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The Grandmothers

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An American band, oriented to the works of Frank Zappa, consisting of former MOI (The Mothers) members: Don Preston; Jimmy Carl Black; Bunk Gardner; Ray Collins; [a=Chris Garcia (2)]; Motorhead Sherwood; and others.

Effectively, the group was born of the frustrations of the artists needing some control over their talents, outside of the direction of Frank Zappa. They did, however, do covers of FZ work and the inclusion of a version of "Deseri" on their album "Looking Up Granny's Dress" became a sensitive subject in the Zappa domain. The track includes guitars by FZ, his pal Ronnie Williams and Paul Buff (who also feature on [r417998]).

The potential rift healed and Grandmothers members later reappeared on Zappa works.

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Peaches En Regalia

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Call Any Vegetable

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Oh No

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Hungry Freaks Daddy

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Sleeping in a Jar

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Releases

4 releases · data from Discogs

A Grandmothers Night At The Gewandhaus

2003

Who Could Imagine ?

1994

Dreams On Long Play

1993

The Official Grandmothers Fan Club Talk Album

1981

Setlists

80 live performances · data from Setlist.fm

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April 28, 2012

Cat's Cradle

Carrboro, North Carolina, United States

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June 12, 2011

Sonoma County Fairgrounds

Santa Rosa, California, United States

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March 29, 2011

Café Central

Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

1. Big Swifty / Evelyn, A Modified Dog / I Come From Nowhere /Smoke On The Water
2. Hungry Freaks, Daddy(Frank Zappa cover)
3. The Air(The Mothers of Invention cover)
4. Debra Kadabra(Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart cover)
5. I'm the Slime(Frank Zappa cover)
6. Let's Make the Water Turn Black(The Mothers of Invention cover)
7. Harry, You're a Beast(The Mothers of Invention cover)
8. Florentine Pogen(Frank Zappa cover)
9. Twenty Small Cigars(Frank Zappa cover)
10. Peaches en Regalia(Frank Zappa cover)
11. Oh No(The Mothers of Invention cover)
12. Son of Orange County(Frank Zappa cover)
13. F Sharp
14. The Orange County Lumber Truck(The Mothers of Invention cover)
15. Trouble Every Day(The Mothers of Invention cover)
16. A Holiday In Berlin(Frank Zappa cover)
17. Aybe Sea(Frank Zappa cover)
18. The Little House I Used to Live In(The Mothers of Invention cover)
19. The Duke / Stormy Monday
20. Montana(Frank Zappa cover)
21. Sofa #2(Frank Zappa cover)