The gig's tonight

Antepenultimate rehearsal before August gig

Had a great rehearsal yesterday. Worked through the entire set list.

New numbers,  Illinois Enema Bandit and Latex Solar Beef/Willie The Pimp went particularly well and we're looking forward to unleashing these on the 11th.

Ian Stone was on bass for this session and with Olly Nelken on trombone and Jon, Jo and Steve adding vocals we played an amusing version of Peaches En Regalia (based on the Filmore East version). We'll have to see how it goes at the next rehearsal with Jimmy back on bass before we decide if it's ready to be gigged.

Acetylene Nirvana

London Zappa Collective rehearsed yesterday at a new studio. Survival, where we had been rehearsing, has sadly closed down and so we've moved to nearby Panic Studios. Panic is very comfortable with aircon, good equipment and friendly staff an we had a great time there yesterday. We've added Latex Solar Beef to our set list and Jo and Steve did a good job of emulating Flo and Eddie. They were also nicely in sync on Pojama People as you can hear here:
Pojama People rehearsal

London Zappa Collective gig in Barnes

We will be playing 2 full sets and will be including some new numbers.

Our double bill in Ruislip

Acton Zappa and London Zappa Collective shared the bill and played a gig at Tropic At Ruislip last week-end. Finishing the night with both bands being on stage and playing together. Here's the flyer and set list. It went really well. We had a very good, appreciative crowd and everyone enjoyed it. Who would have thought there would be so many Zappa fans in Ruislip. We've been invited back, so keep an eye out for the date of our next gig there.

New Players for both Acton Zappa and London Zappa Collective

Next week-end, 6/7th Jan, Acton Zappa will be rehearsing with new keyboards, new bass plus a percussionist. LZC will be joined by a second guitarist, a trumpeter and a singer. It's going to be a busy week-end and I'm very much looking forward to both bands moving forward and having a great start to 2018.

Date for Zappadan Zappajam #4

Next year's Zappadan Zappajam will be number 4. The date is set at Saturday 1st December 2018 and the hall is booked. Put it in your diary. What bands will be playing? You'll have to wait and see. Zappa fun is guaranteed.