmik debris * bamboozled by love * pygmy twylyte * the idiot bastard son * what's new in baltimore * tienilo unto (keep it greasey) * tette e birra (titties n beer) * mr green genes * florentine pogen * andy * echidna's arf (of you) * groupie (crew slut) - guest giampaolo * sinister footwear * eat that question - black napkins * trouble every day * we are not alone * black page * sofa

-- info: AGI
 

THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND

• 2004/06/12-E- concert 'opernvorplatz', bonn, germany
  • The Ed Palermo Big Band
    • Ed Palermo: director, arranger, conductor, saxophone * Ronnie Buttacavoli, John Trombetta: trumpet * Charlie Gordon, Joe Fiedler, Matt Ingman: trombone * Cliff Lyons, Phil Chester, Bill Straub, Ben Kono, Barbara Cifeli: saxophone * Bob Quaranta: piano * Ted Kooshian: keyboard * Paul Adamy: bass * Ray Marchica: drums
    • special guest: Napoleon Murphy Brock: vocals, saxophone
  • Program
    • wassermusik~nutrocker (Georg Friedrich Händel~Emerson/Lake and Palmer) * peaches en regalia * heavy duty judy * the grand wazoo * pojama people~happy birthday * g-spot tornado
       
• 2004/06/12-L- concert 'opernhaus', bonn, germany
  • The Ed Palermo Big Band
    • Ed Palermo: director, arranger, conductor, saxophone * Ronnie Buttacavoli, John Trombetta: trumpet * Charlie Gordon, Joe Fiedler, Matt Ingman: trombone * Cliff Lyons, Phil Chester, Bill Straub, Ben Kono, Barbara Cifeli: saxophone * Bob Quaranta: piano * Ted Kooshian: keyboard * Paul Adamy: bass * Ray Marchica: drums
    • special guest: Napoleon Murphy Brock: vocals, saxophone
  • Program
    • annoucement~happy birthday * 1st symphony (j. brahms)~rdnzl * cletus awreetus-awrightus * king kong (q: transylvania boogie~21st century schizoid man) * uncle remus * pojama people * pygmy twylyte * twenty small cigars * village of the sun * echidna's arf (of you) * don't you ever wash that thing * waka-jawaka * sleep dirt * montana * the idiot bastard son * andy * uncle meat * let's move to cleveland * the evil prince * waka-jawaka (reprise) * muffin man * inca roads (reprise excerpt) * we are not alone * rdnzl (reprise) * sofa #2

-- info: the zappateers
 

THE ZAPPA CORNER BAND

• 2003/06/14 The Zappa Corner Band: "The Zappa Corner #2"

  • The Zappa Corner band:

    • Denny Walley: slide guitar & vocals * Mats Öberg: keyboard * Morgan Ågren: drums * Tommy Thordsson: bass * Paul Adamy: bass * Bob Quaranta: keybord * Napoleon M Brock: vocals & sax * Mike Keneally: guitar * Ed Palermo: sax * Jonas Knutsson: sax and flute

  • Program

    • toads of the short forest * little umbrellas * blessed relief * the gumbo variations * twenty small cigars * montana  * take your clothes off / what's the ugliest part of your body? * advance romance (cut, first part only...) * city of tiny lites * magic fingers

-- info: the zappateers
 

NEW ALBUMS

• jeff beck: live at b.b.king blues club
      (2004, cd, ??, epic) - feat.terry bozzio
   
• various artists: power of soul - a tribute to jimi hendrix
      (2004, cd, ??, ??) - feat.george duke

LOUIE LOUIE

ZAPPANALE LIVE ON THE INTERNET

July 23, 24 en 25, Zappanale #15 will be broadcast live on the Internet.

This webcast is an initiative of the Dutch "Frank Zappa Internet Object" foundation in cooperation with 2 providers BIT and XS4ALL and the Internet podium of Paradiso called Fabchannel.

I would be pleased if you want to place the announcement on your site so many Zappa Fans will have the possibility to notice this event. If possible, please use the attached Webcast logo.

