2020Nominee
Best Performance
Zappa
Joe Travers
Actor · Producer
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
August 20, 1968
Biography
Grammy award winner Joe Travers has been playing drums in the Los Angeles area for twenty-five years. A Berklee College Of Music graduate, Joe moved to LA in 1992 and by March 1993 he had landed the gig with Dweezil & Ahmet Zappa's group "Z". Since then Joe has gone on to play for many acts over the years including Duran Duran, Lisa Loeb, Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes), Billy Idol, Zappa Plays Zappa and Eric Johnson. When Joe is not on the road, he spends his time being the "Vaultmeister" for the Zappa Family Trust. This entails being in charge of archiving and preserving the legacy of legend Frank Zappa, working closely with the Trust co-producing and supervising future projects. Joe continues to play with The Mike Keneally Band, and most recently will be touring with guitar legend Joe Satriani.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2007Nominee
Best Performance
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
2007Nominee
Best Performance
Zappa Plays Zappa
Career Highlights
2015Highlight
Best Picture
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
2014Highlight
Best Performance
Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
Video
Zappa
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie