Lancaster

Lancaster is a city in California, close to the Mojave Desert and Edwards Air Force Base.

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa lived in Lancaster between 1956 and 1958, where he attended the Antelope Valley High School, played in the bands The Blackouts and The Omens and had a relationship with Sandy Schwanekamp and later Kay Sherman.

During this period, he also made a phone call with Louise Varèse and Edgar Varèse and received a letter from Varèse. Zappa also met Don Van Vliet, with whom he recorded Lost In A Whirlpool and The Search For Tom Dooley. Other significant people from his career whom he met during this period were Denny Walley (a friend of Bobby Zappa a the time) and Ian Underwood.

In 1958, Zappa's family and him moved to Claremont, California.

References to Lancaster in Zappa's work

• Billy The Mountain: Billy the Mountain and Ethell the Tree destroy Edwards Air Force Base.
• Village Of The Sun: "I went to high school in Lancaster, which is not very far from Palmdale."
• Be-Bop Tango: Zappa says Brenda the stripper performed at Edwards Air Force Base, earlier.

See also

• Antelope Valley High School
• The Blackouts
• Captain Beefheart
• Edwards Air Force Base
• Mojave Desert
• The Omens

External links

• Wikipedia: Lancaster,_California