In 2016, it will have been 50 years since Frank Zappa graced the world with his music. His son, Dweezil, doesn’t plan to let that anniversary go uncelebrated.
It seems Dweezil Zappa is planning a major Zappa Plays Zappa celebration in honor of the 50th, as the guitarist recently told Billboard.Â
It’s going to be a 50 Years of Frank kind of thing… I’m not exactly sure what we’re gonna do. I would love to be able to take out a bigger ensemble. We’ve done a few shows in Europe with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble, so I’d like to be able to play some shows in America and all over the world with that bigger sound so we can do the orchestral works and really bring them to live in a very big way. It’s really insane to think about his first record coming out 50 years ago, so I want it to be something special.”
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The elder Zappa’s first album, Freak Out!, was released in 1966, so a 50 years of Frank Zappa celebration would certainly be welcomed by fans of the music.
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