Frank Zappa Interview

MrBB | Monday, May 12, 2008 | 7:58 am

This Frank Zappa interview with Mary Travers (of Peter, Paul & Mary fame) is particularly fascinating, especially for those interested in Zappa as a composer. It starts out a bit awkwardly, as Frank is his usual ornery self, but Mary gradually gains his respect and they touch on facets of his career and the music business that few other interviewers have managed to discuss intelligently with him. This is also the unedited master, which lets one hear everything they discussed, not the highly edited version used for broadcast. Zappa recommends books and classical albums that were influencing his work at the time and reveals a lot about the working dynamics of The Mothers. I found it one of the most interesting and least sarcastic interviews he's ever given. Alan