John Smothers - Revision history

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 Smothers' distinctive speech was referenced in the song ''[[Dong Work For Yuda]]'' from ''[[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III|Joe's Garage]]'' (1979),  As is his wife, known as '''Freckles''',  who is also mentioned in the song '[[Won Ton On]].
-Smothers was amongst the names listed in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.
+Smothers was amongst the names listed in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.
 After he died [[Arthur Barrow]] commented:

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 [[image:Smothers.jpeg|right|thumb|300px| Frank Zappa and John Smothers]]
-'''John Smothers''' (April 4, 1930  - April 27, 2019) was FZ's bodyguard or 'personal minder' from 1972 to 1984. Zappa hired him after the [[71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre|1971 incident in the Rainbow Theatre in London]] when a deranged man in the audience, [[Trevor Charles Howell]], pushed Zappa from stage, causing him to be hospitalized for several months.
+'''John Smothers''' (April 4, 1930  - April 27, 2019) was FZ's bodyguard or 'personal minder' from 1972 to 1984. Zappa hired him after the [[The Rainbow Theatre Incident|1971 incident in the Rainbow Theatre in London]] when Zappa was pushed from stage, causing him to be hospitalized for several months.
-Smothers was an imposing and muscular figure. He appeared as himself in ''[[Baby Snakes (The Film)|Baby Snakes]] (1979)'' and is also interviewed. He said that he used to be a bodyguard for [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Beatles]], [[Wikipedia:The Beach Boys|The Beach Boys]], Dean Martin, Sister Soul and The Temptations too.
+Smothers was an imposing and muscular figure. He appeared in ''[[Baby Snakes (The Film)|Baby Snakes]] (1979)''.  He said that he used to be a bodyguard for [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Beatles]], [[Wikipedia:The Beach Boys|The Beach Boys]], Dean Martin, Sister Soul and The Temptations too.
 <blockquote>"...he was the bodyguard. Very funny. We'd do a rehearsal and John would start dancing. He was like a big bear." - [[Allan Zavod interview by Avo Raup]]</blockquote>

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 <blockquote>"...he was the bodyguard. Very funny. We'd do a rehearsal and John would start dancing. He was like a big bear." - [[Allan Zavod interview by Avo Raup]]</blockquote>
-Smothers' eccentric speech was referenced in the song ''[[Dong Work For Yuda]]'' from ''[[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III|Joe's Garage]]'' (1979),  As is his wife, known as '''Freckles''',  who is also mentioned in the song '[[Won Ton On]].
+Smothers' distinctive speech was referenced in the song ''[[Dong Work For Yuda]]'' from ''[[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III|Joe's Garage]]'' (1979),  As is his wife, known as '''Freckles''',  who is also mentioned in the song '[[Won Ton On]].
 Smothers was amongst the names listed in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.

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 <blockquote>"Good bye to bald-headed John. He was great. He referred to the new guys in the band as "Puppies" - a good call, really. When we got to a sound check for a show, he would first make Frank's coffee, then go outside to bust the illegal T-shirt guys, confiscate the shirts and distribute to the band. He had some kind of expandable police baton (sap?) that he would use to scare off anyone that looked threatening near the front of the stage. All he had to do was whip it out with a mean look, and that usually got the message across. I never saw him rough anyone up, but he probably would have if needed. He was basically good natured. I also recall him saying once when we in NY or London, "He's in a bad mood - [[Gail Zappa|Gail]] is coming to town."</blockquote>
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 Smothers' eccentric speech was referenced in the song ''[[Dong Work For Yuda]]'' from ''[[Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III|Joe's Garage]]'' (1979),  As is his wife, known as '''Freckles''',  who is also mentioned in the song '[[Won Ton On]].
-Smothers was also amongst the names listed in liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.
 After he died [[Arthur Barrow]] commented:

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		+	[[image:Smothers.jpeg\|right\|thumb\|300px\| Frank Zappa and John Smothers]]
	'''John Smothers''' (April 4, 1930 <ref>http://www.united-mutations.com/s/john_smothers.htm</ref> - April 27, 2019<ref>https://radiodupree.blogspot.com/2019/04/zappa-bodyguard-john-smothers-dies.html</ref> ) was FZ's bodyguard or 'personal minder' from 1972 to 1984. <ref>http://www.united-mutations.com/s/john_smothers.htm</ref> Zappa hired him after the [[71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre\|1971 incident in the Rainbow Theatre in London]] when a deranged man in the audience, [[Trevor Charles Howell]], pushed Zappa from stage, causing him to be hospitalized for several months.		'''John Smothers''' (April 4, 1930 <ref>http://www.united-mutations.com/s/john_smothers.htm</ref> - April 27, 2019<ref>https://radiodupree.blogspot.com/2019/04/zappa-bodyguard-john-smothers-dies.html</ref> ) was FZ's bodyguard or 'personal minder' from 1972 to 1984. <ref>http://www.united-mutations.com/s/john_smothers.htm</ref> Zappa hired him after the [[71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre\|1971 incident in the Rainbow Theatre in London]] when a deranged man in the audience, [[Trevor Charles Howell]], pushed Zappa from stage, causing him to be hospitalized for several months.