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cpt. cheese-beard & the 7 sisters of prevention

Belgian band Cpt. Cheese-Beard & the 7 Sisters of Prevention plays the music of Frank Zappa.

http://www.myspace.com/captcheesebeardthe7sistersofprevention

from their bio:
"The "Cpt.CHEESE-BEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION" ensemble was formed by Johan De Coninck in May 2006 after a year of pondering whether the whole project was actually feasible and worth all the trouble managing a production of this size. It was very surprising that finding musicians who are technically good enough to play Zappa's music, and motivated enough to take part in this enterprise was actually not all that difficult. Most of them saw it as a challenge to master these songs and developed a great appreciation for the source material by analyzing and playing it.

The basic idea when we started of was just to go for it with a basic Rock formation (Didier: Drums, Pascal: Bass, Johan: Guitar & voice, Sara: Keyboard & Rojah: vocals) and see where we would end up. As soon as we mastered the basics of a selection of tracks we started to look for people to complete the line up. Melodic Percussion, Flute, Horns and Backing Vocals.

By the time we found Katja, Ansje, Vanessa and Thomas, the core band had been practising for a few months and started to develop a grooving sound which was now enriched by all these new sounds really opening up the sonic spectrum.

We recently welcomed Kristof Kerremans and Ludovic Jean-Mart joining the group. Both saxophone players, they add extra power and harmony creating a very rich sound."

The picture on the right was taken during their concert in Melsele.

Didier Demeestere: drums
Pascal Hauben: bass
Sara Corsius: keyboard
Johan De Coninck Corsius: guitar & voice
Rojah Lao: vocals (first 2 gigs only)
Vanessa Spy 007: lead vocals
Katja Maes: melodic percussion
Ansje De Groef: flute
Thomas Van Gelder: alto & soprano sax
Kristof Kerremans: sax
Ludovic Jean-Mart: sax

You can watch some video clips of a rehearsal at:

and some footage of the Atelier210 gig at:

discography

	cpt. cheese-beard & the 7 sisters of prevention: s/t (2007, dvdr-demo, belgium, private release) - all zappa material
	cpt. cheese-beard & the 7 sisters of prevention: live @ the atelier210 (2007, dvdr-demo, belgium, private release) - all zappa material
	cpt. cheese-beard & the 7 sisters of prevention: outside now (200, cdr-demo, belgium, private release) - all zappa material

concerts

2007/03/30 concert Melsele, belgium
2007/05/18 concert 'Atelier 210', Etterbeek, Belgium
- Peaches En Regalia, Cosmik Debris, Florentine Pogen, Titties And Beer, Pygmy Twylyte, Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, The Torture Never Stops, Uncle Remus, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, City Of Tiny Lites, Yo' Mama
- encores: Black Napkins, Andy, Sofa

2007/09/11 concert 'The Spirit Of 66', Verviers, Belgium

2008/02/09 concert 'JH Merlijn', Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium
- Heavy Duty Judy, Cosmik Debris, Titties & Beer, Pygmy Twylyte, Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, The Torture Never Stops, Peaches En Regalia, Uncle Remus, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, City Of Tiny Lites, Outside Now, Yo'Mama
- encores: Black Napkins, Andy, Inca Roads, Sofa

2008/04/10 concert 'Atelier 210', Brussels, Belgium
- setlist
  - Heavy Duty Judy, Cosmik Debris, Pygmy Twylyte, Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, Titties & Beer, The Torture Never Stops, Peaches En Regalia, Outside Now, City Of Tiny Lites, Uncle Remus, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, St.Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast, Father O'blivion, Florentine Pogen, Yo Mama
- the encores
  - Black Napkins, Andy, Inca Roads, Sofa