What a joy it is, to arrive in Bad Doberan.
All friendly faces.
The festival started with Superthousand, a band with a Pink Floyd vibe. They sounded great.
Next up was Smalltape. Melodic progressive rock. Loved it. Perfect festival vibe.
In between, I did have a short chat with Gregg Bendian and Neil Alexander from the Mahavishu Project.
Ben Rubie was still in Hamburg as his violin needed repair, but everything should be fine before they hit the stage on Saturday (and Sunday).
Two different sets. I'm really looking forward to this.
We also ran into Turbulator (who performed at Zappanale last year). After his move from Australia to the UK, he's finished the work on his studio and he's making progress working on original material as well as working on some Zappa material. Sounds promising.
I also talked to Fred Händl who shared the reason for the delay of his "Zappa Album": the artwork is being done by none other than Cal Schenkel (and that takes time). Wowie zowie !
And shortly thereafter, a heavy downpour and accompanying thunderstorm took over the festival.
Despite the changing weather conditions, Icarus Burns had taken the stage. Don't know what happened to Black Zappath...
As the rain didn't stop, we headed back to the hotel. I'm also curious to find out if Chato performed at the Zappateers tent later on...
Anyway, it's Friday now. The weather's looking good and today's line-up is very promising.
To be continued.
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