Diamondjimi
09-20-2010, 11:11 AM
Frank Zappa honoured in Baltimore
Monday, 20 September 2010
A statue of musician Frank Zappa was put up in Baltimore
Rocker Frank Zappa has been honoured in Baltimore.
Devout European fans of the late musician brought his mustachioed likeness back to his birthplace in the form of a bronze bust.
Several hundred fans gathered on a sweltering afternoon as city officials dedicated the bust of the ponytailed rocker outside an east Baltimore library.
The bust is a replica of another in a public square in Vilnius, Lithuania, and was donated to the city by Zappa enthusiasts in the small Baltic nation.
"The spirit of Frank Zappa is alive and well in Baltimore," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said.
The mayor joined Zappa's widow, Gail, and three of his grown children in watching as a curtain was drawn back to reveal the bust set atop a 12-foot steel pole. Later, Zappa's son, Dweezil, took the stage with his tribute band, Zappa Plays Zappa.
Zappa was known for everything from novelty rock songs to elaborate classical compositions. He died of prostate cancer in 1993 at 52.
"He'd be wildly amused by this, because of the absurdity of these guys in Lithuania coming up with this phenomenal sculptor who normally does busts of Stalin," Gail Zappa said.
Zappa's daughter, Diva, choked up while addressing a throng that chanted Zappa's name.
"Thank you so much for just loving my dad," she said.
Link (http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/frank-zappa-honoured-in-baltimore-14953768.html?r=RSS#ixzz105AodHko)
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00360/Music_10-1_jpg_360403a.jpg
Monday, 20 September 2010
A statue of musician Frank Zappa was put up in Baltimore
Rocker Frank Zappa has been honoured in Baltimore.
Devout European fans of the late musician brought his mustachioed likeness back to his birthplace in the form of a bronze bust.
Several hundred fans gathered on a sweltering afternoon as city officials dedicated the bust of the ponytailed rocker outside an east Baltimore library.
The bust is a replica of another in a public square in Vilnius, Lithuania, and was donated to the city by Zappa enthusiasts in the small Baltic nation.
"The spirit of Frank Zappa is alive and well in Baltimore," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said.
The mayor joined Zappa's widow, Gail, and three of his grown children in watching as a curtain was drawn back to reveal the bust set atop a 12-foot steel pole. Later, Zappa's son, Dweezil, took the stage with his tribute band, Zappa Plays Zappa.
Zappa was known for everything from novelty rock songs to elaborate classical compositions. He died of prostate cancer in 1993 at 52.
"He'd be wildly amused by this, because of the absurdity of these guys in Lithuania coming up with this phenomenal sculptor who normally does busts of Stalin," Gail Zappa said.
Zappa's daughter, Diva, choked up while addressing a throng that chanted Zappa's name.
"Thank you so much for just loving my dad," she said.
Link (http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/frank-zappa-honoured-in-baltimore-14953768.html?r=RSS#ixzz105AodHko)
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00360/Music_10-1_jpg_360403a.jpg