Appreciating frank zappa

[PufPuf23]

6. Gave about 40 Zappa vinyl albums recently to the music teacher at the Reservation high school where I graduated.

Also gave him most of the Grateful Dead albums up to Touch of Grey. He is a Deadhead about 25 years my junior.

I am not a Native American and he is Mormon and not NA as well but a Deadhead, the high school is about 30 windy miles to drive from our homes.

"Do you like Zappa too, I have lots of albums>"

None of the albums had been played since late 1990s.

He is one of my neighbors and saved my life in November when coughing blood. He drove me over 2 hours to nearest hospital and ER and talked me into the system so they did not think me a crazy person.

Was introduced to Zappa by roommate at a boarding school in 1968.

Zappa shows:

Fillmore West, the first time.

Other times in no recalled order.

4 times at Berkeley Community Theatre, favorite show ever February 1974; exe spouse / college sweetheart has panties in the quilt from another BCT show.

Twice at Winterland, one of these shows the Magic Band opened and Beefheart sang Bongo Fury with Zappa.

Circle Star Theatre in San Carlos where the stage went around in slo-motion like a Lazy Susan and Tom Waites opened.

Those shows were between 1969 and 1984.

Was a chaperone of a high school thespian club spending a planned week on Broadway after Christmas and over New Year 79-80. There was a hotel full of high school kids from across the USA. We saw Baby Snakes in a theatre near Times Square. That was my addition to the cultural experience unique to our group.