Take one Zappa tribute band, Sheik Yerbouti, add three alumni from Zappa’s touring and recording bands – Napoleon Murphy Brock, Denny Walley, and Robert Martin – put them all together on the Zappanale 20 Main Stage, and the result is absolutely, positively, exceptionally gestalt.
Listen and judge for yourself:
City of Tiny Lites
[audio:20091021_10 City Of Tiny Lites.mp3]
Advance Romance
[audio:20091021_11 Advance Romance.mp3]
Thirty Seconds In Memory of Jimmy Carl Black
[audio:20091021_12 Thirty Seconds In Memory of Jimmy Carl Black.mp3]
Aybe Sea
[audio:20091021_13 Aybe Sea.mp3]
Inca Roads
[audio:20091021_14 Inca Roads.mp3]
Bamboozled By Love
[audio:20091021_15 Bamboozled By Love.mp3]
The Evil Prince
[audio:20091021_16 The Evil Prince.mp3]
Po-Jama People
[audio:20091021_17 Po-Jama People.mp3]
Muffin Man
[audio:20091021_20 Muffin Man.mp3]
Sheik Yerbouti:
Jörg Doc Heuser – guitar, vocals
George Rademacher – guitar, vocals
Thomas Jung – keyboards, vocals
Thomas Rath – drums, vocals
Andy Mertens – bass, vocals
Harry Sebel – lead vocals, add. keyboard
special guests:
Napoleon Murphy Brock – vocals, sax
Denny Walley – guitar, vocals
Robert Martin – keyboard, vocals
What’s the story with the guitar? Is that a guitar?
Cool sounds!
What’s the story with that moustache? Is that a moustache?
Looks kinda like an eight string guitar…
I think it is an 8 string bass.