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==Frank Zappa== | ==Frank Zappa== | ||
| − | Interviewed by [[Chuck Ash]] in 1988, Frank Zappa said the once contacted the annual [[Wikipedia:Mummers Parade|Mummers Parade]] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to be his opening act in the city, but they declined. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxO4UrqyMXw</ref> In 1986, he also considered a film project about a teenage son disinterested in the Mummers Parade, whose dying father asks him to continue the Mummers' tradition, whereupon the son modernizes the event by performing ''[[Purple Haze]]''. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSiGEj_c7aQ</ref> | + | Interviewed by [[Chuck Ash]] in 1988, Frank Zappa said the once contacted the annual [[Wikipedia:Mummers Parade|Mummers Parade]] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to be his opening act during one of his concerts in the city, but they declined. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxO4UrqyMXw</ref> In 1986, he also considered a film project about a teenage son disinterested in the Mummers Parade, whose dying father asks him to continue the Mummers' tradition, whereupon the son modernizes the event by performing ''[[Purple Haze]]''. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSiGEj_c7aQ</ref> |
==Zappa concerts held in Pennsylvania== | ==Zappa concerts held in Pennsylvania== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:14, 4 August 2026
Pennsylvania is a state of the United States of America.
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Frank Zappa
Interviewed by Chuck Ash in 1988, Frank Zappa said the once contacted the annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to be his opening act during one of his concerts in the city, but they declined. [1] In 1986, he also considered a film project about a teenage son disinterested in the Mummers Parade, whose dying father asks him to continue the Mummers' tradition, whereupon the son modernizes the event by performing Purple Haze. [2]
Zappa concerts held in Pennsylvania
- 69/03/02 Philadelphia PA US Arena
- 74/05/08 Edinboro PA US Edinboro State College
- 74/11/17 Philadelphia PA US Spectrum Theater
- 75/11/03 Philadelphia PA US Spectrum Theater
- 75/11/07 Pittsburgh PA US Civic Arena
- 76/10/29 Philadelphia PA US Spectrum Theater
- 80/04/27 Bethlehem PA US Stabler Arena, Lehigh University
- 80/04/29 Upper Darby PA US Tower Theatre
- 84/11/10 Upper Darby PA US Tower Theatre
- 80/11/13 Pittsburgh PA US Stanley Theater
- 84/11/17 Pittsburgh PA US Syria Mosque
- 88/02/12-14 Upper Darby PA US Tower Theatre
- 88/02/25 Pittsburgh PA US Syria Mosque
- 88/03/08 Pittsburgh PA US Syria Mosque
- 88/03/19 Allentown PA US Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College
References to Pennsylvania in Zappa's work
- The constellations Orange, Olney, Huntingpark and Wyoming on the back cover of One Size Fits All refer to the Philadelphia subway system.
- 200 Years Old: "I was sitting in a breakfast room in Allentown, Pennsylvania ..."
- Ruthie-Ruthie: "This burned Pennsylvania all (???) your story"
- Planet Of The Baritone Women: "(Robert Martin, from Philadelphia)"
People born in Pennsylvania
- Lee Andrews & The Hearts
- Chuck Ash
- Milton Babbitt
- Michael Brecker
- Don Cerveris
- Chunky, Novi & Ernie
- Robert Crumb
- Jon Fishman
- Joe Flaherty
- Sandy Hurvitz
- Philly Joe Jones
- Keith
- Lester Lanin
- Oscar Levant
- Robert Martin
- Vincent Persichetti
- Cal Schenkel
- Archie Shepp
- Annie Sprinkle
- Louise Varèse
- Denny Walley
- Andy Warhol
- Gail Zappa
