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Born: [[Cal Schenkel|Calvin Schenkel]] 27th January 1947 in Willow Grove, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Born: [[Cal Schenkel|Calvin Schenkel]] 27th January 1947 in Willow Grove, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | ||
| − | Dropped out of Philadelphia College of Art. | + | Dropped out of Philadelphia College of Art. Went to California where he encountered Zappa several times, even visiting the studio where [[Freak Out!]] was being recorded. Returned to Philadelphia in the summer 1966. |
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| + | The following spring [[The Mothers]] arrived in New York. | ||
| + | [[Cal Schenkel|Schenkel]] had met [[Sandy Hurvitz]] when she was a student at Philadelphia College of Art. After she had joined [[The Mothers]] she suggested [[Cal Schenkel|Schenkel]] to Zappa to work on promotional artwork and cover designs. | ||
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The king of rendered absurdities, painter, designer, and illustrator Calvin Schenkel was entrusted by Frank Zappa to design the lion's share of Zappa's album covers. And though foremost an artist, Cal provided vocal for [[Lumpy Gravy]]. | The king of rendered absurdities, painter, designer, and illustrator Calvin Schenkel was entrusted by Frank Zappa to design the lion's share of Zappa's album covers. And though foremost an artist, Cal provided vocal for [[Lumpy Gravy]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:48, 8 March 2006
Born: Calvin Schenkel 27th January 1947 in Willow Grove, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dropped out of Philadelphia College of Art. Went to California where he encountered Zappa several times, even visiting the studio where Freak Out! was being recorded. Returned to Philadelphia in the summer 1966.
The following spring The Mothers arrived in New York. Schenkel had met Sandy Hurvitz when she was a student at Philadelphia College of Art. After she had joined The Mothers she suggested Schenkel to Zappa to work on promotional artwork and cover designs.
The king of rendered absurdities, painter, designer, and illustrator Calvin Schenkel was entrusted by Frank Zappa to design the lion's share of Zappa's album covers. And though foremost an artist, Cal provided vocal for Lumpy Gravy.
Schenkel: "When I first met him in New York, the art studio was in his apartment - but that was only for a brief period. I didn't actually live there [as widely reported], but I would commute to work at his place. When we moved to LA...he had rented the log cabin, I had a wing of it. It was my living quarters and art studio, which I rented separately from them."
Cal provided artwork, graphics, and/or design for We're Only In It For The Money, Cruising With Ruben & The Jets, Uncle Meat, Hot Rats, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Chunga's Revenge, Fillmore East, June 1971, 200 Motels, Just Another Band From L.A., Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe ('), Roxy & Elsewhere, One Size Fits All, Bongo Fury, Zoot Allures, Tinseltown Rebellion, Does Humor Belong In Music? CD, The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life, Playground Psychotics, Ahead Of Their Time, Cheap Thrills, Mystery Disc, Son Of Cheep Thrills, Threesome No. 1 slipcase art, and Threesome No. 2 slipcase art.
Cal gets a namecheck in the title for the track For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) (from The Grand Wazoo). You can read Cal's recollection of the story behind this here.
Though a production designer for 200 Motels (The Film), Cal can be seen in the Zappa movies Uncle Meat (The Film) and Video From Hell. Conceptual Continuity: the artwork for Burnt Weeny Sandwich was originally done for an Eric Dolphy album.
