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 amazing,” said bandleader Nick Chargin, a 35-year veteran of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene who founded The Stinkfoot Orchestra in 2019. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.
His work is characterized by nonconformity, improvisation, sound experimentation, musical virtuosity and satire of American culture. “I wanted to recreate the experience of going to a Frank Zappa show. He had this sardonic wit that was infused in everything he did,” said Chargin.
“What sets us apart is that we have the arsenal to be able to really present Frank’s music in a way that most bands aren’t able to do. We have a lot of toys to play with. Our sound is really big,” said Chargin.
KNOW & GO WHO : The Stinkfoot Orchestra Featuring Napoleon Murphy Brock MORE INFO : minersfoundry.org WHERE : Miners Foundry, 325 Spring Street, Nevada City, CA 95959 EMAIL : [email protected] WHEN : Friday, August 30; Doors and bar open at 7 p.
m., show begins at 8 p.m.
COST: $30 In Advance | $38 in Advance Limited Reserved Seats (the reserved seating section will be an area closest to the stage) | $35 at the Door Advance price closes at 4 p.m. the day of the show.
This is a seated show. TICKETS : minersfoundry.org Available online or in person at the Miners Foundry Box Office: 325 Spring Street, Nevada City, CA 95959 Tuesday – Friday | 9 a.
m. – 4 p.m.
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