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| − | '''California''' is the most populous and third-largest state in the [[United States of America]]. Frank Zappa lived at [[7885 Woodrow Wilson Drive]] in [[Los Angeles]]. | + | '''California''' is the most populous and third-largest state in the [[United States of America]]. |
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| + | ==Frank Zappa== | ||
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| + | In 1951, Frank Zappa's family moved to [[Monterey]], California, for eight months. Then they removed to Pacific Grove, living there between 1951 and 1954. In 1953, Zappa moved to [[Claremont]], where he first met [[Vic Mortenson]]. A year later, the family moved again, this time to El Cajon, east of [[San Diego]].<ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1951-1956.html</ref> In 1955-1956, they lived in Clairemont (not to be confused with Claremont). Between 1956 and 1959, the Zappa were settled in [[Lancaster]], moving back to Claremont in 1959. | ||
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| + | In 1960, Zappa and his wife, [[Kaye Sherman]], moved to [[Ontario]]. He lived there until 1964, moving into his studio, ''[[Studio Z]]'', in [[Cucamonga]] <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1958-1961.html</ref>. After Zappa was arrested and jailed in 1965, he moved to [[Echo Park]] in [[Los Angeles]], removing to Formosa Avenue at [[Sunset Boulevard]] in L.A. the same year. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1965.html</ref>. | ||
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| + | Between 1966 and 1967, Zappa lived at Kirkwood Drive in [[Laurel Canyon]] in [[Los Angeles]], where [[Gail Zappa]] moved in with him. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1966.html</ref>. After a stay in [[New York]] (1967-1968), <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1967.html</ref>.Zappa moved to [[The Log Cabin]] (May-September 1968), until finally settling at [[7885 Woodrow Wilson Drive]] in the Hollywood Hills, L.A., where he would lived until his death in 1993. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1968.html</ref>. | ||
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| + | ==Frank Zappa concerts in California== | ||
| + | *[[1963/05/04 Los Angeles CA US Mount St. Mary's College]] | ||
| + | *[[1963/05/19 Los Angeles CA US Mount St. Mary's College]] | ||
| + | *[[64/ Fontana CA US Shack]] | ||
| + | *[[64/ Los Angeles CA US Brave New World]] | ||
| + | *[[64/ Norwalk CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[64/ Pomona CA US Broadside]] | ||
| + | *[[64/ Torrance CA US Tom Cat]] | ||
| + | *[[64/05/10 Pomona CA US Broadside]] | ||
| + | *[[64/65 Pomona CA US Red Flame]] | ||
| + | *[[65/ Los Angeles CA US Cafe Unicorn]] | ||
| + | *[[65/ Los Angeles CA US Canter's Delicatessen]] | ||
| + | *[[65/ Los Angeles CA US Cosmo Alley Cafe]] | ||
| + | *[[65/ Los Angeles CA US The Action]] | ||
| + | *[[65/ Los Angeles CA US The Trip]] | ||
| + | *[[65/ Los Angeles CA US Vito's studio]] | ||
| + | *[[65/11/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]] | ||
| + | *[[65/11/06 San Francisco CA US Longshoremen's Hall]] | ||
| + | *[[65/12/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]] | ||
| + | *[[66/01 - 02 /31 - 05 Los Angeles CA US The Trip]] | ||
| + | *[[66/ San Francisco CA US Avalon Ballroom]] | ||
| + | *[[66/03-04/ Los Angeles CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[66/05/ San Diego CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[66/05/03-05 Los Angeles CA US The Trip]] | ||
| + | *[[66/05/06-12 Hayward CA US Frenchy's]] | ||
| + | *[[66/05/27-29 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[66/06/03-04 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[66/06/24-25 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[66/07/23 Los Angeles CA US Danish Center]] | ||
| + | *[[66/08/13 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]] | ||
| + | *[[66/09/ Los Angeles CA US Lindy Opera House]] | ||
| + | *[[66/09/09 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[66/09/10 San Francisco CA US Scottish Rites Temple]] | ||
| + | *[[66/09/17 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]] | ||
| + | *[[66/09/27 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]] | ||
| + | *[[66/10/02 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]] | ||
| + | *[[66/10/29 Santa Barbara CA US Earl Warren Showgrounds]] | ||
| + | *[[66/11/ Long Beach CA US Beach House]] | ||
| + | *[[67/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]] | ||
| + | *[[67/01/ Los Angeles CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[67/02/03-04 Los Angeles CA US Lindy Opera House]] | ||
| + | *[[67/02/17-19 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[67/03/03-05 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[67/07/15-16 Northridge CA US Devonshire Meadows]] | ||
