Zappa Plays Zappa

Watched all of this, both discs, last night. All of it was extraordinarily excellent. Me and my fellow big Zappa friend sat there watching this and repeatedly remarked how excellent it all was..amazed how close it all sounded to the records. Extraordinarily close. Impossible reproductions: check. Blinding fast and accurate mallot and vibes play: check. Incredible sax solo from multi-talented Scheila Gonzalez: check. Dweezil doing his father proud in the guitar solo dept.: check. With Napoleon Murphy Brock singing much of the lead vocals along with his on-stage spirited personality there comes an air of authenticity that Zappa fans want. Terry Bozzio's contribution was a real treat. The only thing I missed was Frank's patented unique droll voice on songs like Cosmic Debris, I'm The Slime and Trouble Comin Every Day et al. Dweezil gives a heartfelt thank you to all the fans at the show(filmed in Portland and Seattle) for supporting his father's music. Also the disc concluding interview with Dweezil describes the coming together of this project and of this band. Not a Frank Zappa and band live performance but I swear there is a hair's width of difference between the two.                           5/5/08