The Mothers of Invention News

When multiple Grammy Award winners Al Jarreau and George Duke perform Sunday at The Centre at Lexus Escondido, they'll be resuming a musical partnership that dates back nearly 50 years.

"How can you be serious?" Not by wearing this T-shirt! The classic Mark Pawson T-shirt , updated for 2012.

Mother's Day comes a couple days early this year for freaks and fans of Frank Zappa.

Well, we've done "Mother's Day Style" before, so music listings editor Adam Gold suggested we get a little more, how should we say, abstruse with it.

Related: Top 20 best Minnesota songs Top 20 best Minnesota musicians First Avenue's 20 best concerts First Avenue's 20 best concerts: Readers' picks For all of the impressive songsmiths penning grand lyrics and melodies inspired by our fair Minnesota, there are nearly as many embarrassing clunkers doing our state no justice whatsoever.

Frank Zappa was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 as a solo artist.

Frank Zappa is no longer with us, except in spirit, but a lot of the guys in his band, the Mothers of Invention, are still around.