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AC Entertainment
1/12/2010 8:30 PM at Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa
Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte, North Carolina
Cost: $25.00 GA/ $50.00 VIP, Plus applicable service fees
Son of Frank Zappa and a heavy metal disciple of Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai, Dweezil released his first album, Havin’ a Bad Day, in 1986. He worked a stint as a VJ on MTV, appeared in the films Pretty in Pink and The Running Man, and had a brief sojourn in TV situation comedy with his sister Moon Unit, on 1988-1989’s Normal Life. After diving into TV soundtrack composition and guitar-for-hire on various studio sessions, Dweezil re-dedicated himself to learning guitar, changing his style a bit and adopting many of his father’s picking techniques. In 2005, he assembled a crack band of younger players and recruited FZ alumni Steve Vai, Terry Bozzio, and Napoleon Murphy Brock for the critically acclaimed Zappa Plays Zappa tour which hit the road in the summer of 2006. The band performed an entire program of Frank Zappa compositions with Vai and Bozzio appearing as guests and Dweezil himself as lead guitarist/bandleader. Between legs of that tour, he released Go with What You Know, easily his most ambitious album to date. A studio version and DVD of Zappa Plays Zappa appeared in 2008.
Tickets on sale October 30: http://tinyurl.com/y9q6ccu
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