DON PRESTON AND BUNK GARDNER, THE DON AND BUNK SHOW, ST. PATRICK'S DAY BASH
Hoodoo
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Zappa Alumni DON PRESTON AND BUNK GARDNER @ HOLLYWOOD STUDIO BAR & GRILL
Wow! Two Zappa alumni playing together on St Patrick's Day!
Should be a great time. Played after Preston at Jimmy Carl Black's
memorial a couple of years ago and he and the band sounded great. Go see
a legend!
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DON PRESTON AND BUNK GARDNER
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
7:00pm - 11:30pm
HOLLYWOOD STUDIO BAR & GRILL
DOLORES PETERSEN PRESENTS:
THE DON AND BUNK SHOW
ST. PATRICK'S DAY BASH
Zappa had decided to expand to an eight-piece band. he asked Don Preston
to join who brought along Bunk Gardner.....
DON PRESTON
At 12 years old he was thrown out of school for hypnotizing several
students and a nun. The nuns used to beat his hands with a big ruler
when he made mistakes playing the piano. Because of this weird treatment
he began to like strange and dissonant music.
Preston later did a stint in the army, serving in Trieste, Italy. Upon
his return to Detroit during the early '50s, Preston associated with
pianist Tommy Flanagan. He also sat in with Elvin Jones and others at
the city's West End Cafe where Yusef Lateef conducted twice-a-week jam
sessions with Milt Jackson's brother, bassist Ollie Jackson.
Preston moved to Los Angeles in 1957 where he hooked up with pianist
Paul Bley, bassist Charlie Haden, and others who were hearing jazz in
new ways.
Many will recognize Preston from his long collaboration with Frank Zappa
as the keyboardist and one of the members of the original Mothers of
Invention. Preston performed and recorded with Zappa until 1974.
He is a co-founder of the Grande Mothers and still active with the band,
completing an extensive tour in Summer-Fall 2000 and later tours through
til 2008.
Preston also appeared on-stage as a guest keyboardist with the Zappa
tribute band Project/Object (featuring Zappa Band alumni Ike Willis and
Napoleon Murphy-Brock) for several shows in 2001 and 2002.
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BUNK GARDNER
Born John Leon Guarnera in Cleveland, Ohio, Bunk Gardner joined the
Mothers Of Invention in early 1967. He recorded and toured with Zappa &
The Mothers Of Invention until late 1969.
Shortly after he had left The Mothers, Bunk performed with Menage A
Trois, with his brother Buzz and with John Balkin.
Bunk Gardner also toured and recorded with Geronimo Black and with The
Grandmothers.
Early 2000, a couple of albums of The Don And Bunk Show got released,
the duo that Bunk had formed with Don Preston.
In 2003 he took part in a concert (and recording) of The Grande Mothers
Re:Invented. Besides Bunk Gardner, the Grande Mothers Re:Invented also
feature Don Preston, Napoleon Murphy Brock and Roy Estrada.
In 2007, the Crossfire Publications record label released Bunk's first
solo album, "It's All Bunk!", collecting material from Bunk's entire career.
Admission: $20 plus dinner entree or 2 drinks required
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> Thursday, March 4, 2010
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> Zappa Alumni DON PRESTON AND BUNK GARDNER @ HOLLYWOOD STUDIO BAR & GRILL
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> Wow! Two Zappa alumni playing together on St Patrick's Day!
> Should be a great time. Played after Preston at Jimmy Carl Black's
> memorial a couple of years ago and he and the band sounded great. Go see
> a legend!
Just don't ask them to perform in Canada.
Hoodoo
03/10/2010
http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/march/10Mothers_of_Invention_Members_Team_Up_For_The_Don_-_Bunk_Show.shtml
Don Preston and Bunk Gardner, both original members of the the legendary
Mothers of Invention with Frank Zappa, are gearing up for an exciting
east coast tour called The Don & Bunk Show. The duo will be playing a
full range of Zappa's music from Freak Out to Zoot Allures.
The evening will be full of the zany antics, wild improvisations and
strange electronic music the early Mothers were famous for, along with
the expert mastery of their instruments. "We're doing this tour because
I think Zappa fans need to come and hear how Zappa's music was performed
by the originals," says Don Preston. "Hey people! We're still doing it!"
Bunk Gardner and Don Preston are featured on several albums with the
original Mothers of Invention (along with various later compilations of
unreleased material by Frank Zappa) which include Absolutely Free, We're
Only In It For The Money, Cruising With Ruben & the Jets, Uncle Meat,
Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh.
Gardner also appeared on Zappa's first solo venture Lumpy Gravy, while
Preston went on to appear on several albums after the break-up of the
original Mothers, which include Fillmore East, June 1971, Just Another
Band From L.A., Roxy &Elsewhere as well as the feature film 200 Motels.
The Don & Bunk Show started in 2001 with the duo wanting to show
audiences their unique abilities that were revealed in Zappa's first
band. Gardner and Preston have both been long known for their amazing
inprovising abilities and interpretation of Zappa's music. They have
recorded two CDs for Brain Records: Ahead Of Their Time and Joined At
The Hip. Bunk has also recorded and/or performed with the Cleveland
Philharmonic Orchestra, Geronimo Black, Tim Buckley, The 4 Winds
Ensemble, ANT-BEE and many others. Don Preston has recorded/performed
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gil Evans, Carla Bley, The Residents
and many others. He has also completed 23 film scores including
Apocalypse Now. Don Preston was quite possibly the first person to add
synthesis to live rock performances, taking Frank Zappa's Mothers of
Invention into uncharted musical territories over several tours and
albums. Today, four decades after having built "analog synthesizers"
from scratch before most people had heard of such things, Preston is a
living legend and a pioneer who now tweaks synths on his Apple laptop.
The Don & Bunk show will be appearing on the following dates:
Mar. 17 (pre-tour gig) Hollywood Studio Bar &Grill - 6122 Sunset Blvd -
Hollywood, CA - PH 323-466-9917 (performance starts at 9:00 pm)
Mar. 21 The Garage - Wilmington, DE
Mar. 24 Bearsville Theater - Woodstock, NY
Mar. 25 Rongovian Embassy - Trumansburg, NY
Mar. 26 The Magic Room - Boston, MA
Mar. 27 The Lilly Pad - New Haven, CT
Mar. 28 TBA
Mar. 31 The Hi Hat - Provincetown, RI
Apr. 1 Sullivan Hall - New York, NY
Apr. 2 The Black Lodge - Philadelphia, PA
Apr. 3 Orion - Baltimore, MD
Some of the songs the duo will be performing are: Flower Punk, Help I'm
A Rock, Uncle Meat, A Pound For A Brown On The Bus, Eric Dolphy's
Memorial Barbeque, Holiday In Berlin Full Blown, I Am The Slime and many
other beloved Frank Zappa compositions.
For more information: www.myspace.com/donandbunk