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The Grandmothers Of Invention Featuring Legendary Zappa Alumni Don Preston & Napoleon Murphy Brock To Embark On 'one Size Fits All And More' Us Tour
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
Los Angeles, CA - Having just completed a month long European tour of performances in the CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, HOLLAND, SWITZERLAND, the GrandMothers Of Invention, featuring legendary Frank Zappa Alumni Napoleon Murphy Brock and special guest artist Don Preston, once again will tour America. This time around the ensemble will be performing the ONE SIZE FITS ALL album in its entirety, along with other MOI/FRANK ZAPPA favorites from BONGO FURY, OVERNITE SENSATION, ROXY & ELSEWHERE, UNCLE MEAT ...
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Jazz This Week: Grandmothers of Invention, Chip McNeill Quartet, Free Outdoor Concerts, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If you're looking for live jazz or creative music in St. Louis during the dog days of August, the pickings can seem kind of slim. The city's most prolific not-for-profit presenter, Jazz St. Louis, has completed its summer season at Jazz at the Bistro, which will be dark until September. That's around the same time that other local not-for-profits and universities will resume their concert series. Meanwhile, others that in the recent past have had at least a few summer ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Grandmothers of Invention 2012 Tour
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some videos of the GrandMothers of Invention, who will be in St. Louis to perform next Saturday, August 4 at the Old Rock House. As their name, evoking Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, suggests, the GrandMothers are a tribute band performing Zappa's music. The group includes three former Mothers - Napoleon Murphy Brock (tenor sax, flute, vocals), Don Preston (keyboards, vocals) and Tom Fowler (bass) - ...
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Grandmothers of Invention to Perform Saturday, August 4 at Old Rock House
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Attention, St. Louis area Zappaphiles: The Grandmothers of Invention (pictured), featuring four key ex-members of Frank Zappa's Mothers, will perform at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, August 4 at the Old Rock House. Three of the The ex-Mothers in question are singer and saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock, saxophonist Bunk Gardner, and keyboard player Don Preston. The ORH's announcement also mentions bassist and singer Roy Estrada, who has participated in previous Grandmothers tours, but given that earlier this year he was sentenced to ...
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The Grandmothers Of Invention "Roxy And Elsewhere And More" US Tour To Begin April 2
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
Los Angeles, CA - Much to the elation of music fans on the US East Coast, for the first time in America, three legendary former members of the Mothers of Invention are playing a series of selected concerts as The Grandmothers of Invention starting in April 2012. The Grandmothers of Invention recently performed to wildly enthusiastic audiences in Europe and now plan to bring their special blend of musical mayhem to the US shores. “This is going to be the ...
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