Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism |
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| Author:
| Delville, Michel
Norris, Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84471-059-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
| Publisher: | Salt Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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A comparative account of the musical and cultural acts of Zappa and his cohort, collaborator and antagonist Captain Beefheart. Written in the iconoclastic spirit of Zappa's art, this book traces the mixed media experiments of California freakdom through the dada blues of Beefheart, mapping out the pleasures of imaginative excess.
A comparative account of the musical and cultural acts of Zappa and his cohort, collaborator and antagonist Captain Beefheart. Written in the iconoclastic spirit of Zappa's art, this book traces the mixed media experiments of California freakdom through the dada blues of Beefheart, mapping out the pleasures of imaginative excess.