An Evening with The Furious Bongos

Wed Apr 13 2022 at 07:00 pm

Reggies | Chicago

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An Evening with The Furious Bongos
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Reggies Rock Club
7pm doors / 8pm show / 17+ / $15adv - $20dos
An Evening with The Furious Bongos
We’re only in it for the money.
HAHAHAHA
Actually, we’re just a bunch of professional musicians with pretty diverse backgrounds who decided to take on a pretty big challenge and have some fun in the process.
Now, you might ask, “Oh yeah? ‘Professional’ musicians, eh? What makes you think you can play Frank’s music as well as [insert Zappa family member here]?”
Well, you might not have heard of us individually, but you have heard of the people we work/play/create with on a regular basis:
Yo Yo Ma, Mick Fleetwood, BB King, Vinnie Colaiuta, LA Philharmonic, Dweezil Zappa, Madison Symphony, Arthur Barrow, Munich Philharmonic, Bryan Beller, Popa Chubby, Limelight: A Tribute To Rush, Pinetop Perkins, Chicago Lyric Opera, blah blah blah....you get the idea.
When it came to the music, Frank was constantly changing things, and he allowed his band members to bring their unique voices to the table. He also understood that his live performances were entertainment: it's supposed to be a rock show, not a piano recital.
With that in mind, we don’t think playing Song X from Album Y note-for-note while staring at our shoes is the proper way to go about this. The result of that approach (combined with a lot of homework) is a show that pays respect to Zappa’s legacy, but is also new and different and dangerous and FUN, with lots of eyebrows.
Kinda like Frank.

https://www.reggieslive.com/show/an-evening-with-the-furious-bongos/
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Reggies, 2105 S State St, Chicago, United States

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