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| Don Preston, deep in thought. |
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of
Invention were always my Grateful Dead; given the chance, I would
have followed them anywhere. I grew up listening to Zappa's zany and
complex songs, they got under my skin and deep into my brain. From
the age of maybe four, I remember Dad played the Mothers for us kids,
sneakily because our mom considered it to be 'inappropriate.' Having
been far too young to see the original group live, I was ecstatic
when I got the opportunity to watch the newest incarnation of the
band, the Grandmothers of Invention. Though they've been performing
for ten years together, the current tour is their first in the United
States. As you may or may not know, Europeans go completely nuts for
Zappa; the band has been having a whirlwind of a time touring both
well-known and remote locations on the continent. For a brief time,
though, they're rocking on their home turf.
