White Lightning (band) on "Kidz That Rock (USA)", a concept for teaching music to children across the Los Angeles area. Zip Caplan is recording another music project with his Ventures tribute band, The Surf Dogs, in Minneapolis. Bernie Pershey has toured with Olivia Newton-John, Walter Trout, Edgar Winter and for eight years with The Animals/Eric Burdon. Currently he is in Norway with Eric Sardinas, playing gigs. Bernie & Eric et al., also played gigs with ZZ Top in Moscow and other parts of the world during their fall swing through Europe. Mick Stanhope is married and living in Las Vegas. White Lightning (band)
Art Tripp also played extensively with Zappa, while he worked as a studio musician recording with artists such as Al Stewart and various commercial producers. However, studio work proved to lack the allure of live performance and he once again lost interest in pursuing his career in music. After leaving music, Tripp became a chiropractor, and currently practices in Mississippi. Art Tripp Arthur Dyer Tripp III (born September 10, 1944) is a retired American musician who is best known for his work as a percussionist with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band during the