"Zappa:11 Things We Learned From the Long-Awaited Authorized Documentary

[ornotna]

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/frank-zappa-documentary-things-we-learned-1093813/

It’s a happy “Franksgiving” for Zappa fans as director Alex Winter’s years-in-the-making authorized documentary Zappa has finally arrived. Touted as having unprecedented access to Zappa’s immense vault, the documentary is packed with never-before-seen footage of the legendary rock polymath: composer, guitar god, father to the Mothers of Invention, free-speech activist, humorist, satirist, author, occasional actor, beloved late-night guest, and Czechoslovakia’s one-time Special Ambassador to the West on Trade, Culture, and Tourism.

1. Zappa’s vault makes Prince’s look like a safety deposit box.
There have been glimpses into Zappa’s vaults — Classic Albums specials dedicated to his Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophe LPs have teased the epic scope of the collection, while the Zappa Family Trust’s steady flow of semiannual archival releases hints at the amount of indispensable audio that still lingers in there. But on the visual end, Zappa’s private collection has never been excavated to this extent. “Most of this material has never been seen,” the documentary notes early on.

[NBachers]

1. Kick

[7wo7rees]

2. Well worth the wait!

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[ProfessorGAC]

3. Interesting Article

I've posted this before, but in the early 90s, I had breakfast with Frank at the Frankfurter HoF, in Germany.
I was there for a technical review and he was touring.
Moon & Ahmed were with him. They were on the same floor of the hotel.
I went down early for breakfast & he was sitting at the edge of the atrium reading the USA Today International.
I went over just to tell him I really enjoyed his "Shut Up & Play..." series.
He asked me if I had breakfast. I said, not yet. He told me to sit down & called over the waiter.
He told the waiter to put it on his bill. I told him I was on the company tab, but he said "I've got this."
A fun 45 minutes.

[ornotna]

4. How cool is that

A fond memory I would imagine.

I got to meet a couple of the Mandrell Sisters when doing some electrical work at a friend of theirs house. Almost the same.