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Zappa Plays Zappa

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This will get you addicted to the music of Frank Zappa. Dweezil is the real deal; he plays guitar like no one around right now!!! Saw him 3times last week (including Halloween), 7 times in last 3 years - and he rocks!!!

This CD is just great, the song selections are excellent - but - don't buy it!!! DO NOT BUY THIS CD!!! Find the Zappa Plays Zappa Fan Pack - so you don't get this nice selection, you get the entire concert (2 DVDs and 3 CDs). There is so much AMAZING stuff in that concert it should not be missed buying this scaled-down version. If you are only going to buy a single-CD, then ok, buy this one, but you'll be back for the other, I promise.

Dweezil rips up FZ music in "like Frank", he does not try "to be Frank", he is Dweezil, and sometimes I think he is even a better guitarist than Frank; hard to believe. He plays it "like Frank" so you won't ever feel like you are just hearing a great cover band - he truly covers the music, the small things others would overlook and never know about. Just can't be explained, not in words anyway.

Then comes the rest of the band - Joe on drums, forget it, he just cooks; Sheila on sax - WOW!!!!; Billy on the percussion, what a nice guy, and can he hit those things; Aaron on keyboards, and all sorts of stuff, to much fun; Jamie on rythm guitar - forget him, he could be fronting Led Zeppelin he is so good; and Pete on bass, when he does his solo and plays that thing like a 6string guitar your mouth will hang open. Napolean Murphy Brock - can't say enough about him (Ray White tours now with Dweezil, and is absolutely incredible as Napolean is). The CD also has some stuff with Steve Vai and Terry Bozio ... Vai on Zomby Woof - WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, that's why you want the DVD, you have to see him to really appreciate what he's playing, doing.

ENJOY!!!! and trust me, you will LOVE THIS!!!.

Zappa plays Zappa comes in many flavors.

This is the one disc CD. There is also a 2 disc CD. There is a 2 disc DVD. There is a 3 disc CD and 2 disc DVD combination.

This is from a three and a half hour concert. As you can tell, this one disc version only contains a small portion of the concert.

It is a great CD. But, it is incomplete. I am giving this one star because of all of the other options offered.

The interplay between the sharp, cynical lyrics of Frank Zappa and the amazing technical music has always made these compositions so great.

The songs are faithfully presented, and Dweezil's guitar work is brilliant. The supporting cast is great too. Check out the saxiphone solos of the great Scheila Gonzalez.

The band's on tour as of this writing. Get a ticket if you can.

this one of the best album i have heard since frank was alive you can not find a album on the market ut should be the no.1 album on the charts in all categories so make available again so people can really enjoy real music!