Bugnatr
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Being a huge Frank Zappa fan from the 70's and had enjoyed more than one of his concerts with the first being in 1974. So when I read Dweezil Zappa was playing his father's album "Roxy and Elsewhere" in Sacramento at the Crest Theater I knew I had to go. Best part is my son Joe also likes his music so for his 23rd birthday I said it was my treat to the show. We jumped into the family truckster and motored to downtown Sacramento for the concert.
We had a half hour to kill so we walked across the street to the "Dive Bar" , actually a nice place with a big aquarium above the bar. Sometimes mermaids can be seen swimming with the fish but we didn't have time to drink that much so after a couple pops we walked back across the street to the show.
The Crest Theater https://thecrest.com/ is a very nice small venue, just the way I like it as my stadium concert days are long gone. It was a very good concert although the younger Zappa is much more reserved than his father but it was great to hear music I know preformed live. I'm sure Joe was impressed with my singing along with most of the songs.
After the concert we walked down to the stage where Joe ( he plays drums) was explaining the elaborate DW drum set to me when Dweezil walked by on his way to go sign autographs in the lobby. I asked him for a picture with me and he was very gracious to let Joe take our picture. It's a crappy cell photo so I won't bother to post it here. I saw Frank preform this album 40 years ago and now my son is taking my picture with his son, something I could have never imagined back then.
Isn't life a trip.
I doubt there are many FZ fans here but if you are check out Zappa plays Zappa web site for a show near you. https://www.zappaplayszappa.com/tourdates.html
We had a half hour to kill so we walked across the street to the "Dive Bar" , actually a nice place with a big aquarium above the bar. Sometimes mermaids can be seen swimming with the fish but we didn't have time to drink that much so after a couple pops we walked back across the street to the show.
The Crest Theater https://thecrest.com/ is a very nice small venue, just the way I like it as my stadium concert days are long gone. It was a very good concert although the younger Zappa is much more reserved than his father but it was great to hear music I know preformed live. I'm sure Joe was impressed with my singing along with most of the songs.
After the concert we walked down to the stage where Joe ( he plays drums) was explaining the elaborate DW drum set to me when Dweezil walked by on his way to go sign autographs in the lobby. I asked him for a picture with me and he was very gracious to let Joe take our picture. It's a crappy cell photo so I won't bother to post it here. I saw Frank preform this album 40 years ago and now my son is taking my picture with his son, something I could have never imagined back then.
Isn't life a trip.
I doubt there are many FZ fans here but if you are check out Zappa plays Zappa web site for a show near you. https://www.zappaplayszappa.com/tourdates.html
