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Frank Zappa
Summer '82, When Zappa Came To Sicily
Single IT 2017 on MVD Visual label
Jazz and Rock (Prog Rock, Fusion)
In the feature documentary, Summer 82 - When Zappa Came to Sicily, filmmaker and Zappa fan Salvo Cuccia tells the behind-the-scenes story of Frank Zappa's star-crossed concert in Palermo, Sicily, the wrap-up to a European tour that ended in public disturbances and police intervention. Cuccia had a ticket to the concert but never made it. Thirty years later, collaborating with Zappa's children, he re-creates the events through a combination of rare concert and backstage footage; photographs; anecdotes from family, band members, and concertgoers; and insights from Zappa biographer and friend Massimo Bassoli. The story is also a personal one, as Cuccia interweaves the story of Zappa's trip to Sicily with his own memories from that summer. The film looks at the rise and heyday of Frank Zappa's career as an innovative composer and libertarian provocateur, and includes such tales as how Moon Unit and her busy father came to collaborate on their hit song "Valley Girl." While in Sicily for the concert, Zappa visited Partinico, the birthplace of his father and grandfather; and in the film's warm and loving coda, three of Zappa's children, Dweezil, Moon Diva and wife Gail, return to meet their relatives there for the first time.
Musicians
 | Frank Zappa voc, g, 1940-1993 US featuring, music by, album by |
 | Diva Zappa , *1979 US featuring |
 | Dweezil Zappa voc, g, *1969 US featuring, music by |
 | Gail Zappa , 1945-2015 US featuring |
 | Liberatore , featuring |
 | Massimo Bassoli , featuring |
 | Moon Zappa voc, bvoc, *1967 US featuring |
 | Steve Vai g, *1960 US featuring |
 | Thomas Nordegg g, featuring |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Various | Frank Zappa | 81:00 |
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