London Zappa Collective

To avoid confusion with Acton Zappa the collective will be known as LZC or London Zappa Collective. The two groups will continue idependantly although I forsee some cross pollination, so to speak, taking place at times. Both groups will play at Zappadan Zappajam on 9th December and for LZC it will be thier first outing. Line-up is yet to be finalised but as well as bass drums and guitar there is likely to be keyboards, one or more saxophones, another guitar, a girl singer and even some taiko drums. Here's a snippet from a recent rehearsal with bass, drums guitar and two saxes.

Rehearsal track

23 days till Zappadan Zappajam 3

The Acton Zappa Collective resurrected?

Due to a combination of factors, the other four members of Acton Zappa were not able to get to a booked rehearsal this Sunday leaving me and a substitute drummer with time in the studio to play through some of Frank's music. It was a lot of fun and reminded me of the original idea I had 3 years ago (from which Acton Zappa crystallised) of The Acton Zappa Collective. A loose collection of musicians with the common goal of enjoying playing Frank Zappa's music. If the loose collective materialises it will run in parallel with the more formal Acton Zappa with possible cross-fertilization. Any musicians interested in playing with the collective please leave a message in the comments. As I said in March 2014 "The primary aim is to have fun playing the music of Frank Zappa. If you already know some Zappa tunes - great. If not then enjoy learning them with us. Suggestions for favourite numbers to play always welcome. Charts available if needed. Occasional gigs aimed for."

Another Track from Fat Lil's

This track came up on random play on my phone and I thought "Nice - I should share it" so here it is Black Napkins by Frank Zappa live at Fat Lil's

This week's random track.

For no particular reason here's
Son of Orange County

New Videos uploaded

Three Acton Zappa videos have been uploaded recently.
Two from Festival Moo-Ah!

and one from Fat Lil's

Enjoy

Had a great time at Festival Moo-ah 2017.

Had a fantastic time at the week-end meeting lots of old and new Zappa friends, seeing and hearing lots of great bands and to top it off we got to play the opening set on Saturday and were very well received. It makes all the hours of practice and rehearsal well worth it. Much thanks to Ian and Andrew for organising the event and making it go so well. Already thinking about Moo-ah 2019. It's gunna be a long two years.

Now it's time to get ready for Monday's gig at Fat Lil's in Witney, Oxford.