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Frank Zappa played his music and made many friends in '''Sun Village''' when<br>  he first got started and it provided the setting of his song "[[Village Of The Sun]]".
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[[Image:SunVillage8.jpg|thumb|lright|Map showing Sun Village, Lancaster & Palmdale.]]
  
[[Image:SunVillage8.jpg|frame|left|'''Teenage ZappaWorld:'''<br>Sun Village, Air Force Plant 42, Lancaster & Palmdale.]]
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'''Sun Village''' is a small community at the eastern end of [[wikipedia:Antelope Valley|Antelope Valley]] east of [[Palmdale]] and south east of [[Lancaster]]. Zappa referred to it in the song [[Village Of The Sun]] aluding to the times when [[The Blackouts]] played there ([[Johnny Franklin]] lived in Sun Village) and Zappa worked there around 1964 while living in [[Studio Z]]...
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I had landed a weekend gig at a place called the [[The Village Inn|Village Inn]], in '''Sun Village''', eighty miles away.
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The pay came to fourteen dollars a week (seven bucks per night), minus gas.
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<div align="right">-Frank Zappa, [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
  
[[Sun Village]] is now an unincorporated area in the Los Angeles County portion of the eastern Antelope Valley in Southern California. It lies north of Littlerock and the center of [Sun Village]] may be considered to be Palmdale Boulevard and 90th Street East.
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Describing the High School pecking order...
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The lowest rung on the ladder in this 1957 social arrangement was reserved for the sons
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and daughters of the black families who raised turkeys in an area beyond Palmdale -- '''Sun Village'''. Only
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slightly above that rung was a little slot for the Mexicans.
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<div align="right">-Frank Zappa, [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
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Latest revision as of 02:20, 7 June 2008

Map showing Sun Village, Lancaster & Palmdale.

Sun Village is a small community at the eastern end of Antelope Valley east of Palmdale and south east of Lancaster. Zappa referred to it in the song Village Of The Sun aluding to the times when The Blackouts played there (Johnny Franklin lived in Sun Village) and Zappa worked there around 1964 while living in Studio Z...

I had landed a weekend gig at a place called the Village Inn, in Sun Village, eighty miles away. The pay came to fourteen dollars a week (seven bucks per night), minus gas.

-Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book

Describing the High School pecking order...

The lowest rung on the ladder in this 1957 social arrangement was reserved for the sons and daughters of the black families who raised turkeys in an area beyond Palmdale -- Sun Village. Only slightly above that rung was a little slot for the Mexicans.

-Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book