Look at http://www.fabchannel.com/ for the necessary info and, of course, for watching.

enjoy

Henry

VINCE DEROSA  -  RICHARD PERISSI

I was interested to see Charles Ulrich's additions and corrections regarding Vince Derosa and Richard Perissi in United Mutations. As a jazz fan, I'm very familiar with their names, and they have appeared regularly on LA big band sessions, in the case of DeRosa since the 1940s, and in the case of Perissi since the 1950s. Here are partial discographies of their jazz work:

Vince DeRosa

Boyd Raeburn Memphis In June 1946
The Pete Rugolo Orchestra 1954
The Russ Garcia Orchestra 1956
Johnny Richards Aijalon 1956
Mel Torme Lulu's Back In Town 1956
Stan Kenton Back To Balboa 1958
     "     "      Kenton/Wagner 1964
     "     "      Conducts The LA Neophonic Orchestra 1965
Johnny Mandel I Want To Live (Soundtrack) 1968
Marty Paich I Get A Boot Out Of You 1959
Art Pepper Modern Jazz Classics 1959
Skip Martin Scheherajazz 1959
  "       "      Swingin' With Prince Igor 1959
Bill Holman's Great Big Band 1960
Henry Mancini The Blues And The Beat 1960
     "       "       Combo 1960
     "       "       Uniquely Mancini 1962
     "       "       Mancini '67 1966
Chuck Mangione Bellavia 1975
Sammy Nestico Dark Orchid 1982
 

Richard Perissi

Man With The Golden Arm Soundtrack 1955
Johnny Mandel I Want To Live Soundtrack 1958
Henry Mancini The Music From Peter Gunn 1959
     "         "      The Blues And The Beat 1960
    "         "      Combo 1960
    "         "      Uniquely Mancini 1962 
    "         "      Mancini '67 1966
Skip Martin Scheherajazz 1959
   "       "     Swingin' With Prince Igor 1959
Miles Davis & Gil Evans Time Of The Barracudas 1963 (On Complete Miles Davis & Gil Evans)
Stan Kenton Kenton/Wagner 1964
  "        "      Conducts The LA Neophonic Orchestra 1965
Oliver Nelson Sound Pieces 1966
Pete Rugolo The Thriller 1969 

Best Regards

-- Geoff Wills
 

THE TROUPE

Early July 2004, together with the Wervelwind Ensemble sextet and the Barbers & Bishops choir, they did "Het Notenapparaat" at another edition of the Juttersfestival, performing works of Zappa, Sweelinck en Janácek. This will be repeated at 'De Kleine Komedie' in Amsterdam,NL, on September 12, 2004.

http://www.dekleinekomedie.nl

info from the nederzappa newsgroup
 

EUGENE CHADBOURNE

http://www.eugenechadbourne.com/

http://www.plusetage.com

-- info: Tom Baeten
 

MORE ZAPPANALE NEWS

Instead of Captain Ahab (they are cancelled), Frank Goos will be playing in the theatre.

Ole Lukkoye is playing as the last band on friday.

-- Info: Andrew Greenaway & Thomas Dippel
 

(JOE'S) GARAGE SALE

The Zappas sell a buch of stuff at their Joe's Garage Sale.
Notably lots of studio equipment from UMRK. Interresting stuff.

http://storesense01.dynamic.net/zappa/Search.bok?category=Joe's+Garage+Sale

MOJO SAMPLER

• various artists:
  mojo - red hot chili peppers jukebox
      (2004, mag + cd, uk, mojo magazine 128)
   
  • Here it is: the Mojo sampler: Chili Peppers Jukebox.
    As you can see, it includes Frank Zappa's 'Son Of Mr.Green Genes'.

-- info: Ive

ED MANN AT ZAPPANALE

At Zappanale I will play with Frogg Cafe and with Wrong Object - introduced to me by Wolfgang. I have heard their CDs and communicated with them and they are great bands and nice people.

Ed Mann and friends will be primarily Zappa music but played in alternative versions that are highly improvisational - not the traditional Zappa arrangements nor the traditional Zappa tunes that are most often covered - also the form that is more like acoustic jazz than electric band. Nothing like Repercussion Unit - but not like FZ's bands either.