| + | *[[67/12/09 Pasadena CA US Civic Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[67/12/14 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[67/12/15-16 San Francisco CA US Winterland]] | ||
| + | *[[68/03/ Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[68/03/04 Fullerton CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[68/04/ Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[68/05/ Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[68/05/10-11 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]] | ||
| + | *[[68/05/25 Fresno CA US Selland Arena]] | ||
| + | *[[68/05/25 CA US Santa Clara Co. Fairgrounds]] | ||
| + | *[[68/06/ San Bernardino CA US Swing Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[68/06/ Santa Barbara CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[68/06/01 San Diego CA US Community Concourse]] | ||
| + | *[[68/06/03 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]] | ||
| + | *[[68/06/06 San Francisco CA US Fillmore West]] | ||
| + | *[[68/06/07-08 San Francisco CA US Winterland]] | ||
| + | *[[68/06/21 San Jose CA US Civic Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[68/06/22 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[68/06/27 Los Angeles CA US Wrigley Stadium]] | ||
| + | *[[68/06/28-30 Los Angeles CA US Cheetah]] | ||
| + | *[[68/07/ Santa Monica CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[68/07/14 Los Angeles CA US Cheetah]] | ||
| + | *[[68/07/23 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go]] | ||
| + | *[[68/09/ Los Angeles CA US Pandora's Box]] | ||
| + | *[[68/09/15 Pasadena CA US Rose Bowl]] | ||
| + | *[[68/09/17 Los Angeles CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[68/11/08 Fullerton CA US Cal State Fullerton Gymnasium]] | ||
| + | *[[68/11/30 Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[68/12/01 Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[68/12/06-07 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]] | ||
| + | *[[69/01/17-18 San Francisco CA US Winterland]] | ||
| + | *[[69/01/24-25 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall]] | ||
| + | *[[69/03/15 Fullerton CA US Cal State University]] | ||
| + | *[[69/03/31 Los Angeles CA US Aquarius Theatre]] | ||
| + | *[[69/04/12 San Diego CA US Community Concourse]] | ||
| + | *[[69/11/28-29 Los Angeles CA US Thee Experience]] | ||
| + | *[[70/02/08 San Diego CA US Sports Arena]] | ||
| + | *[[70/03/ Los Angeles CA US Ash Grove]] | ||
| + | *[[70/03/ Los Angeles CA US USC UCLA]] | ||
| + | *[[70/03/07 Los Angeles CA US Olympic Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[70/03/20 Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Palladium]] | ||
| + | *[[70/04/ El Monte CA US Legion Stadium]] | ||
| + | *[[70/04/19 Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[70/05/15 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA]] | ||
| + | *[[70/08/21 Santa Monica CA US Civic Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[70/09/25-26 San Rafael CA US Pepperland]] | ||
| + | *[[70/10/04 San Diego CA US Peterson Gym, San Diego State College]] | ||
| + | *[[70/11/05-07 San Francisco CA US Fillmore West]] | ||
| + | *[[71/ Pomona CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[71/05/09 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A Go-Go]] | ||
| + | *[[71/05/18 Claremont CA US Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College]] | ||
| + | *[[71/08/07 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA]] | ||
| + | *[[71/08/25 Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[71/10/01 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[72/09/10 Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Bowl]] | ||
| + | *[[72/12/15 San Francisco CA US Winterland]] | ||
| + | *[[73/03/ Fresno CA US Selland Arena]] | ||
| + | *[[73/03/23 Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Palladium]] | ||
| + | *[[73/03/24 San Diego CA US Sports Arena]] | ||
| + | *[[73/12/ Fresno CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[73/12/ Oakland CA US Paramount Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[73/12/08 Los Angeles CA US Roxy]] | ||
| + | *[[73/12/09-10 Los Angeles CA US Roxy]] | ||
| + | *[[73/12/11 Los Angeles CA US Roxy]] | ||
| + | *[[73/12/12 Los Angeles CA US Roxy]] | ||
| + | *[[74/02/15 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[74/02/16 Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[74/02/17 Santa Barbara CA US Robertson Gymnasium, UCSB]] | ||
| + | *[[74/02/23 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[74/07/19-21 San Carlos CA US Circle Star Theatre]] | ||
| + | *[[74/08/06-07 Los Angeles CA US KCET-TV Studio]] | ||
| + | *[[74/08/08 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[74/08/11 San Diego CA US Golden Hall]] | ||
| + | *[[74/08/16-17 Santa Monica CA US Civic Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[74/08/27 Los Angeles CA US KCET-TV Studio]] | ||
