Zappa.com

New non-R2F date:
Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
Sep 7, 2011
on sale Friday:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/perf ... orangepeel

_________________
"Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance, smothered in balloons and ribbons."
~ Frank Zappa

OMMMMGGGG!!!!!!!!!!

my father just called me (he works at radio station) and told me he has accreditations for RTF4!!!

I was like wtf? I saw the tour dates and they are not coming (to Croatia)... then I saw on internet that they have been comfirmed for first avantgarde festival in Rovinj (near Trieste, but in Croatia) on July 17th!

I cant be more happy! and also we got the tickets for Dr. Lonnie Liston Smith

oh dear! So I will see them after all!

_________________

Good deal Flea, you should have a wonderful time...

US Tour Dates Have Been Announced!
http://return2forever.com/

So, do you think they will be tailoring their set these shows? Perhaps concentrating on Frank's more jazzy instrumental stuff? Somehow I don't see a lot of songs about groupie sex and eating yellow snow going over big with the RtF crowd, but RDNZL will drop jaws.

_________________
"Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance, smothered in balloons and ribbons."
~ Frank Zappa

I was thinking the same thing...focus on the more Jazz oriented stuff...

I hope so then release a cd of it.

_________________
"I'm interested in the capitalistic way of life, and the reason I like it better than anything else I've seen so far is because competition produces results."

Return To Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa



Return To Forever, whose mind-blowing experimentation in jazz and rock transformed the music world, will debut a historic new lineup this summer on a massive tour of 32 US cities. The tour brings a re-imagined musical dimension to both the wildly influential group and its repertoire. Return to Forever feat. Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Jean-Luc Ponty and Frank Gambale will appear with special guest Zappa Plays Zappa

Riverbend Music Center
Just Announced: Return To Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa at PNC Pavilion on August 18. The tour features Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Jean-Luc Ponty and Frank Gambale. On Sale This Saturday and 10am!

I think this is a MUST SEE

_________________
may you have the bank account of a republican and the sex life of a democrat.

I'm down for the Denver show. I was considering Telluride as well, but frankly, I'm just too old and grouchy for all day festival scenes. Besides, I've got tickets to see Santana the next day.

_________________
"Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance, smothered in balloons and ribbons."
~ Frank Zappa

WOW let us know how Santana sounds, I will bet his band is very good.

_________________
"I'm interested in the capitalistic way of life, and the reason I like it better than anything else I've seen so far is because competition produces results."

I saw Santana a few years ago and he is excellent as well as his band, his playing is similiar to FZ but much more predictable...

Much,much,much more predictable. Zappa didn't play the same solo in every song.



http://www.myspace.com/johnnytuscaderodrums
Do you guys do anything besides butt rock parodies?

Santana generally switches bands between rock and jazz, and quite often, I saw him with John Mclaughlin on the devotion tour and believe me he played solo's that were different on each tune as well as his famous rock licks. Check out an old cd of his Borboletta, his catalogue is huge.

_________________
"I'm interested in the capitalistic way of life, and the reason I like it better than anything else I've seen so far is because competition produces results."

That's good to know, I will check that cd out. Everything I hear has that same triplet phrase followed by the bend. Mclaughlin blows him away on the Welcome cd. I'm thinking of the track Flame Sky.

Interesting ,I don't gravitate to the competition aspect of music.

_________________
"I'm interested in the capitalistic way of life, and the reason I like it better than anything else I've seen so far is because competition produces results."

So it's just competition in politics for you?

It's hard not to make comparisons when 2 guitarists are both wailing at full strength in the same song.

It looks like we are not breaking out the Time Machine for this round since I have convinced Mrs.Plook to go to the show in Davis (this will be her first ZPZ, she saw FZ in 1980 at the LA Sports Arena). I think this show will work for her due to the RTF jazz and the assumption that ZPZ will lean that way too. I know KU and Kapt.Kiirk will be there and I can only hope Cletus makes the extra distance to come also, of course the boyz should show up too (Happy, Nic, Ed). Anyone else targeting this show should let us know and we can hook-up...

So why would so many " better guitar players" want to play with carlos.

_________________
"I'm interested in the capitalistic way of life, and the reason I like it better than anything else I've seen so far is because competition produces results."

I think the reason better guitarists want to play with Carlos is for the exposure to a bigger audience. Carlos had the good fortune of playing the overrated Woodstock Festival and like many others who played Woodstock, he became an overnight superstar. Mclaughlin sold a lot less units than Santana. Playing with Santana exposed him to the huge pop/counter culture audience that existed in 1973. I think it was a business move.

I am down for the Cincy show - tickets go on sale Saturday, May 21st, which should certainly signal the beginning of the end of the world.

Yeah, no Al D is definitely a miss, but everything else about it is great. This will be my first time with ZPZ live, but I saw Dweezil's daddy in '73, '75 and '77, and just missed him in '82.

Will ZPZ play an abbreviated set as the opening act? No Frank on the big screen? Anyone know?

_________________
caress me Aunt Jemima

See you there .... just wish it was in a better venue ... Like the Aronoff Center

_________________
may you have the bank account of a republican and the sex life of a democrat.

NOT, I saw Carlos with Joe Zawinul, and Wayne Shorter, venue held 200 people, Joe made a special point of the talent of Carlos, called him Mr. Melody, and in fact the tour was to showcase Santana's talent to more jazz fans.

_________________
"I'm interested in the capitalistic way of life, and the reason I like it better than anything else I've seen so far is because competition produces results."

Got front row seats at U at Buffalo, August 8. Presale today. Yeah, baby!

Wow good job!...

Man, I would be so let down if I saw Weather Report and had to endure Carlos Santana getting in the way of their amazing chemistry with his lame guitar solo in every song. This Is This was my least favorite Weather Report album and Santana's redundant guitar was the low point.

Mr Melody? What does that make Zawinul and Shorter?
Answer: Very nice, generous guys.


Let's not get carried away. There's a big difference between mind blowing experimentation and simply showing off your chops in a soulless, robotic display of technique.
Which brings me right back to the topic.