Mexico

Mexico is a country in North America.

References to Mexico in Frank Zappa's work

• In Frank Zappa's list of influences printed in the sleeve of Freak Out!, composer Silvestre Revueltas is mentioned.
• Roy Estrada's Mexican's roots were a running gag in The Mothers, as can be heard in Holding The Group Back and The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage.
• The Story Of Uncle Meat: The character Bimbo is a Mexican slave.
• Camarillo Brillo: "Is that a Mexican poncho or a Sears poncho?"
• On the back cover of One Size Fits All there is a star for the monetary unit Peso on the constellation map.
• Debra Kadabra: references the Mexican B-movie Brainiac and also mentions: "the pulled & flabulent Mexican rubber-goods mask"
• The Crab-Grass Baby: "(either that or go to Tijuana or go to BROWN MOSES way down in Egypt-Land)"
• Carol, You Fool: "to rob some Mexican guy"

People born in (or from) Mexico

• Roy Estrada (born in Santa Ana, California, but of Mexican descent)
• Conlon Nancarrow (born in Texarkana, Arkansas, later moved to Mexico, where he lived for the rest of his life)
• Carlos Santana

Other

• 3NSAMBL3: Uncle Meat/Uncle Meat Variations
• Brainiac
• Jarabe Tapatío
• Tijuana
• Tijuana Surf
• Y Tu Mamá También

Frank Zappa about Mexico

"I went to Mexico City and actually conducted their orchestra for a little while. They were very interested in doing the project, then after we had the rehearsal and we got down to what it would cost, the guy I dealt with added it up and wanted $400,000. He had somehow gotten a hold of what the scale would have been if I had done it in New York City. And there was no way that they were as good as the New York Philharmonic and no way that I was gonna give them $400,000... so I said, "Thank you, goodbye." - Frank Zappa, Orchestral Maneuvers, Interview by Bill Milkowski, Modern Recording & Music, August 1984.

External links

• Wikipedia:Mexico