MOO-AH

mOO-aH is a little festival that is held in Corby, UK, every two years (or so).
Organised by Andrew Greenaway and Uncle Ian, it's all about the music of Frank Zappa.

This year's edition was my first Moo-Ah and I liked it.

Friday :

• Absolutely Frank
• Gabby Zappa Busk
• The Muffin Men
• Treacherous Cretins

Absolutely Zappa was pretty good, Gabby Zappa Busk was fun, and The Muffin Men were awesome.
However, a day of travel with the obligatory cancelled trains, bus drives, diversions and a taxi ride did take its toll as we were getting pretty tired after the Muffin Men show and went back to the hotel, skipping the Treacherous Cretins concert.
All the concerts were broadcast live on German Rockradio (from Hamburg) by Klaus and Steffen, which also means that recordings  could / should / might turn up sooner or later.

Here's a recording of the broadcast of the Treacherous Cretins gig :

Saturday

• Fred Händl
• London Zappa Collective
• Voodoo Room
• The Progfathers
• Pygmy Twylyte

Saturday kicked off with Fred Händl. Solo keyboard in his typical puzzling and cryptic style. Loved it. The London Zappa Collective was rather disappointing but we were put back on track with Voodoo Room who performed the music of Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. Powertrio. They rocked. Next up, The Progfathers performed the music of Yes, Vandergraaf, King Crimson,... Not really my cup of tea (except for the KC pieces) but the rest of the audience loved it. And then there was Pygmy Twylyte. Young, enthusiastic, and nailing it. Very impressive.

In all, a nice weekend, not taking into account the hassle going home with, again, cancelled trains, a taxi from Luton to London to be able to catch the Eurostar, and another cancelled train in Belgium...

Personally, I would prefer to see two or maybe three bands on one evening. Emphasize on the quality.
But we did have a great time, so thanks again to the Moo-Ah crew.