| + | *[[74/12/31 Long Beach CA US Long Beach Arena]] | ||
| + | *[[75/04/11 Claremont CA US Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College]] | ||
| + | *[[75/09/17-18 Los Angeles CA US Royce Hall, UCLA]] | ||
| + | *[[75/09/27 Santa Barbara CA US Robertson Gymnasium, UCSB]] | ||
| + | *[[75/12/26 Oakland CA US Paramount Theatre]] | ||
| + | *[[75/12/27 San Francisco CA US Winterland]] | ||
| + | *[[75/12/29 San Diego CA US Golden Hall]] | ||
| + | *[[75/12/31 Inglewood CA US Forum]] | ||
| + | *[[76/11/ Los Angeles CA US Roxy]] | ||
| + | *[[77/09/09 San Diego CA US Open Air Amphitheater, San Diego State University]] | ||
| + | *[[77/11/18 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[77/11/19 Stanford CA US Maples Pavilion, Stanford University]] | ||
| + | *[[77/11/20 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA]] | ||
| + | *[[77/12/31 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA]] | ||
| + | *[[80/03/30 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[80/04/01 Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[80/04/03 Stanford CA US Maples Pavilion, Stanford University]] | ||
| + | *[[80/04/04 San Diego CA US Sports Arena]] | ||
| + | *[[80/04/05 San Bernardino CA US Swing Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[80/04/06 Los Angeles CA US Sports Arena]] | ||
| + | *[[80/12/05 Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[80/12/08 Santa Barbara CA US Arlington Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[80/12/09 San Diego CA US Civic Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[80/12/11 Santa Monica CA US Civic Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[81/09/27 Santa Barbara CA US Events Center, UCSB]] | ||
| + | *[[81/09/28 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[81/09/29 Santa Cruz CA US Civic Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[81/12/ Los Angeles CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[81/12/10 Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[81/12/11 Santa Monica CA US Civic Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[81/12/12 San Diego CA US Fox Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[81/12/20 Berkeley CA US Community Theater]] 2 shows? | ||
| + | *[[84/07/17-22 Los Angeles CA US Palace Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[84/07/24 San Diego CA US Open Air Amphitheater, San Diego State University]] | ||
| + | *[[84/07/25 Santa Cruz CA US Civic Auditorium]] | ||
| + | *[[84/07/26-28 Berkeley CA US Greek Theater]] | ||
| + | *[[84/07/29 Santa Barbara CA US County Bowl]] | ||
| + | *[[84/12/21 San Carlos CA US Circle Star Theatre]] | ||
| + | *[[84/12/22 Fresno CA US]] | ||
| + | *[[84/12/23 Universal City CA US Universal Amphitheater]] | ||
==References to California in Zappa's music== | ==References to California in Zappa's music== | ||
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* ''[[If We'd All Been Living In California...]]'': ''"If we'd all been in California I'd would 've been different." | * ''[[If We'd All Been Living In California...]]'': ''"If we'd all been in California I'd would 've been different." | ||
* ''[[The Orange County Lumber Truck]]'' | * ''[[The Orange County Lumber Truck]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich]]'' and ''[[The Sealed Tuna Bolero]]'': ''''"It's just a rancid little snack in a [[plastic]] bag from a matron in La Habra with a blown-out crack"'' (La Habra is a town in California) | ||
* ''[[Camarillo Brillo]]'': ''"I mean her Mendocino bean-o"'', refers to Mendocino, a town in California. | * ''[[Camarillo Brillo]]'': ''"I mean her Mendocino bean-o"'', refers to Mendocino, a town in California. | ||
* ''[[Uncle Remus]]'': ''"I'll take a drive to Beverly Hills"'' | * ''[[Uncle Remus]]'': ''"I'll take a drive to Beverly Hills"'' | ||
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* [[Bobby Beausoleil]] (born in Santa Barbara) | * [[Bobby Beausoleil]] (born in Santa Barbara) | ||
* [[Melvin Belli]] (born in Sonora) | * [[Melvin Belli]] (born in Sonora) | ||
| + | * [[Rodney Bingenheimer]] (born in Mountain View) | ||
* [[George Duke]] (born in San Rafael) | * [[George Duke]] (born in San Rafael) | ||
* [[Christine Frka]] (born in San Pedro) | * [[Christine Frka]] (born in San Pedro) | ||
* [[Henry Kaiser]] (born in Oakland) | * [[Henry Kaiser]] (born in Oakland) | ||
| + | * [[Steve Mann]] | ||
* [[Richard Nixon]] (born in Yorba Linda) | * [[Richard Nixon]] (born in Yorba Linda) | ||
* [[Mark Spitz]] (born in Modesto) | * [[Mark Spitz]] (born in Modesto) | ||
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* [[Todd Yvega]] (born in San Luis Obispo) | * [[Todd Yvega]] (born in San Luis Obispo) | ||
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California is the most populous and third-largest state in the United States of America.
