We’re only in it for the money.

HAHAHAHA
Actually, we’re just a bunch of professional musicians with pretty diverse backgrounds who decided to take on a pretty big challenge and have some fun in the process. 

Now, you might ask, “Oh yeah? ‘Professional’ musicians, eh? What makes you think you can play Frank’s music as well as [insert Zappa family member here]?”

Well….you might not have heard of us individually, but you have heard of the people we’ve spent our careers working with (and we don’t mean “I played a 10am slot at a festival once that was headlined by Mr. Big Name Artist Guy”):

Yo Yo Ma, Mick Fleetwood, BB King, REM, Vinnie Colaiuta, Oasis, LA Philharmonic, Jerry Kimbrough, BB King, Ani DiFranco, Madison Symphony, Arthur Barrow, The Crawdaddies, Alice In Chains, Munich Philharmonic, Camille Zamora, India Arie, Popa Chubby, Limelight: A Tribute To Rush, Pinetop Perkins, Damon Harris, Robert Mirabal, Jason Webb, Chicago Lyric Opera, Savannah Symphony, Ben Tucker, Arrested Development, Madison Opera, and that’s just a sample.

When it comes to the music, Frank himself was constantly changing things and allowed his band to bring their voices to the table, plus he understood that live shows are entertainment, not a piano recital. 

With that in mind, we don’t think playing a note-for-note rendition of Song X from Album Y while staring at our shoes is the proper way to go about this.

The result of that approach (combined with a lot of homework and being lucky enough to have a killer complement of musicians) is a show that pays respect to Zappa’s legacy, but is still new and different and dangerous and FUN, with lots of eyebrows.

Kinda like Frank.