The Stinkfoot Orchestra featuring Zappa Alumni

The Stinkfoot Orchestra is a 14-piece tribute to Frank Zappa fronted at different times by Zappa alumni Napoleon Murphy Brock, Ray White and Ike Willis. Based in San Jose, California, the ensemble was first formed by Nick Chargin in early 2019 with the intent of playing a handful of shows at the end of 2020 in celebration of what would have been Frank’s 80th birthday. Obviously, the Covid-19 pandemic squashed any plans to celebrate in the winter of 2020, but the band, who had it’s first show in September of 2021, began taking the ensemble out on the road in 2022.