CARL FRANZONI

We used to go to the cemetery, Catherine and Dara and i, and take pictures and i did a small movie in the rain. Carr st. leads to cemetery, Catherine family are in the crept, on the sunny side. Just thinking of U. i happen to be very intuitive , about people i like, Is that as scary as the dead people. Remember my Indian astrology, is death and the wind. Now poem i wrote: 

The year 2001 en-ron failing, pg&e stealing from california, martha stuart rip off, cushbush going in- to political toilet after 9 months in office, talaban inbush's pocket, this planned with the last president and gore the whore. who never contested the vote. and then wallstreet stealing from it's customers, that was what the hopi prediction is about, because they are stock customers too, several tribes and greenpeace protested and did one hour drumming in front of #7 building wallstreet, then were asked to come upstairs 37th. floor, and they protested and gave a prediction of total destruction of wall-street, this happened in april 2001. leman-brothers#7 building falling three weeks after u.s. marshals demolished their holly grounds august 2001 in mesa arizona . wall street had to fall, to hide everything. and to make sure, it was boomed from the inside with plastic.

-- cof.      

DOWNHILLBATTLE

http://www.downhillbattle.org/

ORCHESTRA SPAZIALE

Orchestra Spaziale
2004/06/16 concert Piazza del Popolo (open air), S. Giovanni in Persiceto (Bologna), Italy

Giorgio Casadei : conductor, arrangements, guitar on Outside Now
Massimo Semprini: alto sax, tenor sax, flute
Ivan Valentini: alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax
Adriano Pancaldi: tenor sax, soprano sax
Marco Zanardi: baritone sax, tenor sax, clarinet
Enrico Farneni: trumpet
Manolo Nardi: trumpet
Mario Gigliotti: trumpet
Federico Tassani: trombone
Marina Ciccarelli: trombone
Marco Dalpane: keyboards
Alessandro Lamborghini: guitar
Andrea Taravelli: bass
Claudio Trotta: drums
Vincenzo Vasi: vocals, theremin

• setlist: 

  • regyptian strut * let's make the water turn black * the torture never stops * pygmy twylyte (you can't do that mazurka on stage anymore) * holiday in berlin * come ho potuto essere cosi stupido (how could i be such a fool rap in italian - giampaolo gianese guest vocal) * how could i be such a fool * the simpsons (danny elfman) * uncle meat * run home slow * outside now * rdnzl * lemme take you to the beach (lazy lounge version) * oh no - the orange county lumber truck * stick it out

JOHN FRENCH

Just a quick note to give you some info and possible corrections for your John French entry:

FYI there are two John Frenchs. The 'other' John French is a noted Australian producer-engineer, based in Melbourne. He is not the same person as John 'Drumbo' French of the Magic Band.

The following production/engineering credits you have listed on that page are for 'our' Aussie John French:

• 1975 skyhooks - ego is not a dirty word   (engineer)
• 1978 stylus - stylus   (producer, engineer)  
• 1981 dolce, joe - shaddap you face   (producer)
• 1988 not drowning, waving- claim   (producer)
• 1993 not drowning, waving- follow the geography   (producer)

JOHN TRUBEE

        The collective psyche of these ugly people
        Embodied by their loathsome leaders
        Struts out into the world
        An insensate infant brat
        Spewing orange puke
        Upon every beautiful thing.

        All the turmoil and agony
        Of the stupid crushing into the vulnerable
        At last awakens those
        Formerly tacitly tolerant
        Of such stupidity and ugliness.

        If  he were an employee of any company
        Under whom I slaved
        He'd have been fired by now.

        The electorate roils up like a red-eyed dragon
        The snap these nasty, humorless prigs
        Off of their undeserved thrones. 

