Thanks for this very interesting & informative video! When I used to live in Laurel, MD, I frequently participated in the monthly art walk in Highlandtown, and I often wondered about the history of that statue. Now I know!
When I went to see this statue a few years ago I wasn't quite sure where it was situated. As I walked up the street a saw a guy looking up toward the library taking pictures. He had been part of Frank's touring team for over a decade and shared some stories about his experiences. I told him that meeting him there reinforced the nickname "Smalltimore" for my hometown!
Sites in Baltimore you should pay a visit to and talk about: Kennedy Krieger High School (formerly a Children’s Hospital), Lloyd Street Synagogue (the third oldest Synagogue in the country and oldest in Maryland), the Carroll Hunting Lodge in Northwest Baltimore (owned by Charles Carroll who was one of the people signing the Declaration of Independence), and Tupac Shakur’s former home in the Greenmount neighborhood.
I've been a Zappa fan for 54 years, and consider the breadth and depth of his catalog to be one of the great accomplishments filed under the heading of "Rock music geniuses." His personality might now be classified as neurodivergent, or "refer(s) to people whose thought patterns, behaviors, or learning styles fall outside of what is considered 'normal,' or neurotypical of humans." Some of these individuals lack the capacity to gauge the emotions of others, and often respond in ways typical of a jerk. There's a spot in a recent documentary on Zappa where his wife Gail commented on his many affairs while on the road. While he's getting it on with groupies she's taking care of three kids at home, and it's easy to see how even decades after the fact, it still bothers her. In my mind, her understandable resentment is balanced out by the legacy he was building for himself, as well as the royalties still flowing from his self-centered, salacious, workaholic ways. I'm pissed at him myself, because his hour-by-hour fuel for working his ass off centered around nicotine and caffeine. While the latter boasts an impressive assortment of antioxidants, the former is so deadly it's linked to 480,000 deaths in 2023 alone. Also, lung and prostate cancer leads to the most common preventable deaths among men. And Pall Mall cigarettes led to my Mother's death from COPD as well. My sermon is done, but thanks for allowing the use of your timeline for my rant.
@@muffinman4353 I mean he was a jerk. he was nasty to his band mates, to his family, to women. why do you have to take that personally? especially since he certainly wouldn't
@@jefferyroy2566 I've been performing and reading Franks charts, before and during my studies at Berklee College of music in Boston. So I'm extremely knowledgeable of Frank's music as far as how he arranged it how he wrote it, and some of the complicated intricacies in trying to perform it. I've also had the utmost pleasure to be in the company of Ray white, Ike Willis, Ed Mann, Scott Thunus, Chad wackerman, and, Robert Martin, Terry bozzio, etc. Being able to converse, and hear these guys reminisce about the Maestro himself was priceless.... Meeting Moon at one of her book signings, and talking more in detail about her family life was also what I already kinda knew. That's how Frank was, unfortunately, but as a musician that studied over 65 years of his work, I had to put things in perspective. Frank was who he was.... And there will never be another musical genius like him.
yes frank zappa was promoting and supporting freedom of speech at that time and all of that... but if he sees what freedom means nowadays he would probably stay away from all of that and just make fun of it all, I'm sure of it.
Thanks for this very interesting & informative video! When I used to live in Laurel, MD, I frequently participated in the monthly art walk in Highlandtown, and I often wondered about the history of that statue. Now I know!
Excellent presentation and tribute
Love the story and the archival photos.
Thanks for watching!
Frank would probably get a laugh out of having his head on a pike!
Another great and informative vignette about a Worldly and Baltimore Icon. I enjoyed it and learned something too.😊
I took a class at Towson State College taught by his uncle. He showed us home movies of Zappa during one class.
Long live the music of the maestro himself, Mr. Frank Zappa.
When I went to see this statue a few years ago I wasn't quite sure where it was situated. As I walked up the street a saw a guy looking up toward the library taking pictures. He had been part of Frank's touring team for over a decade and shared some stories about his experiences. I told him that meeting him there reinforced the nickname "Smalltimore" for my hometown!
Sites in Baltimore you should pay a visit to and talk about: Kennedy Krieger High School (formerly a Children’s Hospital), Lloyd Street Synagogue (the third oldest Synagogue in the country and oldest in Maryland), the Carroll Hunting Lodge in Northwest Baltimore (owned by Charles Carroll who was one of the people signing the Declaration of Independence), and Tupac Shakur’s former home in the Greenmount neighborhood.
Thanks for your suggestions!
I knew that Frank was from Baltimore but I didn't know anything about that statue. Thank-you for the information.
Greatest musician of the 20th century. There really is no comparison.
I agree with you completely. He was a music genius and looked at it like no one I've ever studied. My favorite musician of all time.
Louis Armstrong.
damn i missed an opp to cameo in one ofyour videos!
Love the Pratt!
Us too
What's new in Baltimore ?
Tasteful very tasteful
“Camarillo Brillo” - FZ
Too bad Southern High School is no more on Warren Ave. Could have went there in South Baltimore.
A statue of Frank? Very cool!
Frank Zappa was brilliant. He was also a bit of a jerk, but certainly brilliant.
he tried to speak highly of you
I've been a Zappa fan for 54 years, and consider the breadth and depth of his catalog to be one of the great accomplishments filed under the heading of "Rock music geniuses." His personality might now be classified as neurodivergent, or "refer(s) to people whose thought patterns, behaviors, or learning styles fall outside of what is considered 'normal,' or neurotypical of humans." Some of these individuals lack the capacity to gauge the emotions of others, and often respond in ways typical of a jerk. There's a spot in a recent documentary on Zappa where his wife Gail commented on his many affairs while on the road. While he's getting it on with groupies she's taking care of three kids at home, and it's easy to see how even decades after the fact, it still bothers her. In my mind, her understandable resentment is balanced out by the legacy he was building for himself, as well as the royalties still flowing from his self-centered, salacious, workaholic ways. I'm pissed at him myself, because his hour-by-hour fuel for working his ass off centered around nicotine and caffeine. While the latter boasts an impressive assortment of antioxidants, the former is so deadly it's linked to 480,000 deaths in 2023 alone. Also, lung and prostate cancer leads to the most common preventable deaths among men. And Pall Mall cigarettes led to my Mother's death from COPD as well. My sermon is done, but thanks for allowing the use of your timeline for my rant.
"Jerk"??? Takes one to know one.
@@muffinman4353 I mean he was a jerk. he was nasty to his band mates, to his family, to women. why do you have to take that personally? especially since he certainly wouldn't
@@jefferyroy2566 I've been performing and reading Franks charts, before and during my studies at Berklee College of music in Boston. So I'm extremely knowledgeable of Frank's music as far as how he arranged it how he wrote it, and some of the complicated intricacies in trying to perform it. I've also had the utmost pleasure to be in the company of Ray white, Ike Willis, Ed Mann, Scott Thunus, Chad wackerman, and, Robert Martin, Terry bozzio, etc. Being able to converse, and hear these guys reminisce about the Maestro himself was priceless.... Meeting Moon at one of her book signings, and talking more in detail about her family life was also what I already kinda knew. That's how Frank was, unfortunately, but as a musician that studied over 65 years of his work, I had to put things in perspective. Frank was who he was.... And there will never be another musical genius like him.
yes frank zappa was promoting and supporting freedom of speech at that time and all of that... but if he sees what freedom means nowadays he would probably stay away from all of that and just make fun of it all, I'm sure of it.