Zappa resource and paraphenalia thread

[steve-bbb]

[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/posts/Frank-Zappa-and-Me"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...nk-Zappa-and-Me[/url]

In 1967 Pauline Butcher, then a 21-year-old secretary, was sent to a London hotel on a typing assignment. The client turned out to be avant-garde American musician [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/e20747e7-55a4-452e-8766-7b985585082d"]Frank Zappa[/url]. Frank asked Pauline to type up the lyrics of his album, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolutely_Free"]Absolutely Free[/url] – a task she found somewhat baffling.
Out of this encounter a friendship grew, and Pauline was invited to work for Frank in Los Angeles, where regular visitors to his log cabin home in Laurel Canyon included Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Captain Beefheart. It was the height of the Summer of Love, although things would rapidly change…
Pauline’s book about her experience, Freak Out! - My Life with Frank Zappa, has been adapted by Matt Broughton and will air as part of [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b042jhlc"]Radio 4's Afternoon Drama slot on Tuesday 6 May[/url]

Edited May 4, 2014 by steve-bbb

[steve-bbb]

[url="http://dangerousminds.net/comments/frank_zappa_solos_furiously_as_kenny_rogers_jimmie_j.j._walker_and_mike_dou"]Frank Zappa solos furiously as Kenny Rogers, Jimmie “J.J.” Walker and Mike Douglas look on[/url]

[steviedee]

The Massive Improve'lence!

[jakenewmanbass]

I've mentioned this before but a while ago, I was lucky enough to tour with Ike Willis and have done a classical concert with Bobby Martin all around Zappa material, and slightly off centre I met Chad Wackerman backstage at a James Taylor gig, I know it's a clangsville post but I figured some folk would find it interesting.
I've been a huge Zappa fan since my teens so to meet and play with the guys I grew up listening to and learning from was a massive honour.

Edited May 8, 2014 by jakenewmanbass

[steve-bbb]

[url="http://youtu.be/B6qt_phHfck"]http://youtu.be/B6qt_phHfck[/url]

[steve-bbb]

[url="http://dangerousminds.net/comments/opus_5_young_frank_zappas_early_avant_garde"]‘Opus 5’: Young Frank Zappa’s early avant-garde orchestral music, 1963[/url]

[url="http://youtu.be/rwoTPS8gbJM"]http://youtu.be/rwoTPS8gbJM[/url]

[No lust in Jazz]

A while back, I found an audio clip on Youtube of FZ backstage talking with his crew, he'd recently changed pickups in his guitar.

I mention this as their was a warmth and tangilbe 'excitement' in his voice (he didn't know that the mic was on) which is missing from just about every other piece I've heard - I'll try looking again for it.

Edited February 12, 2015 by No lust in Jazz