GRANDMOTHERS RE:INVENTED IN CONCERT

• Napoleon Murphy Brock ‹ tenor sax, flute, lead vocals
• Roy Estrada ‹ bass, vocals (pachuco falsetto)
• Don Preston ‹ keyboards, vocals
  with
• Miroslav Tadic ‹ guitarist (lead, stunt & otherwise/awesome)
• Chris Garcia ‹ drums, vocals

in concert

• 2009/04/25 Grandmothers Re:Invented - concert 'The Music Recital Hall', L.A. Harbor College, LA, CA, usa - with special guest violinist Harry Scorzo
• 2009/04/29 Grandmothers Re:Invented - concert "Nidaros Bluesfestival", Trondheim, Oslo, Norway
• 2009/08/14 Grandmothers Re:Invented - concert "Zappanale", Bad Doberan, Germany

for more info, check out

www.thegrandmothers.com or myspace.com/GRANDEMOTHERSREINVENTED

MOONJUNE

Anil Prasad did a fine interview with Leonardo Pavkovic, the man behind the MoonJune Records label.

Check it out:
www.innerviews.org/inner/moonjune.html

FILIPPO BELLAVIA & B. STREET BAND

• filippo bellavia & b.street band: zappa in blues
  (2008, cd, italy, lazarimus lzrm 04121993)

Guitarist Filippo Bellavia is the father of Martin, Ruben and Emanuela.
Martin and Ruben are part of Ossi Duri, the italian band that has recorded several albums playing the music of Frank Zappa.

Together with his sons Martin (guitar) and Ruben (drums), and with the help of Simone Bellavia (bass), Filippo recorded "Zappa In Blues", and album on which he plays a number of bluesy Zappa compositions.

Guesting on 'Bamboozled By Love', is former Zappa-sideman Ike Willis.

Filippo explains in the CD booklet: "Frank Zappa's music has been my soundtrack since the age of fifteen, the lullaby sung to my three children..." and
" Zappa In Blues can be said to be the fruit of my 'compulsive-obsessive disorder' ".

The result is great. This album shows that Zappa knew his blues classics, and that he could write a nice bluesy track himself. Filippo and his B. Street Band made a nice selection and did a great job performing these tracks.

Recommended!

http://www.ossiduri.com/bstreet.htm

SCOTT THUNES

March 7, 2009, Scott turned up / took the stage at the Zappa Plays Zappa concert in Santa Rosa and played the bass during 'Willie The Pimp'.

THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

The Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a small part of Frank Zappa's 'Inca Roads' in concert from time to time in the early ninetees.The band's 1991 performance at the Dutch Pink Pop festival, also included 'Inca Roads'. It got broadcast on TV and recently got seeded at DimeADozen:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - 1990.06.04 - Pink Pop Festival, Landgraaf, Holland
(DVD)TV BROADCAST

1-Out in L.A.

2-Backwoods

3-Dr.Funkestein

4-Inca Roads

5-Funky Crime

6-Anarchy in the U.K.

7-Stone Cold Bush

8-If You Got Funk, You Git Style

9-Nobody Weird Like Me

10-Tiny Dancer

11-Party On Your Pussy

12-Red Hot Mama

13-Pretty Little Ditty

14-Higher Ground

15-Knock Me Down

16-Castles Made Of Sand

17-Me And My Friends

The above picture shows John Frusciante playing 'Inca Roads' at Pink Pop.

NEW ZAPPA VINYL BOOTLEGS

Two new Frank Zappa titles are being mentioned in the vinyl bootleg collector circuit:

"Frank The Dragonmaster", a 2LP set that will be available in 5 different vinyl colour versions, and that will carry the 1988 Stockholm concert;
and
"Igor's Transylvanian Ballet Music", a 1LP album that will be available in 5 different vinyl colour versions as well.

-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt

CHUMBAWAMBA

• various artists: gay pride (you don't know what your missing)
  (1994, 7"ep, uk, dump records dump 024)

Chumbawamba contributed Frank Zappa's 'What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body' to a 7" EP on the Dump Records label in 1994.

The EP was called "Gay Pride (You Don't Know What Your Missing)".

-- info: Hans-Peter Schmidt

THREE NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG CDS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED

here are the titles and a bit of extra info:

dungeon of despair - 2cd - guitar master gm 004/005
(live in stockholm, sweden, 1st may 1988)

story of michael kenyon - 2cd - guitar master gm 006/007
(live in barcelona, spain, 17th may 1988)

the farewell concerts - cd - varese records 478
(live in budapest and prag 1991)

THE CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER BAND IN CONCERT

• 2009/03/19 The Central Scrutinizer Band - concert auditório do Sesc Vila Mariana, São Paulo, Brazil

INÉDITO, ESPECIAL E ÚNICO !!!!!ZAPPA ACÚSTICO

Quinta dia 19 de março,no auditório do Sesc Vila Mariana, Rua Pelotas141, tel.5080.3000, às 20,30hs, ingressos R$12,00.

Mais informações nos sites abaixo

www.sescsp.org.br
www.scrutinizer.com.br
www.myspace.com/thecentralscrutinizerband

ATÉ LÁ AMIGOS !

ZAPPATIKA! 20090313 - Coincidental New Tour CD

Whilst ZAPPATiKA is working on the next "big" studio album STRICTLY FRANKLY to follow on from their September 2008 release THE SHORT BUT LEGENDARY FLIGHT of the DODO ..... they are releasing what they call a "coincidental cheep and nasty Live CD", called LIVE AND KICKING on Monday 16 March to coincide with the forthcoming UK and German tours.
The CD will be on sale at all gigs and also thru the bands Myspace and Reverbnation sites from next week....and the price ?

A staggeringly cheeeep and nasty - FIVE ...yes,... 5 pound-euro-dollars only !!!

The track list on the LIVE AND KICKING CD is as follows;(all 100% Live)

ZAPPATiKA trax: Spanish Highwayz,Thru the Wormhole,Mahavishnu Mind,My Little Pony,Dark Room,Rainy Days,Space Flip,Leroy
Frank Zappa trax ; City of Tiny Lites,My Guitar wants to kill your momma,Bamboozled by love, The Torture Never Stops,Winoman, Black Napkins & Cosmik Debris

get it while its hot !
--
www.zappatika.com
www.myspace.com/zappatika
http://www.tshirthell.com/store/clicks.php?partner=zappatika