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Frank Zappa and the And

Author : Dr Paul Carr
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409473465
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Frank Zappa and the And written by Dr Paul Carr and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays, documented by an international and interdisciplinary array of scholars, represents the first academically focused volume exploring the creative idiolect of Frank Zappa. Several of the authors are known for contributing significantly to areas such as popular music, cultural, and translation studies, with expertise and interests ranging from musicology to poetics. The publication presents the reader with an understanding of the ontological depth of Zappa's legacy by relating the artist and his texts to a range of cultural, social, technological and musicological factors, as encapsulated in the book's title - Frank Zappa and the And. Zappa's interface with religion, horror, death, movies, modernism, satire, freaks, technology, resistance, censorship and the avant-garde are brought together analytically for the first time, and approached non chronologically, something that strongly complies with the non linear perspective of time Zappa highlights in both his autobiography and recordings. The book employs a variety of analytical approaches, ranging from literary and performance theory, 'horrality' and musicology, to post modern and textually determined readings, and serves as a unique and invaluable guide to Zappa's legacy and creative force.

Real Frank Zappa Book

Author : Frank Zappa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671705725
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Real Frank Zappa Book written by Frank Zappa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1989 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the career of the rock music performer.

Freak Out

Author : Pauline Butcher
Publisher : Plexus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0859657159
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Freak Out written by Pauline Butcher and published by Plexus Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-11 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new, completely revised and updated edition contains a wealth of new material, excerpts from the author's diaries and private letters home about life in Hollywood. In 1967, 21-year-old Pauline Butcher was working for a London secretarial agency when a call came through from a Mr Frank Zappa asking for a typist.The assignment would change her life forever. For three years, Pauline served as Zappa's PA, moving with him, his family and the Mothers of Invention, to a log cabin in Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills, where the 'straight' young English girl mixed with Oscar winners and rock royalty. Freak Out! is the captivating story of a naive young English girl thrust into the mad world of a musical legend as well as the most intimate portrait of Frank Zappa ever written.

Zappa and Jazz

Author : Geoff Wills
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1785897993
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Zappa and Jazz written by Geoff Wills and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Zappa's music has a unique and easily recognisable quality, and is a brilliant synthesis of a wide range of cultural influences. This book focuses on just one of the influences on Zappa's music, namely Jazz.

Frank and Co

Author : Co de Kloet
Publisher : Jawbone
ISBN 13 : 9781911036814
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Frank and Co written by Co de Kloet and published by Jawbone. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With this book, the Zappa fan will get a glimpse into Frank that I don't believe any other book written by him or about him expresses. And us Zappa fans love that. Thank you, Co." - Steve Vai "I think the best way to start when somebody says something can't be done, just look at them and say: why not?" - Frank Zappa, Los Angeles, 1990 Co de Kloet and Frank Zappa were friends for many years, and during that time Co recorded nearly every conversation the two men had. They also corresponded frequently--about life, music, politics, and much more besides--and this book offers a unique chronicle of their friendship, from their first meeting in 1977 to Zappa's death in 1993. Co is renowned as an expert on Zappa's music, but this book is about far more than that, and is unlike any other collection of interviews. As his son Dweezil writes in his foreword, Frank was a reluctant and sometimes combative interviewee, yet his conversations with Co were open and wide-ranging. Through more than two decades of these discussions, Frank & Co reveals a thoughtful, sensitive, and expansive Zappa, offering readers new insights into the life and career of one of the great masters of twentieth-century American music. It also includes Co's favourite memories of Frank, as well as interviews with Zappa alumni Flo & Eddie, Jimmy Carl Black, Pamela Zarubica, and Don van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart.

