{"id":8052,"date":"2015-07-29T05:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T09:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=8052"},"modified":"2015-07-29T05:30:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T09:30:54","slug":"six-years-of-musoscribe-frank-zappa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/29\/six-years-of-musoscribe-frank-zappa\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Years of Musoscribe: Frank Zappa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another musical figure whose work I discovered during my college years is Frank Zappa<\/strong>. I was fortunate enough to see him in concert not once but twice; the first was in 1981 on the You Are What You Is<\/em> tour. Sadly, I never got the opportunity to interview the man, but I have interviewed a number of notable musicians who were within his orbit.<\/p>\n

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Project\/Object<\/strong>
\nThough I didn’t know him personally at the time, fourteen years ago my friend Andr\u00e9 Cholmondely<\/strong> headed a Zappa tribute band called Project\/Object. The band often features members of Zappa’s groups. Here’s my interview with Andr\u00e9 Cholmondeley and Ike Willis<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Howard Kaylan<\/strong>
\nIn the post-Turtles years, Kaylan and Mark Volman (aka Flo and Eddie) fronted Zappa’s band. I’ve interviewed Kaylan twice; the second interview focused on his autobiography, Shell Shocked<\/em>, a story full of Zappa-related content. Here’s my second interview with Howard Kaylan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grandmothers<\/strong>
\nThe Grandmothers is a sort-of Zappa tribute group peopled by musicians who’ve worked with him. My interview with Don Preston<\/strong><\/a> and my conversation with Napoleon Murphy Brock<\/strong><\/a> shed some light on their group.<\/p>\n

I’ve also written about and\/or reviewed other Zappa-related releases:<\/p>\n