Dweezil and frank zappa biography
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Frank Zappa
American musician (1940–1993)
"Zappa" redirects here. For other uses, see Zappa (disambiguation).
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Zappa performing at Ekeberghallen in Oslo, Norway, in 1977 | |
| Born | Frank Vincent Zappa (1940-12-21)December 21, 1940 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | December 4, 1993(1993-12-04) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary |
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| Years active | 1955–1993 |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Discography | Frank Zappa discography |
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| Website | zappa.com |
Frank Vincent Zappa[nb 1] (ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. I
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Having last sat down face to face with Dweezil in 1991, I thought it was about time to properly show him that my interviewing technique had not improved one iota in the intervening twenty-four years. So inom made an approach to Tom Waring (TW) – his UK agent – ahead of Zappa Plays Zappa’s sole 2015 UK tour date at the Royal Festival Hall on 18th October.
Via Zammata’, his first solo skiva in ten years, had just been released following a successful crowd-funding campaign, so there was much to talk about.
Tom told me of a planned separate ‘solo’ show the day before at London’s Bush Hall and that he would arrange something for that weekend.
Then the unthinkable happened: Dweezil’s mother – Frank’s widow – Gail passed away on 7th October.
The possibility of cancelling the Bush Hall show was discussed, but on balance Dweezil decided he wanted
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Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa (September 5, 1969) is Frank and Gail Zappa's second child and oldest son. He is the brother of Moon Zappa, Ahmet Zappa and Diva Zappa. Dweezil was named after one of Gail's toes. He was originally named IAN (after Ian Underwood) DONALD (after Don Van Vliet) CALVIN (after Cal Schenkel) EUCLID (after Euclid James Sherwood).
He is a musician having played guitar from an early age. Eddie Van Halen was a personal friend since the 1980s. In 2005 Dweezil married Lauren Knudsen.
Frank Zappa and Dweezil
Zappa dedicated Hot Rats to his one month old son Dweezil in the credits. Moon and Dweezil can be seen in the Dutch documentary Frank Zappa by Roelof Kiers.
Dweezil is a star in the One Size Fits Alluniverse (1975).
Dweezil photographed the album cover of Zappa In New York (1977). He sang on the album Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention and played a guitar solo during Stevie's Spanking on T