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A focused treatment of the rock and pop songs of this great American composer

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Bison Books Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Study Frank Zappa?
1. You Call That Music?
2. Satire and the Art of Frank Zappa
3. The Mothers of Invention
Freak Out!
Absolutely Free
We're Only in It for the Money
Lumpy Gravy
Cruising with Ruben and the Jets
Uncle Meat
Mothermania
4. Hot Rats, the Last Two Mothers Albums, Flo & Eddie, and the Jazz-Rock Albums
Hot Rats
Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Chunga's Revenge; Fillmore East, June 1971; 200 Motels; and Just Another Band from L.A.
Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo
5. The Duke-Brock / Progressive Rock Bands, Läther, and the Terry Bozzio Albums
Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophy (')
Roxy & Elsewhere,mso-bidi-font-style: normal"One Size Fits All, and Bongo Fury
Zoot Allures
 Zappa in New York, Studio Tan, and Sleep Dirt
Sheik Yerbouti
6. Politics: 1979-88
Joe's Garage, Acts I, II, & III
Tinsel Town Rebellion
You Are What You Is
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
The Man from Utopia and Them or Us
Thing-Fish
Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
Broadway the Hard Way
Conclusion
Discography of Available Zappa Recordings
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Kelly Fisher Lowe (1966-2007) was the director of the learning resource networks at the University of Wyoming and is the author of 100 Years of Caring: The Centennial History of Alliance Community Hospital.

Reviews

"One of the strengths of Lowe's treatment is his contextualization of pop-culture references in the lyrics, explications that result in a clearer reading of Zappa's texts. Also useful are the discography of Zappa recordings and a critical bibliographic essay on the major contributions on the life and works of Frank Zappa." Choice