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Aside from a 7" single by "Vito and The Hands", produced by [[Kim Fowley]], and featuring on some [[The Mothers|Mothers Of Invention]] work in 1966, he also provided vocal for [[Freak Out!]].
 
Aside from a 7" single by "Vito and The Hands", produced by [[Kim Fowley]], and featuring on some [[The Mothers|Mothers Of Invention]] work in 1966, he also provided vocal for [[Freak Out!]].
  
<blockquote>"Vitautus Alphonsus Paulekas was born in 1910, the son of a Lithuanian sausage-maker who settled in Massachusetts. He spent a year and a half in reformatory school at the age of 18 and was busted several times after that, all of which gave him a life-long aversion to the police. He spent six months as a marathon dancer during the Depression and he was already in his fifties when he connected with the rock 'n' roll scene in 1962. He began dancing every two weeks with [[Jim Doval]] & [[The Gauchos]] at a club on [[Strip|the Strip]]. He wore his hair in a beatle cut and his youthful body was betrayed by his lined face and greying moustache."</blockquote>
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<blockquote>"Vitautus Alphonsus Paulekas was born in 1910, the son of a Lithuanian sausage-maker who settled in Massachusetts. He spent a year and a half in reformatory school at the age of 18 and was busted several times after that, all of which gave him a life-long aversion to the police. He spent six months as a marathon dancer during the Depression and he was already in his fifties when he connected with the rock 'n' roll scene in 1962. He began dancing every two weeks with [[Jim Doval]] & [[The Gauchos]] at a club on [[Sunset Boulevard|the Strip]]. He wore his hair in a beatle cut and his youthful body was betrayed by his lined face and greying moustache."</blockquote>
 
<div align=right>— [[Barry Miles]], from [[Frank Zappa: A Biography]] (abridged), 2005.</div>
 
<div align=right>— [[Barry Miles]], from [[Frank Zappa: A Biography]] (abridged), 2005.</div>
  

Revision as of 02:52, 3 September 2008

Vitautus Alphonsus Paulekas, sculptor, artist, and "dancer" was the L.A. "freak scene" guru in the early 60's, sponsoring "love fests" and parties. Several members of his "dance troupe", including Miss Christine and Miss Sandra, were 'squatting' at the original Log Cabin when FZ rented it. From then on, Zappa's life was inextricably linked to the L.A. 'freaks'.

Aside from a 7" single by "Vito and The Hands", produced by Kim Fowley, and featuring on some Mothers Of Invention work in 1966, he also provided vocal for Freak Out!.

"Vitautus Alphonsus Paulekas was born in 1910, the son of a Lithuanian sausage-maker who settled in Massachusetts. He spent a year and a half in reformatory school at the age of 18 and was busted several times after that, all of which gave him a life-long aversion to the police. He spent six months as a marathon dancer during the Depression and he was already in his fifties when he connected with the rock 'n' roll scene in 1962. He began dancing every two weeks with Jim Doval & The Gauchos at a club on the Strip. He wore his hair in a beatle cut and his youthful body was betrayed by his lined face and greying moustache."

Barry Miles, from Frank Zappa: A Biography (abridged), 2005.

Paulekas eventually became mayor of the small Sonoma town of Cotati, a hippie enclave near Santa Rosa, CA, where he later died from a blood disease.