Frank Zappa

Author : Ben Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780704302426
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Frank Zappa written by Ben Watson and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Being Frank

Author : Nigey Lennon
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 0983488401
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Being Frank written by Nigey Lennon and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since his untimely death from prostate cancer in 1993, the legend of iconoclastic musician Frank Zappa has continued to grow. The years following his passing have seen the publication of numerous books, both sacred and profane, which examine his life and work, but the best, and only, up-close-and-personal account of the man and his music remains the original: Nigey Lennon’s Being Frank: My Time with Frank Zappa. Musician/author Lennon maintained a personal and professional relationship with Zappa during the period which is generally agreed to have been the composer’s most creative, and she invests her recollections with considerable musical and emotional insight. The fact that Lennon is an accomplished musician and composer in her own right enables her to perceptively analyze Zappa's complex music, and her previous experience as a biographer of Mark Twain and Alfred Jarry is evident as she examines the complex conditions of Zappa's turbulent life. But above all, Being Frank is simply a great read: filled with wry humor, poignancy, and, of course, a plethora of the juicy road stories that Zappa himself didn't dare to include in his own autobiography. The e-book edition of Being Frank is certain to find a new audience for this classic title, which has been in great demand since its third print run sold out several years ago. “Irreplaceable...is the word to describe Being Frank...[Lennon's] memoir is both spiky and musically literate...Lennon’s previous books were on Mark Twain and Alfred Jarry, which indicates the kind of cultural perspective required to get a grip on Zappa: something brighter than rock-journo pedantry.” –Ben Watson, author of Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play

Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa

Author : Neil Slaven
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 0857120433
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa written by Neil Slaven and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Zappa's reputation as one of rock's maverick geniuses has continued to grow since his death in 1993. Revised and updated, Electric Don Quixote is still the most comprehensive chronicle of his extraordinary life and career. Author, Neil Slaven, brings together the complex strands of Zappa's life and work in a book that will please not just Zappa fans but anyone interested in the history of rock music. Fully illustrated and includes a comprehensive discography.

Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to his Music

Author : Ben Watson
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 0857127381
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Frank Zappa: The Complete Guide to his Music written by Ben Watson and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The indispensable consumers' guide to the music of Frank Zappa - the genius of the absurd, and one of the most prolific and unpredictable characters of 20th century music.A thorough analysis of Zappa's complete recorded output, from the early days of the Mothers Of Invention, through his more avant-garde compositions and classical projects to the most recent posthumous releases. The guide features:An album by album analysisA full Zappa bibliographyDetails of when and where the music was recorded, including all collaborating artistsA special section concerning compilation, archive and bootleg releasesSixteen pages of full-colour images

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All (Songbook)

Author : Frank Zappa
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1458430596
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All (Songbook) written by Frank Zappa and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Recorded Version (Guitar)). Note-for-note transcriptions with tab for all nine tracks from Zappa's classic 1975 release: Andy * Can't Afford No Shoes * Evelyn, A Modified Dog * Florentine Pogen * Inca Roads * Po-Jama People * San Ber'dino * Sofa No. 1 * Sofa No. 2. Includes an introduction by Steve Vai.

Them Or Us

Author : Frank Zappa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781905177561
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (775 download)

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Download or read book Them Or Us written by Frank Zappa and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1984 Frank Zappa self-published Them or Us, created with a dot matrix printer. This facsimile edition brings this seminal work on conceptual continuity to a new generation of fans who have outgrown the ordinary.

The Hot Rats Book

Author : Bill Gubbins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781493047758
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book The Hot Rats Book written by Bill Gubbins and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hot Rats, the second solo album by Frank Zappa, is considered by his fans and critics alike to be a groundbreaking, important record, as well as one of his most innovative efforts of all time. The first recording project after the dissolution of the original Mothers of Invention, Zappa composed, arranged, and produced all of the music on Hot Rats while playing electric guitar on all tracks. The album contains the song "Peaches en Regalia," widely recognized as a modern jazz-fusion standard. This entire groundbreaking and historical record--including using new sixteen-multitrack recording and overdub technics for the first time ever--was captured in photos by Bill Gubbins, who shot the recording sessions and live performances of the record immediately following its release. Most of these images have never before been published in book form, appearing here for the first time. The "Hot Rats" Book: A Fifty-Year Retrospective of Frank Zappa's "Hot Rats" also contains essays by author Bill Gubbins; Ian Underwood, who was involved in working with Zappa on the recording sessions; Steve Vai; David Fricke; and Matt Groening.

Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism

Author : Michel Delville
Publisher : Salt Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781844710997
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism written by Michel Delville and published by Salt Pub. This book was released on 2005 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative account of the musical and cultural acts of Zappa and his cohort, collaborator and antagonist Captain Beefheart. Written in the iconoclastic spirit of Zappa's art, this book traces the mixed media experiments of California freakdom through the dada blues of Beefheart, mapping out the pleasures of imaginative excess.

Dangerous Kitchen

Author : Kevin Courrier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Kitchen written by Kevin Courrier and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thirty years, from 1966 until his death in 1993, Frank Zappa was one of the most influential, innovative, and controversial popular musicians, combining a wide range of musical styles with social and political parody. In this innovative biography, Courrier explodes the myths of Zappa's drug use and fetishism to illuminate the facts about this outrageously gifted composer's emergence during the eclectic and experimental sixties, linking his form of artistic rebellion to its cultural precedents, and examining Zappa as a true original. Illustrated with 30 b/w photos.

Frankie and Bobby

Author : Charles Robert Zappa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996477901
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (779 download)

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Download or read book Frankie and Bobby written by Charles Robert Zappa and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir written by brother Bob Zappa of rock musician Frank Zappa, describing period in their lives from the 1950s until 1967. Information covered in this book has never been told before.

Shell Shocked

Author : Howard Kaylan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1480342947
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Shell Shocked written by Howard Kaylan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). If Howard Kaylan had sung only one song, the Turtles' 1967 No. 1 smash hit "Happy Together," his place in rock-and-roll history would still be secure. But that recording, named in 1999 by BMI as one of the top 50 songs of the 20th century, with over five million radio plays, is only the tip of a rather eye-opening iceberg. For nearly five decades, Howard Kaylan has been a player in the rock-and-roll revolution. In addition to his years with the Turtles, Kaylan was a core member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and the dynamic duo Flo and Eddie, and part of glam rock history with Marc Bolan and T. Rex. He's also given street cred and harmonies to everyone from John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Alice Cooper to the Ramones and Duran Duran, to name just a few. Howard Kaylan's life has been a dangerous ride that he is only too happy to report on, naming names and shedding shocking tales of sex, drugs, and creative excess. Shell Shocked will stand alone as not only one of the best-told music-biz memoirs, but one with a truly candid and unmatchable story of rock-and-roll insanity and success from a man who glories in it all.

Frank Zappa

Author : Barry Miles
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1782396780
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Frank Zappa written by Barry Miles and published by Atlantic Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry Miles knew Frank Zappa intimately and was present at the recording of some of his most important albums. This sparkling biography brings the Zappa the musician and composer, Zappa the controversialist and Zappa the family man (despite his love of groupies, he was married for more than 30 years) together for the first time. Barry Miles' biography follows Zappa from his sickly Italian-American childhood in the 1940s (when his father, Frank senior, worked for the US military and was used to test the efficacy of new biological warfare agents) to his death from cancer in the 1990s. Miles shows how Zappa's goal had been to become a classical composer, until he realised that he would starve to death pursuing this ambition in post-war America. In an effort to make music people would actually listen to, in the mid-1960s he joined a noisy new band called 'The Mothers of Invention'. Before long, Zappa had taken over as singer, song writer and lead guitarist and together they exploded on to the San Francisco freak scene. Following the release of recordings such as Freak Out, Absolutely Free, We're Only In It For the Money and Hot Rats, Zappa's reputation in the United States and in Europe, especially the UK, Germany and Holland, took off. When the Berlin wall fell, Frank was surprised to learn that his extravagant music embodied sixties liberty for a generation of dissidents (including Vaclav Havel, who invited Zappa to be his minister for culture). Frank Zappa is an authoritative and hugely enjoyable portrait of a singular man and a vivid evocation of the West Coast scene.