num_pages: 268
description: Since his untimely death from prostate cancer in 1993, the legend of iconoclastic musician Frank Zappa has continued to grow. The decade following his passing has seen the publication of a number of books, both sacred and profane, which examine his life and work, but the best, and only, up-close-and-personal account of the man and his music remains the Nigey Lennonâ€™s Being My Time with Frank Zappa. Musician/author Lennon maintained a personal and professional relationship with Zappa during the period which is generally agreed to have been the composerâ€™s most creative,Â  and she invests her recollections with considerable musical and emotional insight.â€œIrreplaceableâ€¦is the word to describe Being Frankâ€¦[Lennon's] memoir is both spiky and musically literateâ€¦Lennonâ€™s previous books were on Mark Twain and Alfred Jarry, which indicates the kind of cultural perspective required to get a grip on something brighter than rock-journo pedantry.â€â€“Ben Watson, author of Frank The Negative Dialectics of Poodle PlayWith new material by the author, a Preface by David Walley (author of No Commercial The Saga of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention), a Foreword by Greg Russo (author of Cosmik The Collected History and Improvisations of Frank Zappa), and an Introduction by Candy Zappa.NIGEY LENNON is a composer, performer, and producer and the author of seven published books. She lives in New York.
language: English
title: Being Frank: My Time With Frank Zappa
titlecomplete: Being Frank: My Time With Frank Zappa
genres: Nonfiction, Music
ratings_count: 71
publisher: BLUE HERON PUBLISHING