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Wednesday 13th October - Tamworth Assembly Rooms

Some of FRANK ZAPPA’S most innovative compositions are his truly idiosyncratic works at the meeting point of Jazz and Rock and the Bizarre.

Until now few musicians have dared to attempt to pay tribute to the complex convoluted music of the man now seen as one of the most significant composers of the 20th century.

But the 1998 Newark Festival asked guitarist John Etheridge (with his jazz/rock credentials firmly established through his years with Soft machine) to create a group to perform this material.....and the eight piece Zappatistas was born.

They play  all the Zappa gems like…..Big Swifty , Peaches en Regalia,

                    Heavy Duty Judy, Sleep Dirt, Lumpy Gravy, Grand Wazoo,

                    Let’s Make the Water turn Black, and Harry you’re a Beast.                     

THE ZAPPATISTAS

Leader JOHN ETHERIDGE

One of the UK’s most revered guitarists having played alongside Pat Metheny, Dizzy Gillespie, Stephane Grapelli and Nigel Kennedy

Tickets £15.00 (£13.00 concession)

Doors 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start