Helen Tate of Spanner Jazz Punks tried out with us last Saturday. It went brilliantly and she is now in the band. On Saturday eveing we played a great set with Helen at Hanwell Hop and although there were some technical problems everybody played really well. I feel so lucky finding these great players who are as nuts about Zappa as I am. Possibly the high spot of the night was when I invited Jazz Mondays back to join Acton Zappa on the stage to form a band of around 14 players to perform Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance and Chunga's Revenge. There were violin, guitar, saxophone and keyboard solos all backed up by bass and two drummers.
We are all very exited to be playing at Festival MOO-AH in Corby tomorrow night and sharing the stage with Inventionis Mater and the Zappatistas. We are on first and fully intend to give our best performance to an audience of Zappa aficionados. Then we will just stay on and enjoy the rest of the festival.
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