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Tag Archives: tribute/cover bands
What´s New in Tokyo?
Create a MySpace Playlist at MixPod.com A cover band called Denkichi Coverd (?) from Japan (?) playing very good covers (!). I love the presence of the acoustic guitar – the playlist becomes a video stream (from YouTube) if you … Continue reading
Zappa at Montreux Prog Nights, 2009
Since 2006, the goal of Montreux Prog Nights has been to to promote progressive music in Switzerland, especially in Montreux, by organizing three or four events each year in various venues. In 2009, the band FiDOplaysZAPPA performed a Zappa Night … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2009, FiDOplaysZAPPA, Frank Zappa, Lazuli, live music, Montreux Prog Nights, tribute/cover bands, video, zappa covers
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Selected Idiot Bastard Sons
As a big fan of all Zappa and Zappa-related recordings, I’ve accumulated an immense number of live concerts, shows, and radio broadcasts via Zappateers and purchased elsewhere (far, far too many to name in this post). Among them, certain shows … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Mike Keneally, Miscellany, Music
Tagged idiot bastard son, live music, tribute/cover bands, zappa alumni, zappa covers
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Tunes, Treats & Torrents – Peach Noise
Ever so often a cover band comes along that absolutely impresses me with their ability to interpret Zappa’s compositions in fresh, bold new ways. The French cover band Peach Noise is one such band.
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2008, 2009, Benoît Moerlen, Frank Zappa, french, Nicolas Mingot, peach noise, streaming audio, torrents, tribute/cover bands, zappateers
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Tunes, Treats & Torrents – Fattore Zeta
Italian band Fattore Zeta describes itself as a “jazz tribute to Frank Zappa” band. Their unique covers, interpretations, and arrangements of Zappa’s compositions – with their use of instruments in unexpected combinations – is really quite extraordinary (Listen to “Oh … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, YouTubery
Tagged 2007, 2009, covers, Fattore Zeta, france, Frank Zappa, Italy, torrents, tribute/cover bands, zappateers
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Sleep Dirt Variations
We are all quite familiar with the acoustical duet version of “Sleep Dirt” between Frank Zappa (acoustic lead guitar) and James “Bird Legs” Youmans (acoustic rhythm guitar) on the album of the same name, recorded at the Caribou Studios in … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Mike Keneally, Music, Personal
Tagged covers, Frank Zappa, live, live versions, Mike Keneally, sleep dirt, streaming audio, tribute/cover bands
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Musicians Play FZ – Part II
Alas, I’ve saved the best for last. “Musicians Play FZ – Part II“, a compilation of FZ songs performed by various musicians, from Sting to The Persuasions and many in between (plucked from my own collection). Enjoy this mix for … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Mike Keneally, Music
Tagged compilation, covers, mixtape, streaming audio, tribute/cover bands, Zappa, zappa alumni
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Musicians Play FZ – Part I
Originally conceived as an interruption in the “Son of Tweezer Glint” series for we schmucks who couldn’t make it to Zappanale 20 in Bad Doberan — “Musicians Play FZ – Part I” is the first of a two part series … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Mike Keneally, Miscellany, Music, Zappanale
Tagged big band zappa, fz, tribute/cover bands, zappa alumni, zappanale 20
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Pygmy Twylyte – Five Versions
I was going through my Zappa collection the other day, and I noticed I had quite a few versions of Pygmy Twylyte. The first four are covers by Tribute/Cover Bands, and the fifth is one of my favorite proto-versions from … Continue reading
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Tagged classic song, cover versions, field recordings, fz alumni, streaming audio, tribute/cover bands
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