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 '''What movie was that?<br>
-It was called [[Run Home Slow (The Film)|Run Home Slow]]. It was a western starring Mercedes McCambridge and was written by my high school English teacher. It's been on TV a few times. I've done music for four films. The first one was called [[The World's Greatest Sinner]], starring Timothy Cary, about a guy who thinks he's God and then later on has doubts. Then Run Home Slow, and a short called [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich (The Film)|Burnt Weeny Sandwich]], [[200 Motels]].
+It was called [[Run Home Slow (The Film)|Run Home Slow]]. It was a western starring Mercedes McCambridge and was written by my high school English teacher. It's been on TV a few times. I've done music for four films. The first one was called [[The World’s Greatest Sinner (The Film)|The World's Greatest Sinner]], starring Timothy Cary, about a guy who thinks he's God and then later on has doubts. Then Run Home Slow, and a short called [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich (The Film)|Burnt Weeny Sandwich]], [[200 Motels]].
 '''Were you involved in any serious music before the Mothers Of Invention?<br>

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 [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] – guitarist, composer, producer, avid Roller Derby fan, and leader of [[The Mothers|The Mothers Of Invention]] – is at 36 probably the elder statesman of progressive rock and roll. Though most people first credit Zappa for his advanced, avant-garde songwriting, it takes his own exceptional and original guitar technique to put forth those ideas.
-In addition to leading his ever-changing, ever-expanding Mothers – which has included such notables as French jazz violinist [[Jean-Luc Ponty]], multi-keyboardist [[George Duke]], drummer [[Aynsley Dunbar]] (now [1977] with Journey), and [[Mark Volman]] and [[Howard Kaylan]] (presently known as Flo and Eddie) – Zappa has continually served as one of the most articulate and controversial satirists on "pop music weirdness." Some of the Baltimore-born artist's side projects have included producing an album by [[Grand Funk Railroad]], leading a Fifties rock revival put-on called [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets|Ruben & The Jets]], and producing several films, such as [[200 Motels]].
+In addition to leading his ever-changing, ever-expanding Mothers – which has included such notables as French jazz violinist [[Jean-Luc Ponty]], multi-keyboardist [[George Duke]], drummer [[Aynsley Dunbar]] (now [1977] with Journey), and Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (presently known as [[Flo & Eddie|Flo and Eddie]]) – Zappa has continually served as one of the most articulate and controversial satirists on "pop music weirdness." Some of the Baltimore-born artist's side projects have included producing an album by [[Grand Funk Railroad]], leading a Fifties rock revival put-on called [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets|Ruben & The Jets]], and producing several films, such as [[200 Motels]].
 Here then is the unexpurgated story of Frank Zappa – early influences, his guitar technique, his equipment changes through the years, and his approach to producing his own sound on record.

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 '''Had you heard Clapton or Hendrix using the wah-wah before you started?<br>
-As a matter of fact, I think I was one of the first people to use the wah-wah pedal. I'd never even heard of [[Jimi Hendrix]] at the time I bought mine; I didn't even know who he was. I had used wah-wah on the Clavinet, guitar, and saxophone when we were doing [[We're Only In It For The Money]], and that was just before I met Hendrix. He came over and sat in with us at the [[Garrick Theater]] that night and was using all the stuff we had onstage. Seems like every time I went to Manny's there'd be some new gizmo that we'd try out, so we were always into the hardware of the rock and roll industry.
+As a matter of fact, I think I was one of the first people to use the wah-wah pedal. I'd never even heard of [[Jimi Hendrix]] at the time I bought mine; I didn't even know who he was. I had used wah-wah on the Clavinet, guitar, and saxophone when we were doing [[We're Only In It For The Money]], and that was just before I met Hendrix. He came over and sat in with us at the [[Garrick Theatre|Garrick Theater]] that night and was using all the stuff we had onstage. Seems like every time I went to Manny's there'd be some new gizmo that we'd try out, so we were always into the hardware of the rock and roll industry.
 '''How did [[Eric Clapton]] come to appear on We're Only in It for the Money?<br>

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 '''Are there guitar players you listen to?<br>
-There are a few that I've heard recently who I think are real good. I like [[Brian May]] of [[Queen]] – I think he's really excellent. And I always did like [[Wes Montgomery]] until they started smothering him with violins. I think his best album is one on Fantasy that just has him and his brothers playing "Lover Man" and "Monterey Blues" ([[The Montgomery Brothers]], Fantasy). I like the [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]] records from the early '50s; they're really good. And I especially like [[Guitar Slim]]. His solo on "[[The Story of My Life]]" (The Things That I Used To Do, Specialty) is one of the best early distorted guitar solos; it really sounds like he's mad at somebody.
+There are a few that I've heard recently who I think are real good. I like [[Brian May]] of [[Queen]] – I think he's really excellent. And I always did like [[Wes Montgomery]] until they started smothering him with violins. I think his best album is one on Fantasy that just has him and his brothers playing "Lover Man" and "Monterey Blues" ([[The Montgomery Brothers]], Fantasy). I like the [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]] records from the early '50s; they're really good. And I especially like [[Guitar Slim]]. His solo on "[https://www.discogs.com/Guitar-Slim-The-Things-That-I-Used-To-Do-Well-I-Done-Got-Over-It/master/597631 The Story of My Life]" (The Things That I Used To Do, Specialty) is one of the best early distorted guitar solos; it really sounds like he's mad at somebody.
 '''What about the contemporary heavies, like [[Jeff Beck]] or [[John McLaughlin]]?<br>

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 One Size Fits All Interview<br>
-By [[Steve Rosen]]<br>
+By [https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Writer/steven-rosen Steve Rosen]<br>
 From [[Guitar Player Magazine]], Jan. 1977<br>

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 [[Image:GP 77-01.jpg|frame|Guitar Player, Jan. 1977]]
-[[Frank Zappa]] – guitarist, composer, producer, avid Roller Derby fan, and leader of [[The Mothers|The Mothers Of Invention]] – is at 36 probably the elder statesman of progressive rock and roll. Though most people first credit Zappa for his advanced, avant-garde songwriting, it takes his own exceptional and original guitar technique to put forth those ideas.
+[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] – guitarist, composer, producer, avid Roller Derby fan, and leader of [[The Mothers|The Mothers Of Invention]] – is at 36 probably the elder statesman of progressive rock and roll. Though most people first credit Zappa for his advanced, avant-garde songwriting, it takes his own exceptional and original guitar technique to put forth those ideas.
 In addition to leading his ever-changing, ever-expanding Mothers – which has included such notables as French jazz violinist [[Jean-Luc Ponty]], multi-keyboardist [[George Duke]], drummer [[Aynsley Dunbar]] (now [1977] with Journey), and [[Mark Volman]] and [[Howard Kaylan]] (presently known as Flo and Eddie) – Zappa has continually served as one of the most articulate and controversial satirists on "pop music weirdness." Some of the Baltimore-born artist's side projects have included producing an album by [[Grand Funk Railroad]], leading a Fifties rock revival put-on called [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets|Ruben & The Jets]], and producing several films, such as [[200 Motels]].