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Did you attend this ZPZ show at The Carin Park?


Dweezil and the band would love to read your reviews!


Mikey
Zappa.com Webmeister

Reading the posts growing the heeby-jeebies in our souls in Europe waitin' for ZPZ!I'm just hearing the Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance from YCDTOSA Vol 6.It would be colossal e.g.in Munich like pitch of the concert for persons who bathe in beer by Oktoberfest,isn't it?

thanks to dweezil zappa & band for another fantastic evening of frank's music played live !! my 2 older daughters & i have now seen 3 shows in 5 days & (they) told me this past week has been the high point of their summer ! thanks to you zpz !

what more can i say but 'police lights flashin' with girls dancin' in silhouette'.

please, please play columbus, ohio again.

Hey - Whats new in Baltimore???

a stop sign

Andy was just amazing

While I was getting "caught up" in the flow of Franks guitar solo on Cosmik Debris, I said to myself -
"there is something magical in them notes"
Every song was performed with its intended energy and intensity!

Dweezil
You have assigned yourself a task, and you have proven yourself worth of that task. What you are doing here is very special!
I could never thank you enough

i got to see the cain park show last night. what a thrill it brought me back to my youth. i was fourtunute to have seen frank play at least 7 times from 1976 through the end of the tours. this show was as just as good as the great shows of the past.
i thought the sound was a little muddy near the end, i remember a little more high end in frank's shows. the drums could have been a little more crisp. other than that a good time was had by all.
thanx for a great experiance. cheers mike

The Cain Park show was just mind blowing! Went with a buddy who started the Zappa Appreciation Society with me in high school and we were both absolutely floored. Such a great venue also, please keep it as a stop on the tour. Thanks Dweez and company!!

I thought the Cain Park show in Cleeland Hts. was awaesome. I got there late but when I heard Dweezil rip through the guitar solo on "City of Tiny Lights" as I took my seat I knew I wouldn't be dissapointed! Good track selection; though I was unfarmiliar with a few. and I would have liked to have seen some guitar instumentals such as Rat Tomango, Zoot Allures, Black Napkins, Friendly Little Finger, Them or Us or Apostrophe. Great encore; 'G-Spot Tornado' was insane. GREAT SHOW!!

Thanks so much for these reviews. I can't wait until the Kingston NY show, but for God's sake, when are they gonna announce the fall dates???

The last of five shows for me, starting out @ the Egyptian Room in Indianopolis, and skipping only the show in Pennsylvania (which was apparently my mistake b/c it would seem that they played montana with video and a rendition of Don't You Ever Wash That Thing) while ending up @ Cain Park in Cleveland. So I can't say that I was pleased with Cain Park, the venue itself was fine, but the f-ing place was hard to find, and there was NO PARKING, so I was an half hour late after parking in an adjacent neighborhood, but I'm just going to guess that they started right at 8:00, didn't play Black Napkins b/c it was an outdoor venue, and probably began noise intro>my guitar>echidna's arf, son of suzy creamcheese>brown shoes>...

...and I came in right at the end of Amerika drinks and goes home, so here's the setlist from there.

-8:30-
City of Tiny Lights (enter Ray White)
Carolina Hardcore Ecstacy
Advance Romance
Pygmy Twylyte
Dumb All Over> (*81)
What's New in Baltimore
Dupree's Paradise>
Uncle Remus>
Willie the Pimp
Joe's Garage
Wind up Working in a Gas Station>
San Berdino
Andy
Illinois Enema Bandit
-10:17-
encore:
Cosmik Debris (*74)
G-Spot Tornado
Muffin Man (*77)
-10:38-

