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In the liner notes of *Freak Out! it says: "These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against them." ... followed by a long list of people.

In an interview with Frank Kofsky (in Jazz & Pop, 1967) FZ stated: "That whole Freak Out! album is to be as accessible as possible to the people who wanted to take the time to make it accessible. That list of names in there, if anybody were to research it, it would probably help them a great deal." Knowing who these people are/were is one thing; knowing what they meant to FZ is something completely different...

All these people can be divided into several categories:

• Composers, conductors & other classical music freaks: Bulent Arel, Pierre Boulez, Robert Craft, Cecil Forsythe, Alois Haba, John Tasker Howard, Charles Ives, Mauricio Kagel, Luigi Nono, Leo Ornstein, Maurice Ravel, Silvestre Revueltas, Roger Huntington Sessions, Arnold Schönberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Igor Stravinsky, Edgar Varèse, Anton Webern.

• Popular Singers, Songwriters, Musicians & the likes: Dave Aerni, Joan Baez, John Beck, Molly Bee, Richard Berry, Charles Brown, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Teddy Bunn, Albert Collins, David Crosby, Skip Diamond, Willie Dixon, Eric Dolphy, Don & Dewey, Bob Dylan, Bill Evans, Johnny Franklin, Ernie Freeman, Gene & Eunice, Vernon Greene, Buddy Guy, Slim Harpo, Chuck Higgins, Joe Huston, Don Julian, Terry Kirkman, Roland Kirk, Chatur Lal, Preston Love, Junior Madeo, Steve Mann, Little Arthur Matthews, Barry McGuire, Big Jay McNeely, Charles Mingus, Vic Mortenson, N.C. Mullick, Johnny Otis, Joe Perrino, Elvis Presley, Bob Reiner, Sabicas, Ravi Shankar, Jim Sherwood, Frankie Lee Simms, Guitar Slim, Lightnin' Slim, Alice Stewart.

• Producers, road managers, etc.: Dick Barber, Paul Buff, Mark Cheka, Herb Cohen, Jim Economides, Brian Epstein, Snuff Garrett, Jim Guercio, Jesse Kaye, Bob Keene, Art Laboe, Phil Spector, Nick Venet, Tom Wilson.

• Movie Stars, TV & Radio Personalities, Entertainers...: Diane Baker, Melvin Belli, Huggy Boy, Lenny Bruce, Rosemarie De Camp, Frank De Cova, Joe De Santis, Fred C. Dobbs, Bruce Gordon, Hunter Hancock, Lew Irwin, Wolfman Jack, Jeepers, Charles Middleton, J. Arthur Rank, B. Mitchell Reed, Herman Rudin, Sabu, Bill Stulla, Tim Sullivan, Sonny Tufts, John Wayne, Hal Zeiger.

• Painters, Writers & other "bizarros": Salvador Dali, Jules Feiffer, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, James Joyce, Eberhard Kronhausen, Loeb & Leopold, Sacco & Vanzetti, Robert Sheckley, Cordwainer Smith, Bram Stoker, Theodore Sturgeon, Yves Tanguy, Avedis Zildjian.

• Teachers, friends & acquaintances: Leonard Allen, Mr. Ballard, Sylvia Brigham, Dr. Brossman, Don Cerveris, Uncle Ed, Fyllis, Animal Huxley, Karl Kohn, Lauren, Lucille, Mario, Jerry Murnane, Bob Narciso, Pepper, Vincent Persichetti, Pete, Nadine Reyes, Kaye Sherman, Phil Tanzini, Ernie Tosi, Elmer Valentine, Pamela Zarubica.

This leaves another bunch of unknown, thus "un-identified" people (although there are some clues to some of them, perhaps): Jerry Allberg, Bobby Atler, The Bokelmans, Leonard Borczyca, Carol, Cordy, Daddy-o Curtis Crump, Randy De Wees, George Di Carl, Donna #1, Donna #2, Shirley Eiler, Evy, Floyd, Carl Greenhouse, Jeff Harris, The Hypnotist, Bobby Jamieson, Lyn Johnson, Joyce, Joe Polly, Lance Reardon, Lillian Rudolph, Ruthie, Sandy Schwanekamp, Steffie, Jack Tillar, Lee Zugon.

Many of the names were mis-spelled...

And here it is, the list, affectionately called the "Freak List!".

