Acton Zappa's birthday

It was a year ago yesterday, 28th March 2014, that Acton Zappa met for the very first time. That original jam had Mike Fox on guitar and vocals, Tomáš Indyján Nejedlý on bass and one-time only member, Eldred on guitar and multi effects box. Eldred, by his own admission, knew no Zappa material and Tomas was very relieved when I told him Eldred would not be at future sessions. Tomas on the other hand knew lots of Zappa including bits of the frighteningly-hard-to-play Echida's Arf and thus was started a musical partnership that has endured. With the addition of John Parkinson on drums and recently Helen Tate on violin Acton Zappa have matured into the gigging combo you can see today.

For nostagia's sake here's a recording from that very first jam sessions. I hope it doesn't give you nightmares Tomas.

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There are no pics from that very first jam session. Here's one taken a month or two later of Mike and Tomas.