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tiny_tim Nov 07 2011 at 11:44 AM	Just a heads up on Dweezil’s UK Fall 2011 tour. http://www.zappaplayszappa.com/tourdates.html
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Bob Meyrick Nov 28 2011 at 6:17 AM	ZPZ at the De Montfort Hall were terrific. Here’s the set (deep breath) - Black Napkins, the whole of Apostrophe (Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast, Father O’Blivion, Cosmik Debris, Excentrifugal Forz, Apostrophe, Uncle Remus, Stinkfoot), Inca Roads, cheepnis, Peaches en Regalia, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body, Chunga’s Rvenge, Fifty Fifty, Rollo, I’m the Slime. Encores - Dancin’ Fool, Baby Snakes, Muffin Man. I didn’t remember all that - a friend of mine managed to get a set list, which Dweezil signed. What a guy!
Bob Meyrick Nov 19 2011 at 3:58 AM	There have been a couple of bands in the UK playing the Zappa repertoire, and have made a decent job of it. Guitarist John Etheridge put together the "Zappatistas" (http://www.johnetheridge.com/zappa/) for a music festival around a dozen years ago, and they tend to approach the music from a jazzer’s perspective. Their gigs aren’t that frequent (the economics of gigging an 8-piece band...), but always enjoyable. However with Dweezil you’re getting as close as possible to the real thing - maybe it’s in the DNA. Ed Palermo’s Big Band also does a great job of arranging FZ’s work for a large ensemble.
Tom Rudd Nov 18 2011 at 5:40 AM	I would of figured that to be true also Hambone.
HAMBONE Nov 17 2011 at 11:55 AM	Yeah Tom, I’ve heard Project/Object, but not live. From my perspective, they are not as good as ZPZ. Dweezil and his band have really captured the true essance of the whole Zappa experience. Whereas P/O is a notch below that. Just my 2 cents.
Tom Rudd Nov 15 2011 at 9:17 AM	Has anyone heard Project/Object, Ike Willis’s Zappa band? How do they compare with ZPZ?
HAMBONE Nov 14 2011 at 1:02 PM	Amen to that,Bob!
Bob Meyrick Nov 12 2011 at 4:17 AM	Thanks for the link Hambone. Dweezil has matured into one helluva guitar player.
HAMBONE Nov 11 2011 at 11:29 AM	I just received this from ZPZ website. Great news on upcoming live cd! http://www.dweezilzappaworld.com/posts/1243-in-the-moment
HAMBONE Nov 08 2011 at 12:16 PM	To all you good people across the pond, do yourself a favor and see this band if you get the chance. I did twice this year and look forward to the next time. They’re great musicians and a lot of fun.Cheers.
Bob Meyrick Nov 08 2011 at 3:28 AM	I’ll be at the Leicester De Montfort Hall gig on Sunday 27 November. It’s really pleasing that the band is doing about a dozen dates, rather than one or two in London. For this tour they’ll be performing "Apostrophe" in its entirety and in sequence. ZPZ are a seriously talented group. Having seen FZ every time he toured the UK since 1972, I can say that this band is on a par any of his.
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