A

Dave Aerni, Jerry Allberg, Leonard Allen, Phyllis Altenhaus, Bülent Arel, Bobby Atler

B

Joan Baez, Diane Baker, William Ballard ("Mr. Ballard"), Dick Barber, John Beck, Molly Bee, Lorraine Belcher, Melvin Mouron Belli, Richard Berry, The Bokelmans, Leonard Borczyca, Pierre Boulez, Sylvia Brigham, Sidney W. Brossman ("Dr. Brossman"), Charles Brown, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Lenny Bruce, Paul Buff ("Paul C. Buff"), Teddy Bunn

C

Captain Beefheart (Don van Vliet, Don Vliet), Carol, Don Cerveris, Mark Cheka, Herb Cohen, Albert Collins, Cordy, Robert Craft, David Crosby, Daddy-o Curtis Crump

D

Salvador Dali, Rosemarie De Camp, Joe De Santis, Randy De Wees, Frank DeKova, George Di Carl, Skip Diamond, Willie Dixon, Fred C. Dobbs, Eric Dolphy, Don & Dewey, Donna No 1 ("Donna #1"), Donna No 2 ("Donna #2"), Bob Dylan

E

Jim Economides, Shirley Eiler, Brian Epstein, Bill Evans, Evy

F

Jules Feiffer, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Floyd, Cecil Forsyth, Johnny Franklin, Ernie Freeman, Phyllis Altenhaus ("Fyllis")

G

Snuff Garrett, Gene & Eunice, Bruce Gordon, Vernon Greene, Carl Greenhouse, Jim Guercio, Guitar Slim, Buddy Guy

H

Alois Hába, Hunter Hancock, Slim Harpo, Jeff Harris, Chuck Higgins, Joe Houston, John Tasker Howard, Howlin' Wolf, Dick Hugg, Animal Huxley, The Hypnotist

I

Lew Irwin, Charles Ives

J

Bobby Jameson, Jeepers, Lyn Johnson, Joyce, James Joyce, Don Julian

K

Mauricio Kagel, Jesse Kaye, Bob Keane ("Bob Keene"), Terry Kirkman, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Karl Kohn, Eberhard Kronhausen

L

Art Laboe, Chatur Lal, Lauren, Lightnin' Slim, Little Walter, Loeb & Leopold, Preston Love, Lucille

M

Elwood Jr. Madeo, Steve Mann, Mario, Little Arthur Matthews, Barry McGuire, Big Jay McNeely ("Cecil James McNeely"), Charles Middleton, Charles Mingus, Vic Mortenson, Nodu C. Mullick, Jerry Murnane

N

Bob Narciso, Luigi Nono

O

Leo Ornstein, Johnny Otis

P

Pepper, Joe Perrino, Vincent Persichetti, Pete ---> Lorraine Belcher, Joe Polly, Elvis Presley

Q

R

J. Arthur Rank, Maurice Ravel, Lance Reardon, B. Mitchell Reed, Robert Lee Reiner, Silvestre Revueltas, Nadine Reyes, Herman Rudin, Lillian Rudolph, Ruthie

S

Sabicas, Sabu, Sacco & Vanzetti, Arnold Schönberg, Sandy Schwanekamp, Roger Huntington Sessions, Ravi Shankar, Robert Sheckley, Kaye Sherman, Jim Sherwood --> (Euclid James) Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood, Frankie Lee Simms, Cordwainer Smith, Phil Spector, Steffie, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bram Stoker, Igor Stravinsky, Bill Stulla, Theodore Sturgeon, Alice Stuart ("Alice Stewart"), Tim Sullivan

T

Yves Tanguy, Phil Tanzini, Cecil Taylor, Willie Mae Thornton, Jack Tillar, Tiny Tim, Ernest Tosi, Sonny Tufts

U

Uncle Ed

V

Elmer Valentine, Edgar Varèse, Nick Venet, Henry Vestine, Don Vliet ---> (Don van Vliet, Captain Beefheart)

W

Muddy Waters, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, John Wayne, Anton Friedrich Ernst von Webern, Sonny Boy Williamson, Tom Wilson, Terry Wimberley, Wolfman Jack, Donald Woods

X

Y

Z

Pamela Zarubica, Hal Zeiger, Avedis Zildjian, Lee Zugon

Related pages: "We're Only In It For the Money (The List)", "One Size Fits All (The List), "The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)", "Them Or Us (The List)", "Tinsel Town Rebellion (The List)", PMRC (The List).