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Frank Zappa
In 1951, Frank Zappa's family moved to Monterey, California, for eight months. Then they removed to Pacific Grove, living there between 1951 and 1954. In 1953, Zappa moved to Claremont, where he first met Vic Mortenson. A year later, the family moved again, this time to El Cajon, east of San Diego.[1] In 1955-1956, they lived in Clairemont (not to be confused with Claremont). Between 1956 and 1959, the Zappa were settled in Lancaster, moving back to Claremont in 1959.
In 1960, Zappa and his wife, Kaye Sherman, moved to Ontario. He lived there until 1964, moving into his studio, Studio Z, in Cucamonga [2]. After Zappa was arrested and jailed in 1965, he moved to Echo Park in Los Angeles, removing to Formosa Avenue at Sunset Boulevard in L.A. the same year. [3].
Between 1966 and 1967, Zappa lived at Kirkwood Drive in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, where Gail Zappa moved in with him. [4]. After a stay in New York (1967-1968), [5].Zappa moved to The Log Cabin (May-September 1968), until finally settling at 7885 Woodrow Wilson Drive in the Hollywood Hills, L.A., where he would lived until his death in 1993. [6].
Frank Zappa concerts in California
- 1963/05/04 Los Angeles CA US Mount St. Mary's College
- 1963/05/19 Los Angeles CA US Mount St. Mary's College
- 64/ Fontana CA US Shack
- 64/ Los Angeles CA US Brave New World
- 64/ Norwalk CA US
- 64/ Pomona CA US Broadside
- 64/ Torrance CA US Tom Cat
- 64/05/10 Pomona CA US Broadside
- 64/65 Pomona CA US Red Flame
- 65/ Los Angeles CA US Cafe Unicorn
- 65/ Los Angeles CA US Canter's Delicatessen
- 65/ Los Angeles CA US Cosmo Alley Cafe
- 65/ Los Angeles CA US The Action
- 65/ Los Angeles CA US The Trip
- 65/ Los Angeles CA US Vito's studio
- 65/11/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go
- 65/11/06 San Francisco CA US Longshoremen's Hall
- 65/12/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go
- 66/01 - 02 /31 - 05 Los Angeles CA US The Trip
- 66/ San Francisco CA US Avalon Ballroom
- 66/03-04/ Los Angeles CA US
- 66/05/ San Diego CA US
- 66/05/03-05 Los Angeles CA US The Trip
- 66/05/06-12 Hayward CA US Frenchy's
- 66/05/27-29 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium
- 66/06/03-04 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium
- 66/06/24-25 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium
- 66/07/23 Los Angeles CA US Danish Center
- 66/08/13 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall
- 66/09/ Los Angeles CA US Lindy Opera House
- 66/09/09 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium
- 66/09/10 San Francisco CA US Scottish Rites Temple
- 66/09/17 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall
- 66/09/27 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go
- 66/10/02 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go
- 66/10/29 Santa Barbara CA US Earl Warren Showgrounds
- 66/11/ Long Beach CA US Beach House
- 67/ Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go
- 67/01/ Los Angeles CA US
- 67/02/03-04 Los Angeles CA US Lindy Opera House
- 67/02/17-19 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium
- 67/03/03-05 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium
- 67/07/15-16 Northridge CA US Devonshire Meadows
- 67/12/09 Pasadena CA US Civic Auditorium
- 67/12/14 San Francisco CA US Fillmore Auditorium
- 67/12/15-16 San Francisco CA US Winterland
- 68/03/ Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 68/03/04 Fullerton CA US
- 68/04/ Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium
