2 DVD & BONUS CD!

Two of the best ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA shows were pristinely filmed and recorded (in Portland, and Seattle, USA respectively) to capture the amazing experience. The result is a double-DVD set with a 12-track bonus audio CD. Produced by Pierre and Francois Lamoureaux for Strobosonic, the DVDs feature over three hours of performances of Dweezil’s “rocking teenage combo”, including previous 2006 tour special guests: Steve Vai, Napoleon Murphy Brock and Terry Bozzio.

Musician and composer Frank Zappa left an amazing legacy: more than 80 albums and hundreds of additional compositions. Now his son, Dweezil, is working to keep his father's music alive. He and an orchestra are embarking on an international tour, playing selections of Frank Zappa's music.

Considered by many to be a genius composer, guitarist and producer, Frank Zappa’s body of work is as vast, as it is diverse. His untimely death in 1993 left legions of loyal fans missing his satirical flair and brilliant musicianship. A few years ago, Dweezil decided that his father’s music had been missing from the musical landscape for far too long and chose to dive headlong into the massive undertaking that became ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA. This extensive concert tour respectfully brings selected compositions from the elder Zappa’s body of work back to the stage.

Dweezil states, “Frank’s music is unique. It deserves to be discovered by today’s audience. They don’t have any idea what they are missing. His music is not going to suddenly appear on popular radio or TV programs and it’s not going to get massive exposure in the media, so the only way to introduce it to new people is to play his music live. Frank always called his music the ‘World’s Finest Optional Entertainment’ and it really is.” The ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA tour offers audiences an opportunity to spend an evening with Frank Zappa’s music, performed meticulously by a group of top-flight musicians who were schooled in its subtleties.