THE MAGIC BAND

last week i went to the concert by the magic band at paradiso in amsterdam.
for all of you who weren't there here's what i think of the marvellous evening. on my website i also have gathered some pictures - and further ones will follow soon
(http://www.freewebs.com/teejo/reunion/reun4par1.html)....

the MAGIC BAND reunion

• MARK BOSTON rockette morton * bass guitar
• JOHN FRENCH drumbo * drums * percussion * vocals * harmonica
• GARY LUCAS * guitar
• DENNY WALLEY feeler's reedo / walla walla * guitar
• MICHAEL TRAYLOR * drums * percussion

tuesday 22 june 2004 AMSTERDAM holland PARADISO
attendance: approximately 600

diddy wah diddy * the smithsonian institute blues * circumstances * nowadays a woman's gotta hit a man * hair pie bass bake * 'drumbo solo' * on tomorrow * steal softly thru snow * abba zaba * my human gets me blues * alice in blunderland * hair pie: bake 2 * i wanna find a woman that'll hold my big toe till i have to go * veteran's day poppy * evening bell * electricity * the floppy boot stomp * mirror man * grow fins * when it blows its stacks * click clack
encores: moonlight on vermont * big eyed beans from venus

REVIEW by teejo

whatever the reasons might be, captain beefheart always has been more popular - i mean, better understood - in europe than in his home country. because of the similarity of the languages, it's logical great britain has the biggest number of fans - so touring our continent, most gigs took place at that island. but given the language barrier a maybe relatively even bigger group of 'followers' could be found on the mainland. during the visits to europe the band regularly went 'abroad' and especially holland and france were favourite destinations.

as the reunion of the magic band lasted longer than many people had expected and invitations for more shows came in, it just  seemed a question of time for the group to re-discover western europe. and indeed, on the first day of the summer of 2004 the old beefheart companions were back in amsterdam in holland, as the start of a two week tour mainly leading through the united kingdom (again).

as i live only twenty kilometres away from that city, i no longer could hold on to the excuse that attending one of the magic band's concerts took too much time and money. i simply hád to go....

all preparations went smoothly: after a four hour car drive from germany, detlef jürgens arrived at mine in time, and we headed for the show at paradiso while listening to the 'back to the front' more-than-a-tribute. once inside the former synagogue, i stumbled into a stand with magic band memorabilia and in a seldom moment of goodness i bought a t-shirt and
obtained a free poster.

we had arrived at the scene early enough for an easy acclimatization and a bit of 'investigation' into the background of the audience (continued during and after show). which appeared to be a strange mixture of 'sub-cultures'. of course, there was the core of dutch beefheart addicts which had come from far and near to see the performance, if they weren't from the neighbouring countries belgium and germany. remarkably, however, was the overwhelming presence of frank zappa fans who hoped to find out more about his legendary guest captain beefheart.

due to its international character, amsterdam also houses many english speaking residents and tourists (like a guy from canada who video taped the event!). so, a quite astonishing fact was that half of the conversation was done in english. as is customary to 'difficult' music, the majority of the public was male, yet a considerable number of women had shown up. although the gig hadn't been sold out - the two balconies stayed closed - the central floor was well occupied, which according to regular visitors meant the magic band had attracted about 600 people.

not only the fact that the audience wasn't pressed together made the stay a pleasant one, the circumstance that there were hardly any (fucked up) teens and twens also contributed to the general feeling of comfort. meanwhile, the sphere was very relaxed. no wonder, because the hall was filled with such thick clouds of hash smoke that everyone was high - even folks who dare to claim they never use drugs!

the magic band was in a similar mood, beit that the guys at first had some trouble finding back the overall musical co-ordination after five months in which they hadn't seen each other. for instance: their first public performance of 'the smithsonian institute blues' wasn't as perfect as the rest of the program. and john french hadn't sufficiently warmed up his vocal cords (compared to the album versions), though not too dramatically.

after opening with a couple of songs, the group switched to a set of instrumentals, which included solo pieces by gary lucas and mark boston (with the 'bass hair pie', of course). during this section the ensemble got as it should be, and you could see and feel how the growing joy the musicians had in playing led to excellent executions of particularly some 'trout mask replica' classics. consequently, the audience turned wilder and wilder from enthusiasm.

with óne instrumental to go a funny misunderstanding happened when john french stood up from the drum stool to pick up his towel at the front of the stage, and michael traylor took his place thinking it was his time to take over. he was sent back to the side wings in good harmony....

