ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA – Sydney 2007 (3CD)

Audience 9.0 – Nice and clear, with a sharply defined and articulate high end of the spectrum. During full band loud jam sections I find the guitar too low in the mix, but just fine in most of the sections where the overall band intensity is not as high (like during Zoot Allures, for instance). Overall it’s quite a tour de force this show – and brilliant on point guitar pyrotechnics abound.

ZAPPA plays ZAPPA
Date: 2007-12-04
Venue: Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia

CD1:
Stink Foot (FZ on video screen)
Cheepnis
Lonely Little Girl
Eat That Question
Son Of Suzy Creamcheese
Brown Shoes Don’t Make It
Zoot Allures
Pygmy Twylite

CD2:
Audience Participation Time
Dupree’s Paradise (with aussie icons Irwin Thomas [aka Jack Jones] and Johnny Diesel [aka Mark Lizotte])
Uncle Remus
Willie The Pimp
Andy
I’m The Slime
Echidna’s Arf
Dumb All Over (FZ on video screen)
What’s New In Baltimore?
Advance Romance
Filthy Habits
City of Tiny Lights

CD3:
Cosmic Debris (FZ on video screen)
G-Spot Tornado
Muffin Man

The band:
Dweezil Zappa: guitar
Ray White: vocals, guitar
Joe Travers: drums
Billy Hulting: percussion
Scheila Gonzalez: keyboards, saxophone, vocals
Aaron Arntz: keyboards, trumpet
Pete Griffin: bass
Jamie Kime: rhythm guitar

With special guests:
Steve Vai: guitar (from Andy onwards)
Irwin Thomas [aka Jack Jones]: guitar (Dupree’s Paradise)
Johnny Diesel [aka Mark Lizotte] : guitar (Dupree’s Paradise)