Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It might be the case that the only person who can truly play Frank Zappa’s genre-bending work is another Zappa. The legendary ...

ASPEN – By the time of his death, in 1993, Frank Zappa had left his mark in many places. He was perhaps known best for the comedic songs – “Don’t Eat That Yellow Snow,” “Valley Girl” – that ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa on Monday, Aug. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, Center for the ...

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For a decade, musician Dweezil Zappa toured steadily under the banner of Zappa Plays Zappa, the son playing the songs of his father so that the creatively eclectic music of the late Frank Zappa might ...

Over the last decade or so, guitarist Dweezil Zappa has toured the country — including three stops at Bridgeport’s now-defunct Gathering of the Vibes — as Zappa Plays Zappa, performing note-perfect ...

Dweezil Zappa, son of legendary musician Frank Zappa, has announced he is being forced to change the name of his tribute band, Zappa Plays Zappa, in which the younger Zappa recreates the music of his ...

Just like real bands – maybe more so, actually – tribute groups can suffer from audience fatigue and creative burnout. The smart ones, like Beatles salute the Fab Four, keep changing up their shows, ...