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Ike Willis (guitar,
vocals)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals, sax, flute)
Don Preston (keyboards, vocals)
André Cholmondeley (guitar, vocals)
Dave Johnsen (bass,vocals)
Glenn Leonard (drums, vocals)
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PROJECT/OBJECT Presents:
"22 YEARS OF LIVE INVENTION"
FALL 2003 NATIONAL TOUR ENCORE
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Generations of Frank Zappa Band Alumni Reunite
to Bring Live Zappa Experience Coast-to-Coast on Eve of 10th Anniversary
of Late Rock 'n' Roll Maestro's "Last Tour"
"As
former Zappa collaborators Ike Willis (guitar/vocals) and Napoleon
Murphy Brock (sax/flute/vocals) took to the stage, the performance
became as much a revival as a tribute." - Creative Loafing
"That's impossible - you can't do that on a Moog" -
Synthesizer design pioneer Bob Moog, commenting on Don Preston's Moog
Synth solo on the WAKA JAWKA LP
NEW YORK -- Closing in on the first decade since Frank
Zappa left for his "last tour," PROJECT/OBJECT, the
Mother of Frank Zappa Reinvention, is mounting a nationwide encore of
its unprecedented "22 Years of Live Invention"
traveling revue this fall. By popular demand, the two-month fall tour
will reunite the maestro's two most beloved vocalists, Ike Willis
and Napoleon Murphy Brock, with original Mother of Invention,
71-year-old synth and keyboard genius Don Preston.
This marks only the second time PROJECT/OBJECT has had the honor of
presenting three bona fide Zappa band alumni to perform and perpetuate
the music of the man they consider one of the 20th century''s most
important and influential composers. The original "22 Years"
revue, in the spring of this year, was the first time Willis, Brock and
Preston played with PROJECT/OBJECT at the same time. Together, they
represent a 22-year span beginning with Preston's entry into the Zappa
camp in 1966 and ending with Willis' final Zappa tour in 1988.
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PROJECT/OBJECT
Recreating the Live Frank Zappa Experience
The members of
PROJECT/OBJECT feel that Frank Zappa is one of the 20th
Century's greatest and most important composers, and they are on a
mission to
bring his music to the masses by faithfully recreating the live Zappa
experience.
PROJECT/OBJECT formed in the early '90s as an offshoot from an annual
Frank
Zappa birthday celebration that took place in guitarist Andre
Cholmondeley's
basement in New Jersey. As the event grew in size and popularity,
PROJECT/OBJECT began performing Zappa's music in larger and larger
venues,
with a growing set list from every era of Zappa's 30-year recording
career.
The band strives to stay true to Frank's vision of constantly
challenging the
musicians and the audiences.
During Zappa's 1984 and 1988 tours, members of PROJECT/OBJECT became
friendly
with Ike Willis, the legendary 10-plus year Zappa vocalist and guitarist
whose career with Frank began in the role of "Joe" on the
classic Zappa
album, Joe's Garage. In 1995, the members of PROJECT/OBJECT sent a
tape of a
live show to Ike and he was impressed enough that he agreed to come out
to
the East Coast to join the band onstage for a few gigs in the New York
area.
After that tremendous first outing, Ike agreed to repeat this experience
in
the future. read more...
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