Stinkfoot Orchestra - Celebration of the music of Frank Zappa

Description

Art Boutiki is excited to host a special night celebrating the music of Frank Zappa with the world premier of the Stinkfoot Orchestra. This 15-piece ensemble including 6 horns, 3 dedicated vocalists and a rhythm section featuring tuned percussion will be fronted by a very special guest - iconic Frank Zappa vocalist, Napoleon Murphy Brock.

Composed of an array of well-established Bay Area musicians, the Stinkfoot Orchestra is the brain child of Nick Chargin - lead vocalist and keyboardist from the critically acclaimed band, the Houserockers. "Frank's music has had such a huge influence over my musical development. It actually makes me a little nuts when I think of the fact that, while his virtuosity as a composer has received recognition throughout Europe, he never really received proper accolades here in the States" he says. "This music is historically important - and I feel it is the responsibility of those who 'get it' to help keep it alive and, hopefully, introduce more people to it. On any given night, I realize that we may serve as someone's first exposure to Frank Zappa - and I don't take that responsibility lightly. We make sure to do it right."

This sneak preview show will provide a glimpse of Zappa's immense catalog of work spanning a 30- year career. When asked what songs we can expect the band to cover, Nick responds "Well, given the fact that we have Napoleon on board, we are naturally incorporating a large amount of material from his era with Frank. Roxy and Elsewhere (Zappa's 1974 live double album) is one of my favorite albums of all time, so there are a number of songs we pulled from that. Apostrophe, One Size Fits All, Bongo Fury...folks can expect a sizable amount of material from those albums.

At the same time, Frank's catalog is so immense and covers so many different styles that we can't properly present a snapshot of his work without delving into everything from his earliest days with the Mothers through the 1980's. We have an amazing 6-piece horn section, so we are able to do justice to stuff from albums such as The Grand Wazoo and Waka Jawaka. We have 5 great singers, so we are also tackling some more vocal- intensive stuff from You Are What You Is and Joe's Garage...really, there is something for fans of all periods of Frank's music. I don't want to give away too much more - we want to keep a certain element of surprise to the performances, ya know?"

Doors open at 7:00, music begins around 7:30 ALL AGES
Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the door