A tribute band born the year that would have been Frank Zappa’s 80th birthday is coming to town, complete with flying rubber chickens. The Miners Foundry Cultural Center is pleased to present The Stinkfoot Orchestra — a 14-piece tribute to Frank Zappa — featuring Napoleon Murphy Brock on Friday, August 30. Bar and doors open at 7 p.
m. and the show begins at 8 p.m.
The Stinkfoot Orchestra pulls no punches — delivering two sets of Zappa’s music via a 14-piece ensemble including a six-piece horn section, tuned percussion and five vocalists. This show features one of Zappa’s most beloved vocalists of all time — Napoleon Murphy Brock. As the iconic frontman for Frank Zappa’s most infamous 1970s ensemble, Napoleon Murphy Brock helped breathe life into many of Frank’s most enduring compositions over the course of four albums including what many consider to be Zappa’s greatest live release, “Roxy and Elsewhere.
” Decades later, the Grammy Award-winning San Jose native’s voice and performance are as strong as ever — still boasting a four-octave range and a magnetic personality that dominates the stage. The young band has already garnered a cult-like following among Zappa fans across the West Coast from Bellingham, Washington to San Diego and Nevada County. “Most of the people who are into this music are obsessed with it.
I’ve never been in a project where people regularly approach me with tears in their eyes thanking me profusely. It’s been pretty amaz.