when the magic band started with the second vocal part of the show, it appeared that the rest had been favourable to john's voice. he sang superbly, and gestured like beefheart himself, and inspired the other guys to follow his example with the same conviction. although we had no complaints about the performance till then, the finishing acts of the concert were really baffling. just like us, the band swung madly during especially 'electricity' and 'click clack'....

as expected, they also did a magnificent encore which contained blistering versions of two of our favourite songs. amazingly enough, after one and a half hour of great music we still had the foolish cheek to ask for more - but our desperate request was in vain.

however, nobody cared, because it had been a very pleasant evening for all. despite a few technical misfortunes like no sound from denny walley's guitar during most of 'abba zaba' and occasional adjustments of the vocal microphone, the total mix was in fine balance, and the passionate performance proved that captain beefheart's unusual music still is very alive and kicking.

i think, the magic band should come over more often....

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART ELECTRICITY
aka www.beefheart.info
aka www.freewebs.com/teejo

JEAN-LUC PONTY

• jean-luc ponty: jean-luc ponty in concert
      (2004, cd, fr, le chant du monde / harmonia mundi)
  

ZAPPA IN PICTURES

http://www.pbase.com/hhf/zappa

MOJO

FREE CD with MOJO-magazine July 2004

"RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS JUKEBOX"
The Uplifting MOJO Party Plan, showcasing the Chili Peppers' roots and influences, including... Frank Zappa's 'Son of Mr. Green Genes' (also starring: Gang Of Four, The Circle Jerks, Sly Stone, The Slits, Funkadelic, James Brown and more...)

LEBOCAL

• lebocal: oh no!... just another frank zappa memorial barbecue!
      (2003, cd, france, le chant du monde cdm 035) - all compositions by frank zappa

will be playing two concerts shortly. Don't know if they'll play any Zappa stuff, but I guess so, since it was / is their latest project:

• 2004/07/10 concert 'chez alriq', bordeaux, france - 22.00 h
  
• 2004/07/11 concert "festival jazz en buch", la teste de buch (33) , france - 19.00 h

THE ASPEN WIND QUINTET

ZAPPANALE NEWS: the bands that will be playing ZAPPANALE

From the Zappanale press map:

Once more the Zappanale unites extraordinary musicians and bands for three days – a selection

Captain Ahab

Always very close to the frontier with absurdity Captain Ahab has been celebrating a selection of Zappa numbers as well as own compositions on stage for 12 years and therefore he explicitly doesn’t see himself as a pure Zappa cover band! Listening to the partly individual interpretations by Ahab it becomes obvious that the musicians – based on deep respect for Frank Zappa - are playing for the fun of it but still want to turn some of the wheels in Zappa’s universe a little further.
The video artist Jürgen Fischer from Straßburg came up with the idea of the “Billy The Mountain Project” which finally resulted in a symbiosis of the media film and live-music. This just marvellously fitted the band’s conceptional continuity. With his video animation Fischer transcribes the story of Billy in collage like pictures with which Captain Ahab interacts live on stage.
Another reason to visit the Zappanale: neither the video by Fischer, nor the music by Ahab will ever be on sale.
In accordance with the concept film an interaction will only be reserved for live audiences.

Ensemble Creativ

Inspired by “Yellow Shark“ in the outstanding recording by the Ensemble Modern and by a CD of the Finnish Ensemble Ambrosius which recorded Zappa music with old instruments, Frieder Berger and Bernd Born rearranged FZ tunes for the 17 piece ensemble. This way for example typical German and Central European equals are compared to the “archetypal American music icon” (F. Zappa). Another novelty: singer Silke Gonska translated original lyrics into German (e. g.: “I’m The Slime”, “Bobby Brown” or “The Torture Never Stops”). This is meant to make it easier for the listener to penetrate the Zappaesque unity of words and music. Let’s wait and see! The jazzy Frank Zappa enthusiasts may look forward to a Grand Wazoo – Waka – Jawaka – Reprise with lots of brass and woodwind acrobatics.

Cellomania – presented by the Airport Laage

Four classically trained cellists let it rock! Just like the Finnish group “Apocalyptica” the quartet from Berlin made it its job to show the middle finger to the conservative classical music. By means of exclusive and extremely ingenious arrangements Cellomania experiments with rhythm, sound and effects and like this passes the frontier between classical music and the best energy packed hits in rock history. For this the gentlemen put on coloured suits and let rock classics like “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Kashmir” or “Stairway To Heaven” jump over their finger boards.

