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Herb Cohen is best known as the manager of Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention, as well as Screamin' Jay Hawkins, [[George Duke]], Alice Cooper, Tim Buckley, Lenny Bruce, & [[Theodore Bikel]]. He co-owned the Bizarre/Straight & DiscReet record labels with Zappa. His name appears here because he provided "cash register noises" for [[Absolutely Free]].
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Herb Cohen is name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them". He is pictured in the collage on the "[[We're Only In It For The Money]]" (1968) cover (his daughter [[Lisa Cohen]] is also pictured in the collage). He is also referenced in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989).
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Cohen is attributed the quote "What the h--- you gonna do with all those drums at 1:00 in the morning?"on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" under the heading "More Relevant Quotes".
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Herb Cohen is best known as the manager of Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention, as well as Screamin' Jay Hawkins, [[George Duke]], Alice Cooper, Tim Buckley, [[Lenny Bruce]], & [[Theodore Bikel]]. He co-owned the [[Bizarre/Straight]] & [[DiscReet]] record labels with Zappa.
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He provided "cash register noises" for [[Absolutely Free]].
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Handled a number of folk acts at the same time as he handled the MOI.

Revision as of 13:29, 1 April 2005


Herb Cohen is name-checked on the cover of "Freak Out!" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them". He is pictured in the collage on the "We're Only In It For The Money" (1968) cover (his daughter Lisa Cohen is also pictured in the collage). He is also referenced in "The Real Frank Zappa Book" (1989).

Cohen is attributed the quote "What the h--- you gonna do with all those drums at 1:00 in the morning?"on the cover of "Freak Out!" under the heading "More Relevant Quotes".

Herb Cohen is best known as the manager of Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention, as well as Screamin' Jay Hawkins, George Duke, Alice Cooper, Tim Buckley, Lenny Bruce, & Theodore Bikel. He co-owned the Bizarre/Straight & DiscReet record labels with Zappa.

He provided "cash register noises" for Absolutely Free.

Handled a number of folk acts at the same time as he handled the MOI.