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olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1000
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 9:50 pm:   Edit Post

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
Advanced Member
Username: inthelows

Post Number: 202
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 10:24 pm:   Edit Post

Is there a site to catch dates for this?
Thanks
NLP
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1001
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 5:57 am:   Edit Post

Here is the official site Zappa Plays Zappa
davr35
Junior
Username: davr35

Post Number: 47
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 8:07 am:   Edit Post

I'm going to the show tommorrow night in New Orleans will report back
groovelines
Senior Member
Username: groovelines

Post Number: 425
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 12:01 pm:   Edit Post

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.
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 4634
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 5:55 pm:   Edit Post

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

Post Number: 1006
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 7:04 pm:   Edit Post

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
Junior
Username: to_81_0190

Post Number: 25
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 7:47 pm:   Edit Post

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

Post Number: 426
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 2:47 pm:   Edit Post

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
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1007
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 2:51 pm:   Edit Post

Nice to see you're working hard to day Mike. :-)
groovelines
Senior Member
Username: groovelines

Post Number: 427
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 5:10 pm:   Edit Post

it's the least I can do, ; )
zappahead
Intermediate Member
Username: zappahead

Post Number: 137
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 7:55 pm:   Edit Post

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
Junior
Username: davr35

Post Number: 49
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 11:03 pm:   Edit Post

Just got back from the New Orleans show. Three hours twenty minutes of pure bliss.
davr35
Junior
Username: davr35

Post Number: 50
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 11:21 pm:   Edit Post

Oh I forgot they played Regyptian Strut
to_81_0190
Junior
Username: to_81_0190

Post Number: 26
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 12:41 am:   Edit Post

Wow! Almost every song on the set list is my fovorites!
paulman
Intermediate Member
Username: paulman

Post Number: 150
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 12:35 pm:   Edit Post

I missed this in Chicago, had my child that weekend.

My buddy gave it a rave review, and said they worked it so Frank himself got to play a solo during the show with the live band backing him up! I would have killed for that.

I still have the ticket, any takers? hahaha
57basstra
Senior Member
Username: 57basstra

Post Number: 514
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 12:49 pm:   Edit Post

OK, yeah,uh huh, now I've got Zappa lyrics dancing in my head..

"The poodle bites!
(come on, frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(snap it!)
The poodle bites!
(come on, frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(snap it!)"
....Dirty Love
paulman
Intermediate Member
Username: paulman

Post Number: 152
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 12:59 pm:   Edit Post

Sounds like you've got a serious case of "Moo-aah" ;D

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