- 68/05/ Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 68/05/10-11 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall
- 68/05/25 Fresno CA US Selland Arena
- 68/05/25 CA US Santa Clara Co. Fairgrounds
- 68/06/ San Bernardino CA US Swing Auditorium
- 68/06/ Santa Barbara CA US
- 68/06/01 San Diego CA US Community Concourse
- 68/06/03 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall
- 68/06/06 San Francisco CA US Fillmore West
- 68/06/07-08 San Francisco CA US Winterland
- 68/06/21 San Jose CA US Civic Auditorium
- 68/06/22 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium
- 68/06/27 Los Angeles CA US Wrigley Stadium
- 68/06/28-30 Los Angeles CA US Cheetah
- 68/07/ Santa Monica CA US
- 68/07/14 Los Angeles CA US Cheetah
- 68/07/23 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A-Go-Go
- 68/09/ Los Angeles CA US Pandora's Box
- 68/09/15 Pasadena CA US Rose Bowl
- 68/09/17 Los Angeles CA US
- 68/11/08 Fullerton CA US Cal State Fullerton Gymnasium
- 68/11/30 Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 68/12/01 Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 68/12/06-07 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall
- 69/01/17-18 San Francisco CA US Winterland
- 69/01/24-25 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Exposition Hall
- 69/03/15 Fullerton CA US Cal State University
- 69/03/31 Los Angeles CA US Aquarius Theatre
- 69/04/12 San Diego CA US Community Concourse
- 69/11/28-29 Los Angeles CA US Thee Experience
- 70/02/08 San Diego CA US Sports Arena
- 70/03/ Los Angeles CA US Ash Grove
- 70/03/ Los Angeles CA US USC UCLA
- 70/03/07 Los Angeles CA US Olympic Auditorium
- 70/03/20 Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Palladium
- 70/04/ El Monte CA US Legion Stadium
- 70/04/19 Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 70/05/15 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA
- 70/08/21 Santa Monica CA US Civic Auditorium
- 70/09/25-26 San Rafael CA US Pepperland
- 70/10/04 San Diego CA US Peterson Gym, San Diego State College
- 70/11/05-07 San Francisco CA US Fillmore West
- 71/ Pomona CA US
- 71/05/09 Los Angeles CA US Whisky A Go-Go
- 71/05/18 Claremont CA US Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College
- 71/08/07 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA
- 71/08/25 Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 71/10/01 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium
- 72/09/10 Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Bowl
- 72/12/15 San Francisco CA US Winterland
- 73/03/ Fresno CA US Selland Arena
- 73/03/23 Los Angeles CA US Hollywood Palladium
- 73/03/24 San Diego CA US Sports Arena
- 73/12/ Fresno CA US
- 73/12/ Oakland CA US Paramount Theater
- 73/12/08 Los Angeles CA US Roxy
- 73/12/09-10 Los Angeles CA US Roxy
- 73/12/11 Los Angeles CA US Roxy
- 73/12/12 Los Angeles CA US Roxy
- 74/02/15 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium
- 74/02/16 Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 74/02/17 Santa Barbara CA US Robertson Gymnasium, UCSB
- 74/02/23 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Auditorium
- 74/07/19-21 San Carlos CA US Circle Star Theatre
- 74/08/06-07 Los Angeles CA US KCET-TV Studio
- 74/08/08 Los Angeles CA US Shrine Auditorium
- 74/08/11 San Diego CA US Golden Hall
- 74/08/16-17 Santa Monica CA US Civic Auditorium
- 74/08/27 Los Angeles CA US KCET-TV Studio
- 74/12/31 Long Beach CA US Long Beach Arena
- 75/04/11 Claremont CA US Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College
- 75/09/17-18 Los Angeles CA US Royce Hall, UCLA
- 75/09/27 Santa Barbara CA US Robertson Gymnasium, UCSB
