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''"Now I didn't tell the guys what to wear; I merely suggested their mode of dress conform to what we were doing. I felt you couldn't play the sort of music we were playing and look the way some of the guys did – with processed pompadours. It took a year for some of the guys to change. You have to understand some of the guys lived in Orange County and they were afraid to go home if they looked too weird. After a while they gave in."'' - Frank Zappa, ''[[The Rolling Stone Interviews Vol. 1]]'', interview by Jerry Hopkins, in [[Rolling Stone]], issue 14, 1968. | ''"Now I didn't tell the guys what to wear; I merely suggested their mode of dress conform to what we were doing. I felt you couldn't play the sort of music we were playing and look the way some of the guys did – with processed pompadours. It took a year for some of the guys to change. You have to understand some of the guys lived in Orange County and they were afraid to go home if they looked too weird. After a while they gave in."'' - Frank Zappa, ''[[The Rolling Stone Interviews Vol. 1]]'', interview by Jerry Hopkins, in [[Rolling Stone]], issue 14, 1968. | ||
| − | ''"[[Jimmy Carl Black|Jim Black]], the drummer, had just come to California from [[Kansas]]. He got together with [[Roy Estrada]], the bass player. They'd been working terrible jobs in Orange County, which is a bad place to live unless you belong to the John Birch Society."'' - Frank Zappa, ''[[The Incredible History Of The Mothers]]'', Hit Parader, No. 48, June 1968. | + | ''"[[Jimmy Carl Black|Jim Black]], the drummer, had just come to California from [[Kansas]]. He got together with [[Roy Estrada]], the bass player. They'd been working terrible jobs in Orange County, which is a bad place to live unless you belong to the John Birch Society."'' - Frank Zappa, ''[[The Incredible History Of The Mothers]]'', Hit Parader, No. 48, June 1968. |
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| + | ''"In the case of Roy Estrada and Jimmy Carl Black, they knew unless their hair grew out they couldn't work in [[Hollywood]], right? But they lived in Orange County. Orange County is a place that's down there, where there are a lot of people just like Mike Curb. They take it real serious and it's very right-wing weird down there, very weird. So while they're growing their hair out and dressing peculiarly so they can have a job in Hollywood, they would still have to drive back down to Orange County to their tract homes. They would have to tuck their hair inside their collar and pull it up so that nobody saw them driving down the street. They weren't just flagrant weirdos."'' - Frank Zappa in ''[[Frank Zappa: America's Weirdest Rock Star Comes Clean]]'', article by John Swenson, from High Times issue #55, March 1980. | ||
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| + | In the liner notes of ''[[The Lost Episodes]]'' (1996), [[Rip Rense]] describes Zappa's living room, mentioning the presence of ''"an autographed photo of Orange County arch-conservative TV fixture [[wikipedia:Wally George]]..."'' | ||
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The Orange County in California is bordered by the Pacific Ocean (south west), San Bernardino county (north east), Riverside County (east) and San Diego County (south east).
Among the notable locations within Orange County are Anaheim (where Disneyland is located), Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach.
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References to Orange County in Frank Zappa's work
- The Orange County Lumber Truck (a reference to Roy Estrada, who was a lumber truck driver in Orange County (source: Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stone Interviews Vol. 1, interview by Jerry Hopkins, in Rolling Stone, issue 14, 1968.))
- Billy The Mountain: "We now have confirmed reports from an informed Orange County minister that Ethell is still an active Communist... and it is this reporter's opinion that she also practices (coven!) witch-craft!"
- Son Of Orange County: a callback to Zappa's line "I'm not a crook!", referring to Richard Nixon, who was born in Orange County.
People born in Orange County
- Roy Estrada (born in Santa Ana)
- Richard Nixon (born in Yorba Linda, Orange County)
Frank Zappa about Orange County
"Now I didn't tell the guys what to wear; I merely suggested their mode of dress conform to what we were doing. I felt you couldn't play the sort of music we were playing and look the way some of the guys did – with processed pompadours. It took a year for some of the guys to change. You have to understand some of the guys lived in Orange County and they were afraid to go home if they looked too weird. After a while they gave in." - Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stone Interviews Vol. 1, interview by Jerry Hopkins, in Rolling Stone, issue 14, 1968.
"Jim Black, the drummer, had just come to California from Kansas. He got together with Roy Estrada, the bass player. They'd been working terrible jobs in Orange County, which is a bad place to live unless you belong to the John Birch Society." - Frank Zappa, The Incredible History Of The Mothers, Hit Parader, No. 48, June 1968.
"In the case of Roy Estrada and Jimmy Carl Black, they knew unless their hair grew out they couldn't work in Hollywood, right? But they lived in Orange County. Orange County is a place that's down there, where there are a lot of people just like Mike Curb. They take it real serious and it's very right-wing weird down there, very weird. So while they're growing their hair out and dressing peculiarly so they can have a job in Hollywood, they would still have to drive back down to Orange County to their tract homes. They would have to tuck their hair inside their collar and pull it up so that nobody saw them driving down the street. They weren't just flagrant weirdos." - Frank Zappa in Frank Zappa: America's Weirdest Rock Star Comes Clean, article by John Swenson, from High Times issue #55, March 1980.
In the liner notes of The Lost Episodes (1996), Rip Rense describes Zappa's living room, mentioning the presence of "an autographed photo of Orange County arch-conservative TV fixture wikipedia:Wally George..."