So, DZ was on, I mean really on. This was by far the best, most confident, competent, and powerful I've heard DZ. He eviscerated City of Tiny Lights, got down n' dirty for Advance Romance, and he blew my mind by doing a jaw-dropping, sick, intense (dare I say better) version of the guitar solo which appears on Hot Rats (I know, I know, it's blasphemy, just hang me now, but I'm sticking with what I just wrote). Best thing about the crowd in Cleveland, the only group who would shut the f- up at the end of Joe's Garage so the Central Scrutinizer could be heard. It was great, nobody said a word and you could hear the entire speech. So of course, how was Dupree's? Well, Billy started it off, Shiela followed soloing over Joe just absolutely positively ANNIHILATING his hi hat (WOW!), then Joe started off the Drownig Witch vamp, Aaron added some MaDnEsS, Jaimie followed by subjugating the Packard Goose vamp, Pete did his thing and was shortly joined by Billy on vocal percussion, and then Ray took it away with a very special rendition of "Lick My Love Pump".

All in all the shows were great, a real treat. Of course, I'm not satisfied. The one glaring thing each and every night, was the Frank Zappa Jukebox Effect. They continue to play tunes exactly as they appeared on the original album, and it is my contention that this has FZ rolling in his grave. One thing he constantly espoused was the idea that live musicians were better, superior to Jukeboxes, and anyone who has listened to a handful or more or FZs live shows, knows this to be the case.

It is beyond evident that this band is amazing, each player a powerhouse in their own right, and with a wonderful chemistry. They could and can do so much more with the music than present it in a pre-packaged, freeze dried form. The albums are there so that one can hear that particular rendition, a live concert is there so you can present a unique once in a lifetime performance of any particular tune. Listening to a setlist that's 90+% the same songs would be much more bearable if those songs were done differently, even only slightly differently. Solos vary it's true, but anyone who is familiar with FZs live music knows that there is much, much, much, much, much more to it than that.

I'm writing this after approx. two weeks of a new tour, after than band has only been together for a year, so I say there's still hope.

Thank you all for your time, MUSIC IS THE BEST!!!

Thank you so much to the entire band for being so gracious. At all shows where there was a possibility of crowd interaction after the show, they took it. Everyone of them was friendly, kind, funny, and considerate. You might think some of them would have large egos, or an air of supremacy, but that's just not the case. Even Mr. Travers, who can look quite serious and dire at times behind the mustachioed kit was an absolute pleasure to interact with. For me Shiela and Pete were particularly kind, they were more than willing to have a little conversation with you, and were not even the slightest bit condescending. Extra triple thanks go out to Pete Griffin, he was the first person to give me an autograph (in Indy) and he was quite affable when it came to supplying the "mystery vamps" occuring during Dupree's Paradise, my buddies and I just couldn't figure out the Drowning Witch vamp or the On the Bus vamp. Now if I can manage to acquire Aaron's autograph this winter I'll have the entire 2007 band.

One last thing, what's with folks getting up and leaving (bathroom, food, cellphone) during Dupree's Paradise, all 5 friggin' shows, it was like lemmings trundling into the ocean as the opening refrain to Dupree's belted out, WTF people, are you insane?!

I was lucky enough to attend the Columbus show at the LC on Thursday, the Cleveland show at Cain Park on Saturday and twice last year. All I can say is thanks to Dweezil and the rest of the band. I feel very lucky to have experienced such amazing shows. The band is the tightest and most talented band I've ever seen. Thanks to Joe for being a monster on those drums, the compliments on my chops at Columbus, and signing my shirt in Cleveland! Thanks to the person that put Sheila up front. She is not only beautiful, but one amazing musician!!! She rocks!!! Thanks to Napolean, Ray, Terry, and Steve for making music comfortably familar, but new! I guess someone would say that I'm very thankful-----they're right, I am. Lastly, a big thanks to Dweezil for bringing us Frank's music again. But I am more grateful that you took the time to shake my hand, sign my ticket, and answer my questions that you most likely have answered the night before and the night before that... Your availability to the fans makes the shows personal for us! So thanks and I hope that you swing back through the US before Christmas! If not, next year!

The Cain Park concert was excellent. Frank is no doubt proud and impressed with Dweezel's considerable talent.