Ole Lukkøye

The story of Ole Lukkøye from St. Petersburg goes back to the high times of the Russian underground at the end of the 80s.
The band combines elements of the British artrock / spacerock from the 70s with oriental and shamanistic influences which they adapted during their journeys to Siberia and makes out of them a kind of psychedelic- Ethno- Trance with mystic song and sound visions. The range of their instruments goes from the Didgeridoo to the Sitar.
Ole Lukkøye is a kind of a sandman who sweetens the children’s milk in the evening and who opens them the doors to the dream world. The band name also refers to a pop- culture- phenomenon back in the socialist time: the popular radio play records with those sandman stories. In addition to that there are allusions and pieces of shamanistic and archaic cultures in the wide wasteland of the post-soviet empire with which Ole Lukkøye came in contact on tours and excursions.
Ole Lukkøyes music at all times provokes associations with the above described: tribal percussions, the oriental tuning of the bassoon and other wood winds of Alexander Frolow or Boris Bardash’s rough way of singing using the shamanistic guttural singing technique. They have always been an enthusiastically celebrated live act on numerous festivals in the west since 1995.

Przasniczki

For our Eastern neighbours the underground band has been a guarantee for quality. Since their foundation in 1995 the musicians from Lodz published four albums and so proved that flamboyant sounds have a firm audience and are still getting new fans. The fact that Przasnicki enrich their concerts with sarcastic wit and interaction with the audience is highly remarkable and correctly to Frank Zappa’s mind.

Mats / Morgan Band

Mats Öberg and Morgan Agren work like mad. Partly playing very hard with a sharp edged rhythm and limitless wildness – but also playfully, with humour, affected and free. This band is the spearhead of progressive rock with a very own intention. Intensive, intelligent, geared towards rhythm.
The duo, in the meantime grown into a 5 piece band has always been passing the usual frontiers and imaginations by far. Once with heavy jazzrock – fusion, another time extremely funky, then booming like an entire rock orchestra. Anyway the avant-garde rockers have no idea of mainstream and hold-hands beer tent-pop and this makes them just the right ones for the Zappanale.

The Wrong Object

The quartet from Belgium, inspired by Zappa, Gong and Soft Machine mixes psychedelic Jazz with modern rock elements. The Wrong Object works very inspired, neither their interpretations of Zappa songs nor their own compositions need to fear comparison with the original Zappa songs. What is significant: In front of the background by the powerful rhythm section and on the carpet of vital, fabulous compositions the guitar often serves the song by holding back, instead the saxophone and the clarinet are brilliant as solo instruments and leave their mark on what’s happening.

Frogg Café

The musical roots of Frogg Café are to be found with Frank Zappa, Yes, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, and Genesis as well as with classics such as Stravinsky, Ravel, Copland and even with jazzers like for example Charles Mingus and Coltrane. The band consists of five music teachers from New York who started as the Zappa cover band “Lumpy Gravy” in 1998 and meanwhile they’ve grown high out of their roots.

visit www.zappanale.de, or even better, visit the festival

lotsa lynx

Serebella.com has added a link to your page "United Mutations" at http://www.united-mutations.com/ on our page about "Zappa, Frank" which can be found at http://www.serebella.com/directory/Arts/Music/Bands%20and%20Artists/Z/Zappa,%20Frank/. We invite you to visit our page, and if you like what you find we would appreciate a link back!

MIKE KENEALLY - DOG

• mike keneally band: dog
      (2004, cd / dvd, usa, exowax 2406)
  
  • This is an incredible package. The latest Mike Keneally album, Dog, has been released with a bonus DVD with another 60 minutes plus of material.
    I know what you're saying. You weren't too impressed by MK's latest releases, had the impression that he wasn't moving forward... Well, here's "Dog", and believe me, this one will blow your socks off. MK is sounding jazzier than ever. Right now, my favourite track is 'Splane', but that's probably because it's coming out of my speakers as I'm typing this.
    
