the don and bunk show

= don preston and bunk gardner

random notes

discography

• the don and bunk show: necessity is...
      (2000, cdr, usa, brain records) – incl. ‘eric dolphey memorial barbecue’ (frank zappa), 'neon meat dream' (van vliet)
  
• the don and bunk show: joined at the hip
      (2002, cdr, usa, brain records) - incl. 'little house' (frank zappa)
  
• various artists: eyeinhand sampler volume 1
      (2001, cd, spain, vaso music vm 032) - all zappa related artists

concerts

• 1999/10/28    concert 'downtown playhouse', los angeles, usa
  • bunk gardner: sax/flute * don preston: keyboards/synth * rick bartow: bass * mumbo: drums
    
• 2001/12/29    concert 'milestones', rochester, ny, usa

  • don preston, bunk gardner rick bartow & mumbo
    (both rick bartow and mumbo are members of project/object.  this was their first performance with don and bunk. their first rehearsal had taken place that same afternoon.)

  • what was zappa really like? * little house i used to live in * 20 small cigars * holiday in berlin * it's all nothin' * memories of el monte * caravan with a drum solo * not so cute * how are you doing, really? * sweet 15

  • a 47 minute recording of this concert circulates

• 2002/01/05 concert 'visualite theatre', charlotte, nc, usa
  • don preston, bunk gardner rick bartow & mumbo
  • eye of agamoto * twenty small cigars * holiday in berlin * it's all nothin' * memories of el monte * caravan (with a drum solo) * motherly love * progress? * neon meate dream of a octafish * immaculate deception * the eternal question – part 1 * the little house i used to live in * the eternal question – part 2
  • a 63 minute recording of this show circulates
    

• 2003/08/23 concert 'the downtown playhouse' in los angeles, ca, usa

  • don preston, bunk gardner, roy ‘orejon’ estrada, christopher garcia