The Grandmothers - 2000 - Eating the Astoria

the grandmothers / the grandmothers of invention

In the early 1980s, Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black and Bunk Gardner formed the Grandmothers. The band has re-formed a couple of times, almost every time with a different line-up and often with a different name. (View the concert list for line-up data.)
At a certain moment, there were even two different bands called the Grandmothers. One featured Jimmy Carl Black and Sandro Oliva. The other one (since August 2002) featured Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Roy Estrada and Napoleon Murphy Brock and is called the Grandmothers Re:Invented (a band that does not want to be confused with the Grandmothers (of old).

The Grandmothers:
"Eating the Astoria "


Produced by Sandro Oliva


Recorded live at the Astoria Theatre,
London, March 13th 1998
Published by Obvious Music
Distribution via Efa-Medien
CD 10164-2



Jimmy Carl Black:
Vocals, Percussion, Indian Of The Group
Bunk "Sweetpants" Gardner:
Saxes, Flute, Chef de Cuisine
Sandro Oliva:
Guitar, Vocals, Musical Advisor
Ener Bladezipper:
Bass, Vocals, Tour Manager
Mauro Andreoni:
Keyboards, Wise Man
Steve B. Roney:
Drums, Vocals, Fish
Don Preston:
Vocals, Temporarely Ritered (again)


Track Listing:

1. …we are the Grandmothers
2. Peaches en Regalia
3. MJ Intro
4. Teen-A-Peek-A
5. The Big Chaos
6. Call Any Vegetable
7. Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin
8. Sleeping In A Jar
9. Whoo Uh??
10. Lady Queen Bee
11. Love Of My Life
12. Hungry Freaks Daddy
13. The Great White Buffalo
14. Big Leg Emma
15. Brown Shoes Don´t Make It
16. Junk Food
17. Mr. Green Genes
18. Uncle Meat
19. Oh No
20. The Orange County Lumber Truck