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Frank Vincent Zappa [nb 1] (/ ˈ z æ p ə / ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist ...
Roy Estrada was a bassist for Frank Zappa when he was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for molesting a female family member ... She was arrested on June 7, 2013, and was sentenced to an 18-year ...
Roy Estrada (left) with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention (1968) With drummer Jimmy Carl Black and vocalist Ray Collins, Estrada was an original member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention. Previously, Estrada had been a founding member of the Soul Giants, the band from which the Mothers of Invention was formed.
Frank Zappa wrote a lyrical commentary inspired by the Watts riots, entitled "Trouble Every Day". It contains such lines as "Wednesday I watched the riot / Seen the cops out on the street / Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff /And chokin' in the heat". The song was released on his debut album Freak Out!
Although she describes Frank, who died in 1993, as a guy who rarely raised his voice, his confrontations with Moon's mom, Gail Zappa, who died in 2015, could nonetheless get heated and scary.
When rock legend Frank Zappa died in 1993 after a years-long battle with prostate cancer, he left a lot of things unsaid, particularly between him and his daughter Moon Unit Zappa. In her new book ...
The low point in Keefer's life came when United States Army officials arrested him for draft evasion during a concert tour. [8] "I was making coffee for generals," said Keefer. When he got out, Keith did some independent recording and joined Frank Zappa's 1974 touring band. "I think they brought me in to commercialize Frank," Keefer said. [8]
Kenyon became the subject of Frank Zappa's song "The Illinois Enema Bandit", that he and his group played live from September 1975, recorded live in December 1976 and first released on Zappa in New York (1978). [15] After the song's first live performance, Zappa made it part of the set list of every tour, including the final tour in 1988.