{"id":1519,"date":"2012-03-30T20:17:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T20:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/03\/30\/the-grandmothers-of-invention-roxy-and-elsewhere-and-more-us-tour-to-begin-april-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-03-30T20:17:02","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T20:17:02","slug":"the-grandmothers-of-invention-roxy-and-elsewhere-and-more-us-tour-to-begin-april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2012\/03\/30\/the-grandmothers-of-invention-roxy-and-elsewhere-and-more-us-tour-to-begin-april-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grandmothers of Invention &#8216;Roxy and Elsewhere and More&#8217; US Tour To Begin April 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmothersofinvention.com\/GM2012%20CasualHiRes.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"156\" height=\"92\" \/><br \/>Much to the elation of music fans on the US East Coast, for the first time in America, three legendary former members of the Mothers of Invention are playing a series of selected concerts as The Grandmothers of Invention starting in April 2012. The Grandmothers of Invention recently performed to wildly enthusiastic audiences in Europe and now plan to bring their special blend of musical mayhem to the US shores.   <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to be the most exciting tour of my entire career!\u201d &#8211; Don Preston<\/p>\n<p>The Grandmothers of Invention, showcasing the talents of Mothers of Invention\/Zappa alumni:<br \/>Napoleon Murphy Brock (MOI member 1974-1984) lead vocals, tenor sax, woodwinds and dancing<br \/>Special guest Don Preston (MOI member 1966-1974) vocals, keyboards and transformations<br \/>Tom Fowler (MOI member 1973-1978) bass and chair dancing<br \/>Chris Garcia &#8211; drums, percussion, marimba and vocals<br \/>Miroslav Tadic &#8211; electric guitar (from April 24 thru May 2)<br \/>Robbie Seahag Mangano \u2013 electric guitar (from May 3 thru May 15)<\/p>\n<p>The Grandmothers of Invention promise a night of thorough entertainment, featuring virtuosic playing, bizarre humor and the performance of many Zappa\/Mothers beloved compositions; not only re-creating the music as was originally written and produced, but also breathing new life into it as well! Get ready to hear such Zappa penned classics as \u201cI Am The Slime\u201d, \u201cMuffin Man\u201d, \u201cFlorentine Pogen\u201d, \u201cAndy\u201d, \u201cTrouble Everyday\u201d, \u201cVillage Of The Sun\u201d and many, many more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, after all of these years, be able to witness this music preformed as it was intended. TOTAL MUSIC THEATER.\u201d &#8211; Napoleon Murphy Brock\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The Grandmothers of Invention tour dates:<\/p>\n<p>Apr-24 \u2013 Stubbs \u2013 Austin, TX<br \/>Apr-26 \u2013 Tipitinas @ at French Qrtr \u2013 New Orleans, LA<br \/>Apr-27 \u2013 Smith&#8217;s \u2013 Atlanta, GA <br \/>Apr-28 \u2013 Cat&#8217;s Cradle \u2013 Carrboro, NC <br \/>Apr-30 \u2013 Ramshead \u2013 Annapolis, MD<br \/>May-01 \u2013 The Hamilton \u2013 Washington, DC<br \/>May-02 \u2013 Infinity Hall \u2013 Norfolk, CT<br \/>May-03 \u2013 Iridium \u2013 New York, NY (2 shows)<br \/>May-04 \u2013 Iridium \u2013 New York, NY (2 shows)<br \/>May-05 \u2013 World Cafe Live \u2013 Wilmington, DE<br \/>May-06 \u2013 Rex Theater \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA<br \/>May-08 \u2013 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH <br \/>May-09 \u2013 Magic Bag \u2013 Detroit, MI <br \/>May-10 \u2013 Martyrs \u2013 Chicago, IL<br \/>May-11 \u2013 Cedar Cultural Center \u2013 Minneapolis, MN<br \/>May-12 \u2013 Bourbon Theater \u2013 Lincoln, NE <br \/>May-13 \u2013 Denver CO or Boulder CO <br \/>May-15 \u2013 State Room \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT <\/p>\n<p>The Grandmothers of Invention have signed with Robert Duffey Management and plans for a full scale tour of the West Coast is currently in the works.<\/p>\n<p>For more information: www.grandmothersofinvention.com<\/p>\n<p>Source: www.grandmothersofinvention.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much to the elation of music fans on the US East Coast, for the first&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}