patrice
'candy' zappa-porterpatrice
'candy' zappa-porter
Candy Zappa is Frank Zappa's 'little' sister. She wrote a book on the Zappa family and performed Frank Zappa's music on various occasions: with Nigey Lennon, with the Ed Palermo big band and with Project/Object.
Candy Zappa was a special guest at the 13th Zappanale festival in Bad Doberan, Germany, in 2002. She also contributed to Greg Russo's Neonfire project.
picture at the right, by the late Peter Mackay.
borrowed from http://members.cox.net/bill_lantz/petermackay.html
In 2003, Candy's book "My Brother Was A Mother" got published.
Early 2006, Candy Zappa, joined forces with Ed Palermo, Nigey Lennon, and John Tabacco to present ZAPPA SINGS ZAPPA, a two-hour show featuring Candy's vocal renditions of her brother's songs, along with original compositions in the Zappa spirit, composed by Nigey Lennon and John Tabacco.
June 2011, Candy Zappa released "To Be Perfectly Frank", an album that included a number of Frank Zappa compositions and audio comments.
July 28, 2011, Bobby Marquis did an interview with Candy Zappa on Canadian CKCU-FM radio.
January 5, 2012, Canadian CKCU-FM radio did broadcast another interview with Patrice 'Candy' Zappa as part of their Frank Zappa specials.
books
discography
| nigey
lennon: reinventing the wheel (2000, cd, usa, dinghy records 1001) - feat. candy zappa, mike keneally, incl. 'any way the wind blows' (frank zappa) |
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| various artists:
zappanale 13 (2003, 3cd, ger, arf society) – incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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artists: zappanale 13 -
retrospective (2003, dvd, ger, the arf society) - feat. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| various artists:
zappanale # 13 (2003, cd, ger, arf society) – incl. various artists playing frank zappa compositions |
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| neonfire:
neonfire (2005, cd, usa, crossfire publications 9502-2) - feat.candy zappa, napoleon murphy brock |
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| movie:
arf society meets frank zappa (2007, dvd, ger, arf society) - feat.napoleon murphy brock, roy estrada, ed mann, ... |
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| candy zappa:
...to be perfectly frank... (2011, cd, usa, porterville records / crossfire publications) - incl. various frank zappa compositions // feat. frank zappa, ike willis, don preston |
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| my
brother was a mother: a zappa family album
by patrice 'candy'
zappa |
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| my
brother was a mother - volume two
by patrice 'candy'
zappa
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concerts
random notes
2011 07 - a short chat with Candy Zappa
UniMuta:
Hi Candy, about "To Be Perfectly Frank", I like the idea of putting
audio snippets between the music. How did you pick these? And what's the link
with the Neonfire album?
Patrice 'Candy' Zappa: Actually,
the CD was re-mixed by Greg Russo, author of "Cosmik Debris", a book
about Frank, and my friend and lawyer Larry Rogak put the snippets of Frank in
between the songs.
UniMuta:
What other things have you been doing lately? Any plans for the near future?
Patrice 'Candy' Zappa: I've been
getting my second publishing of my book, "My Brother Was A Mother, Volume
2" together and i will be doing a live interview with Bobby Marquis on
www.CKCU.fm, a Canadian radio station on Thursday, July 28th between 2 and 3pm,
Pacific Standard Time.
My husband, Nolan Porter, and I have
been working on music and plan to get another band together to do some local
gigs in the near future. We will be holding auditions in the soon.
UniMuta:
That sounds good. In about a month, we'll have another go at Zappanale in Bad
Doberan. How do you look back on your visit to the little german Zappa-town.
Patrice
'Candy' Zappa: My memories of the Zappanale are wonderful and exciting! I had
the best time there and met so many Frank fans and I was there for the
dedication of the bust of Frank in the park.
I also got to perform some of Frank's songs and the Ed Palermo Band was
terrific! i loved it there and was hoping to be invited back.
If you want to find out more about Candy's new book, or if you want to listen to some of her music, be sure to listen to CKCK-FM on 2011/07/28.
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