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[[image:AlexSnouffer SandySchwanekamp1957.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|[[Alex St. Clair|Alex Snouffer]] and Sandy Schwanekamp in 1957]]
 
[[image:AlexSnouffer SandySchwanekamp1957.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|[[Alex St. Clair|Alex Snouffer]] and Sandy Schwanekamp in 1957]]
'''Sandy Schwanekamp''' (???? - 2017) was a girlfriend of Zappa;
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'''Sandy Schwanekamp''' (???? - 2017) was a girlfriend of Zappa
  
<blockquote>Frank had a blonde girlfriend named Sandy, at the time, and Dad didn't like her. That was clear, with no imagination necessary. I never could tell the reason. Probably just an Italian father thing.
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<blockquote>''"Frank had a blonde girlfriend named Sandy, at the time, and Dad didn't like her. That was clear, with no imagination necessary. I never could tell the reason. Probably just an Italian father thing. When Sandy came over, she and Frank would disappear into his bedroom."''<ref>[[Patrice Zappa]]  - My Brother Was A Mother</ref></blockquote>
  
When Sandy came over, she and Frank would disappear into his bedroom.<ref>[[Patrice Zappa]] - My Brother Was A Mother</ref></blockquote>
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<blockquote>''"I knew your dad... at Antelope Valley School in Lancaster.  I was best friends with Sandy Schwanekamp, his girlfriend at the time, & I was dating [[Terry Wimberley]]."''<ref>Comment from Jo Jetson, on [[Moon Zappa]]'s Facebook page</ref> </blockquote>
  
<blockquote>"I knew your dad... at Antelope Valley School in Lancaster.  I was best friends with Sandy Schwanekamp, his girlfriend at the time, & I was dating [[Terry Wimberley]]."<ref>Comment from Jo Jetson, on [[Moon Zappa]]'s Facebook page</ref> </blockquote>
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Schwankamp moved to Minnesota, in 1959 she graduated from Saint Paul Central High School:
 
 
Moved to Minnesota, in 1959 graduated from Saint Paul Central High School:
 
 
   
 
   
<blockquote>"Sandy Schwanekamp was one of Frank's earliest girl friends in Lancaster and I seem to recall that her parents didn't like Frank and that at some point they either moved or took her out of AVJUHS and put her into private school." <ref>[https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/Freak_Out_Contributors.html#SchwanekampSandy Bobby Zappa, July 29, 2006]</ref> </blockquote>
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<blockquote>''"Sandy Schwanekamp was one of Frank's earliest girl friends in Lancaster and I seem to recall that her parents didn't like Frank and that at some point they either moved or took her out of AVJUHS and put her into private school."'' <ref>[https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/Freak_Out_Contributors.html#SchwanekampSandy Bobby Zappa, July 29, 2006]</ref> </blockquote>
 
 
 
 
  
Schwanekamp is included in the list of names on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966)  
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Zappa mentioned Sandy Schwanekamp in the sleeve 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"''. 
  
 
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[[Category:Supporting Cast|Schwanekamp]]
 
[[Category:Supporting Cast|Schwanekamp]]
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[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)

Revision as of 09:59, 24 May 2026

Alex Snouffer and Sandy Schwanekamp in 1957

Sandy Schwanekamp (???? - 2017) was a girlfriend of Zappa.

"Frank had a blonde girlfriend named Sandy, at the time, and Dad didn't like her. That was clear, with no imagination necessary. I never could tell the reason. Probably just an Italian father thing. When Sandy came over, she and Frank would disappear into his bedroom."[1]

"I knew your dad... at Antelope Valley School in Lancaster. I was best friends with Sandy Schwanekamp, his girlfriend at the time, & I was dating Terry Wimberley."[2]

Schwankamp moved to Minnesota, in 1959 she graduated from Saint Paul Central High School:

"Sandy Schwanekamp was one of Frank's earliest girl friends in Lancaster and I seem to recall that her parents didn't like Frank and that at some point they either moved or took her out of AVJUHS and put her into private school." [3]

Zappa mentioned Sandy Schwanekamp in the sleeve 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".

Notes

  1. Patrice Zappa - My Brother Was A Mother
  2. Comment from Jo Jetson, on Moon Zappa's Facebook page
  3. Bobby Zappa, July 29, 2006

[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)