ArtistInfo

The Grandmothers

Band, *1980 US
Rock and Jazz

An American band, oriented to the works of Frank Zappa, consisting of former MOI (Mothers) members: Don Preston; Jimmy Carl Black; Bunk Gardner; Ray Collins; Chris Garcia (2) and others. Effectively, the group was born of the frustrations of the artists needing some control over their talents, outside of the directions of their mentor 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 The Lost Episodes). The potential rift healed and Grandmothers members later reappeared on Zappa works.

Members

	Don Preston syn, ep *1932 US
	Roy Estrada b, voc, eb *1943 US
	Bunk Gardner ts *1933 US
	Jimmy Carl Black dr, voc 1938-2008 US
	Chris Garcia dr, perc