# Dweezil Zappa at the Warfield, April 29, 2017

[Goldenvoice/AEG Live](http://www.axs.com/events/329104/dweezil-zappa-50-years-of-frank-tickets) presents _50 years of Frank_ featuring [Dweezil Zappa](http://dweezilzappaworld.com/)  
[the Warfield](http://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com)  
[982 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-4012 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=982+Market+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4012+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Saturday, April 29, 2017

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## One Set

[8:31 PM lights down, band out]

01. [8:32 PM] _Help, I'm a Rock_ »
02. [8:36 PM] _Transylvania Boogie_
03. [8:39 PM] _It Can't Happen Here_
04. [8:45 PM] _You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here_
05. [8:48 PM] _Harry, You're a Beast_ »
06. [8:49 PM] _The Orange County Lumber Truck_
07. [8:50 PM] _Lemme Take You to the Beach_
08. [8:51 PM] _How Could I Be Such a Fool?_
09. [8:52 PM] _Who Are the Brain Police?_ ß@
10. [8:54 PM] _What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning?_ (CC+SG) †@
11. [8:58 PM] _Shove It Right In_
12. [9:02 PM] _Flower Punk_ £
13. [9:05 PM] _Inca Roads_
14. [9:14 PM] _Black Napkins_ ß@  
[all sit out but BBm KM, DZ]
15. [9:25 PM] _Apostrophe_  
[others back]
16. [9:33 PM] _Teen-Age Wind_ @
17. [9:36 PM] _Montana_ %
18. [9:44 PM] _Zomby Woof_ (CC) †ß@
19. [9:51 PM] _Doreen_
20. [9:53 PM] _You Are What You Is_
21. [9:57 PM] _Yo' Mama_
22. [10:08 PM] _Fembot in a Wet T-Shirt_
23. [10:12 PM] _On the Bus_ †@
24. [10:15 PM] _Keep It Greasey_
25. [10:20 PM] _Packard Goose_ ߇
26. [10:33 PM] _Watermelon in Easter Hay_  
[set ends 10:42 PM; all off, back in a minute or two]  
   
**Encore**
27. [10:44 PM] _Ride My Face to Chicago_  
[add James Santiago: guitar]
28. [10:50 PM] _Cosmik Debris_ @  
[James off]
29. [10:59 PM] _The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing_
30. [11:02 PM] _Muffin Man_ &ß$  
[show ends 11:09 PM]


## Performers

* [Ryan Brown](https://ryanbrowndrums.wordpress.com/): drums;
* [Cian Cohey](https://www.facebook.com/ciancoey): & guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* [Scheila Gonzalez](https://www.facebook.com/SGMusicPage/): keyboards, £ flute, @ alto saxophone, $ soprano saxophone, ‡ tenor saxophone, harmony vox;
* [David Luther](http://davidluthermusic.com/): † tenor saxophone, ß baritone saxophone, % keyboards, guitar, drums, lead and harmony vox;
* Kurt Morgan: bass, harmony vox;
* Chris Norton: keyboards, lead and harmony vox;
* James Santiago: guitar (t26);
* [Dweezil Zappa](http://dweezilzappaworld.com/): guitar, vox.


## Notes

Until Dweezil and company charged into the start of tonight's show, I'd forgotten how weird a lot of Zappa tunes are. And I bet they seemed even weirder 50 years ago! Anyways, I enjoyed tonight's gig, especially from my lazy spectator's seat in the lower loge: good sound, good sight lines, almost enough arm and leg room to be comfortable. What more could you want? I got off to a slow start taking notes tonight; between that and the fact that the musicians sometimes swapped places or instruments more than once in a tune, I'd say the likelihood of errors and omissions from the list above is close to 100%. Plus, writing in the dark is always an adventure in future readability! Sorry. I was just not prepared to deal!

I'm certain that utility man David Luther joined Ryan at the drums set several times throughout the gig. For example, that's him doing the roto-tom solo during _It Can't Happen Here_ (?could be plus/minus one tune in the set, my notes are hard to make sense of here), not Ryan Brown.

And _The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing_ was performed mostly a capella; maybe just accompanied a little by Ryan?

Sigh. Next time I'll try and do better!

Despite my crappy notes, I can confidently assert that I enjoyed the show, and I was glad that Dweezil included plenty of raging guitar jams. _Cosmik Debris_ was probably my favorite on that count, closely followed by _Apostrophe_ and _Watermelon in Easter Hay_.

Not sure you'd like the show? I say, give 'em a try. Worst case, you lose your mind and end up following DZ for the rest of your life...

Say, did I mention that Warfield security theatrics are even better than your typical TSA airport show? Hmmn, remind me to write about that some other time!

{{tag>music Dweezil_Zappa the_Warfield Ryan_Brown Cian_Cohey Scheila_Gonzalez David_Luther Kurt_Morgan Chris_Norton James_Santiago}}

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