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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Williams, Dink]]
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Father of [[Kenny Williams|Kenny]] and [[Ronnie Williams|Ronnie]] Williams.
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He worked as a furniture salesman in [[San Bernardino County Jail|San Bernardino]].
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...he used to play 'bones' or 'spoons' in a minstrel show. To relive the golden
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days of yesteryear he would, from time to time, force his children to accompany him (Ronnie on guitar,
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Kenny on trombone) in a living room replay of a minstrel routine called "Lazy Bones."</blockquote>
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<div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
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Mentioned in [[Let's Make The Water Turn Black]]: '''Every morning Daddy Dinky went to work/Selling lamps and chairs, to San Ber'dino squares"''
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[[Category:Supporting Cast|Williams]]

Latest revision as of 12:43, 27 December 2021

Father of Kenny and Ronnie Williams.

He worked as a furniture salesman in San Bernardino.

...he used to play 'bones' or 'spoons' in a minstrel show. To relive the golden days of yesteryear he would, from time to time, force his children to accompany him (Ronnie on guitar,

Kenny on trombone) in a living room replay of a minstrel routine called "Lazy Bones."

The Real Frank Zappa Book

Mentioned in Let's Make The Water Turn Black: 'Every morning Daddy Dinky went to work/Selling lamps and chairs, to San Ber'dino squares"