Frank Zappa left this world with a legacy of boundary-shattering music before his untimely death at 52 in 1993.  His story doesn’t end there; however, as his son Dweezil Zappa is currently reviving a body of his father’s work all summer-long for the Zappa Plays Zappa Tour.

Dweezil’s project actually began in 2004, and has featured other performers like Steve Vai, Terry Bozzio, Napolean Murphy Brock, and several others to bring Frank’s material to life.  The sets tend to focus on Frank’s mid-‘70s heyday with some famous, and just plain infamous songs like “I Am The Slime,” “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow,” “St. Alfronzo’s Pancake Breakfast,” among others. 

Dweezil informed the Houston Press that his father’s music speaks for itself, and he hopes to put on shows that entertain the original fans, as well provide new ears with something they don't ordinarily hear.  “Frank came in an era before all of the corporate madness became a part of the entertainment business,” he explains.  “In my father’s era, it was possible for an artist to do new and different things, [and] that stopped happening when things were corporatized.”

It’s hard to argue with Dweezil’s points as it seems incredibly bizarre today that mainstream society-jabbing songs like “Valley Girl,” “Dancing Fool,” and the delightfully crass “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” actually made it to regular popular radio rotation.  As Dweezil’s true-to-the-original performances suggest, though, the music works because of its equal parts of impossibly complex woven melodies and catchy pop hooks.  Quite simply, nobody has made music like Frank Zappa since. 

“I don’t have to say anything about Frank’s music ‘cause it speaks for itself,” contends his son.

Check out the tour dates on the official website, and hear it for yourself