- 75/12/26 Oakland CA US Paramount Theatre
- 75/12/27 San Francisco CA US Winterland
- 75/12/29 San Diego CA US Golden Hall
- 75/12/31 Inglewood CA US Forum
- 76/11/ Los Angeles CA US Roxy
- 77/09/09 San Diego CA US Open Air Amphitheater, San Diego State University
- 77/11/18 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium
- 77/11/19 Stanford CA US Maples Pavilion, Stanford University
- 77/11/20 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA
- 77/12/31 Los Angeles CA US Pauley Pavilion, UCLA
- 80/03/30 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium
- 80/04/01 Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 80/04/03 Stanford CA US Maples Pavilion, Stanford University
- 80/04/04 San Diego CA US Sports Arena
- 80/04/05 San Bernardino CA US Swing Auditorium
- 80/04/06 Los Angeles CA US Sports Arena
- 80/12/05 Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 80/12/08 Santa Barbara CA US Arlington Theater
- 80/12/09 San Diego CA US Civic Theater
- 80/12/11 Santa Monica CA US Civic Auditorium
- 81/09/27 Santa Barbara CA US Events Center, UCSB
- 81/09/28 Sacramento CA US Memorial Auditorium
- 81/09/29 Santa Cruz CA US Civic Auditorium
- 81/12/ Los Angeles CA US
- 81/12/10 Berkeley CA US Community Theater
- 81/12/11 Santa Monica CA US Civic Auditorium
- 81/12/12 San Diego CA US Fox Theater
- 81/12/20 Berkeley CA US Community Theater 2 shows?
- 84/07/17-22 Los Angeles CA US Palace Theater
- 84/07/24 San Diego CA US Open Air Amphitheater, San Diego State University
- 84/07/25 Santa Cruz CA US Civic Auditorium
- 84/07/26-28 Berkeley CA US Greek Theater
- 84/07/29 Santa Barbara CA US County Bowl
- 84/12/21 San Carlos CA US Circle Star Theatre
- 84/12/22 Fresno CA US
- 84/12/23 Universal City CA US Universal Amphitheater
References to California in Zappa's music
- Memories Of El Monte: Refers to the town El Monte.
- Freak Out! Hot Spots.
- Dog Breath: "Going to El Monte Legion Stadium"
- If We'd All Been Living In California...: "If we'd all been in California I'd would 've been different."
- The Orange County Lumber Truck
- This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich and The Sealed Tuna Bolero: ''"It's just a rancid little snack in a plastic bag from a matron in La Habra with a blown-out crack" (La Habra is a town in California)
- Camarillo Brillo: "I mean her Mendocino bean-o", refers to Mendocino, a town in California.
- Uncle Remus: "I'll take a drive to Beverly Hills"
- Son Of Orange County
- Flakes: "California's got the most of them (...) swear to God they got the most/of every business on the coast."
For specific references to Los Angeles cities and other locations: see also
- Cucamonga
- Downey
- Fresno
- Glendale
- Hollywood
- Hollywood Boulevard
- Irwindale
- KSAN, San Francisco
- Lancaster
- Laurel Canyon
- Los Angeles
- Mojave Desert
- Monterey
- Ontario
- Orange County
- Palmdale
- Palo Alto
- The Pit (restaurant in Upland, California)
- Playa del Rey
- Reseda
- San Bernardino
- San Diego
- San Fernando Valley
- San Francisco
- San Joaquin Valley
- Santa Monica
- Santa Monica Boulevard
- San Quentin
- Sunset Boulevard
People born in locations in California not mentioned elsewhere on this site
- Charles Amirkhanian (born in Fresno)
- Bobby Beausoleil (born in Santa Barbara)
- Melvin Belli (born in Sonora)
- Rodney Bingenheimer (born in Mountain View)
- George Duke (born in San Rafael)
- Christine Frka (born in San Pedro)
- Henry Kaiser (born in Oakland)
- Steve Mann
- Richard Nixon (born in Yorba Linda)
- Mark Spitz (born in Modesto)
- Stanford Marching Band
- Todd Yvega (born in San Luis Obispo)
