Zappa Plays Zappa December 22, 2006

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA
THE ZAPPA FAMILY TRUST PRESENTS THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA
starring
DWEEZIL ZAPPA
With special guests
STEVE VAI, TERRY BOZZIO, NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK AND OTHERS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 8PM
PARAMOUNT THEATRE

Guitarist DWEEZIL ZAPPA has cocooned himself away in the studio this past year engineering his own metamorphosis. "In order for me to play my father's music correctly I needed to understand the fundamentals of his music more thoroughly, which meant a lot of studying." His goal was to emerge as a "better musician" as well as a "better guitarist." The autodidactic Zappa utilized the fruits of his labor to startling effect on his first album project in more than six year Go With What You Know, featuring a unique guitar rendition of the elder Zappa's classic instrumental, “Peaches En Regalia.” "I actually played along with Frank's guitar solo from the original Hot Rats master tapes. He had dedicated that album to me since he was working on that around the time I was born. It's cool to hear us playing together note for note in a stereo time machine." The album, independently released to coincide with the Zappa Plays Zappa Tour, is the first official live concert event of Frank Zappa's Music since his untimely passing in 1993. Joining Dweezil on stage will be a handpicked band of new, young musicians as well as some legendary Zappa alumni including STEVE VAI, TERRY BOZZIO, and NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK. "Prepping for the tour has been like preparing for a medieval battle where going into it your sharpest weapon is a spoon,” says Zappa. “But I'm pretty deadly with that spoon now."

Tickets are $37.00, $47.00 and $67.00 plus applicable service charges and go on sale Saturday, September 30 at 11 a.m. and are available online at ticketmaster.com or hob.com, at all Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone at (206) 628-0888

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