Frank Zappa #2

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Gail Zappa dies aged 70

Gail Zappa, Frank Zappa’s widow and head of the Zappa Family Trust, died at home on Wednesday, 7 October, according to a statement released by her family. She was 70 years old.

“Gail will forever be identified as a key figure in the creative renaissance that is Laurel Canyon,” read the family’s statement, posted on Facebook. “The memories she leaves behind are indeed her own art form. Her searing intelligence, unforgettable smile, wild thicket of hair and trailing black velvets leave a blur in her wake.”

Gail was responsible for releasing more than 30 of her prolific husband’s albums after his death in 1993. As head of the Zappa Family Trust, Gail protected her husband’s musical legacy and sought to ensure none of his material was used or released without her prior authorisation.

“I’m just defending the audience’s right to hear Frank’s music the way he intended it,” she has said, in a 2010 Guardian interview. “It’s not just for Frank that I do this, it’s also for the potential audience out there.”

Gail and Frank’s son Ahmet is due to take over the family trust, according to an announcement made in July.

Gail was born Adelaide Gail Sloatman in January 1945, and lived in London and New York before hitchhiking to Los Angeles, according to a Rolling Stones report. She met Frank when she was working as a secretary at LA nightclub Whisky A Go Go. The pair married when she was 22 years old, and pregnant with son Dweezil.

She is survived by Dweezil, Ahmet and her two daughters Moon Unit and Diva. At the time of writing, the cause of her death has not been confirmed.

Ik was dit topic net aan het zoeken.

RIP.

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Op donderdag 8 oktober 2015 12:33 schreef bazbo het volgende:

En nu maar hopen dat Ahmet wat ruimdenkender met die erfenis omgaat.

Vreemde keuze eigenlijk. Het lijkt me dat Dweezil veel meer voor de hand ligt?

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Op donderdag 8 oktober 2015 14:27 schreef Molurus het volgende:

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Vreemde keuze eigenlijk. Het lijkt me dat Dweezil veel meer voor de hand ligt?

Zou die niet juist afvallen omdat hij optreed met en dus geld verdient aan de muziek van z'n vader? En dat dat de deur zou openen voor een ongewenste voorkeurspositie oid.

Maar misschien wil hij ook gewoon spelen en niet zoveel met de administratie te maken hebben

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Op donderdag 8 oktober 2015 14:36 schreef Gehenna het volgende:

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Zou die niet juist afvallen omdat hij optreed met en dus geld verdient aan de muziek van z'n vader? En dat dat de deur zou openen voor een ongewenste voorkeurspositie oid.

Maar misschien wil hij ook gewoon spelen en niet zoveel met de administratie te maken hebben

Je moet er wel wat tijd voor overhebben, lijkt me.

De volledige statement van de familie op facebook:

Gail Zappa

January 1, 1945 - October 7, 2015

Gail Zappa, nee Adelaide Gail Sloatman, age 70, departed this earth peacefully at her home on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, surrounded by her children.

Married to Frank Zappa at age 22, Gail was a doe-eyed, barefooted trailblazer, giving equal value to her domestic and professional responsibilities as matriarch of the family and overseer of all Zappa enterprises. She devoted herself to partnering with her husband in the music business and raising their children, Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva.

Gail enthusiastically executed her role as guardian of her husband’s creative life and, with his passing, strove to ensure his legacy as one of the leading American composers and musicians of the 20th century. In this and all business endeavors, Gail passionately advocated to establish clear definitions of intellectual property and copyright laws on behalf of not just her husband, but all artists. While she conducted intricate legal negotiations with corporations as grande dame of the Zappa Family Trust, she never failed to impart the sense of humor that was part and parcel of her indomitable and formidable personality. Gail, self-described as a pagan absurdist, was motivated by love in all aspects of her life, kept her authenticity intact, unbowed and, simply put, was one bad ass in the music business and political world.

Gail will forever be identified as a key figure in the creative renaissance that is Laurel Canyon. But more than any singular accomplishment, she defined herself in her personal relationships, happiest when surrounded by loved ones and artists, often one and the same. The memories she leaves behind are indeed her own art form. Her searing intelligence, unforgettable smile, wild thicket of hair and trailing black velvets leave a blur in her wake.

There is no further information to report. This is the only statement that will be released by the family.

Het blijft irritant die altijd onderaan jouw posts. Net alsof alles wat je post is.

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Op woensdag 28 oktober 2015 17:34 schreef bazbo het volgende:

Vanavond een herkansing in De Boerderij, Zoetermeer.

I is there.

Het voorprogramma was ietwat amateuristisch... maar Banned from Utopia was helemaal geweldig.

Bobby Martin!

Mijn excuses voor de matige geluidskwaliteit, maar het is beter dan niets:

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Op zaterdag 31 oktober 2015 14:58 schreef bazbo het volgende:

Mis het niet!

Ik mis het wel , want ik ben naar Terry Bozzio vanavond

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Op vrijdag 5 februari 2016 14:53 schreef Bosbeetle het volgende:
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Wat is het

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Op vrijdag 5 februari 2016 15:01 schreef Gehenna het volgende:

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Wat is het

Visitiekaartje van frank uit 1961

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Op vrijdag 5 februari 2016 15:02 schreef Bosbeetle het volgende:

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Visitiekaartje van frank uit 1961

oh zo, ha cool

twitter:

AhmetZappa twitterde op woensdag 03-02-2016 om 05:45:44 My dad's Buisness card from 1961. https://t.co/hsIGbVV2S4 reageer retweet