    Essential listening.
    
    Go to www.keneally.com and order your copy today.

• mike keneally band: pup
      (2004, cd, usa, exowax 2406-2)
  
  • This is the funny free album that comes with the pre-ordered "Dog". I only gave it one spin, 'cause I'm still digging Dog too much.
    I do need a track-list however, so if anyone feel's like he or she's up to it (or knows where I can find it), please send me a tracklist for this. (Dirk?, François?, anyone?)
    Thank you.

FRANK ZAPPA DVD BOOTLEGS

• frank zappa: the torture never stops
      (2004, dvd-bootleg, ??, room 101060)
  
  • Last year, bootleggers released "Baby Snakes" and "Does Humour Belong In Music". Now, the same (?) people are releasing two new titles. The first one is called "The Torture Never Stops" and presents the famous Halloween 1981 Concert. Fine quality, great show.
    And to be honest, nice (digi)pakcage as well. 

• frank zappa: a token of his extreme
      (2004, dvd-bootleg, ??, room 101061)
  
  • The second Room Entertainment release is called "A Token Of His Extreme" and includes the superb 1974 KCET-TV concert.
    Previously released as a part of the Dub Room Special, but right here in it's original form, including some bonus material. Wow. I shouldn't be saying thhis, but it sure looks good.

CHRIS OPPERMAN

It looks like Chris Opperman's newsletter had some trouble finding my mailbox. As Chris said: "It turns out that a couple of the major mail sites (AOL, Hotmail, etc.) thought that my madphat.com e-mails were spam and they weren't getting to their intended recipients.  However, I called AOL and talked to them and I think I've solved the problem"

[Addendum: In addition to the Special Opps show on July 16th, I'll be playing a mostly solo set on Saturday, July 10th @ 6 pm @ The Space on 2020 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404 as part of TJ Moore's Los Angeles Art Gallery Debut.  Also performing will be Co-Pilot, Candybox Violence, Hijack the Disco, Andy Mitton, Dan Rocket, and Arden Kaywin.  The show is being sponsored by the Sight Unseen Theatre Group and is an RSVP-only reception (with hors d'oeuvres & an open bar from 6 - 9!).  Cover is $10.]

[Chris Opperman Mailing List - Monday, June 28th, 2004]

Episode #20: Episode 20

Quick & Easy:

* The release date for my third solo album, Concepts of Non-linear Time (which was very briefly known as No Memories, Please), has been set for Tuesday, July 20th provided nothing goes wrong at DiscMakers (http://www.discmakers.com/)!  Finally!  Still time left to pre-order a signed copy!  www.onesheet.com/chrisopperman.html  Thank you so, so much to everyone who has already pre-ordered.  The response has been fantastic.

* On Friday, July 16th, my band Special Opps will be headlining the CD release party for Concepts of Non-linear Time along with live performance newbie Cosette Trombino (8:00), the sweet & sexy (or is that sexy & sweet?) Nikki Katt (8:30) (whom I will also be sitting in with), bodacious Brent Locke (9:15), and the eclectic Zach Sinick (10:00) at Room 5 Lounge @ 143 N. La Brea (between Beverly and 1st Street), Los Angeles, CA 90036.  Special Opps starts at 11 and we will be having Mike Keneally (http://www.keneally.com/) as a special guest on guitar and Talia Mays from The Golden Ratio (http://www.g-ratio.com/) as a guest vocalist.  The show is also being professionally recorded and videotaped, AND OppyList members get in for the discounted rate of $5!  So you really should do your darndest to make this gig.  Seriously.  You'll be sad if you miss it. And it's all ages.  I might even play Idaho Potato, but don't hold your breath.

* In Late July/August, we will be compiling my 4th album and 1st live album, tentatively called Made-up Songs: Live in Los Angeles containing songs culled from my LA performances over the last three years.  Special guests include the criminally underrated Andre LaFosse (http://www.altruistmusic.com/) on guitar, the more-appreciated-but-not-appreciated-enough  Mike Keneally (http://www.keneally.com/) on guitar, Kat Parsons (http://www.katparsons.com/) on vocals, and more!  Also includes performances by