Fred Frith’s spent decades reinventing the electric guitar and how it’s played. Onstage, he tears his instrument apart, rebuilding it in real time. You hear scrapes, prepared strings, objects shoved along the neck, marbles dropped above the pickups – anything but picking or strumming. Frith is the anti-virtuoso’s virtuoso: He’s insanely skilled, but never shows off in the usual way. It’s always in service of texture, curiosity, and risk. What emerges is wholly improvised, full of melodic and rhythmic invention, joy and whimsy. Each performance marks the only time this music is ever truly played. Come and experience this literally once-in-a-lifetime performance. – Tim Stegall