The Words and Music of Frank Zappa Lowe, Kelly Fisher

This is the first book to move beyond the details of Zappa's biography toward a focused treatment of his songs. Zappa worked in a musical realm unfamiliar to many radio listeners. Today, his music can be appreciated as a whole, emerging as a coherent, thoughtful, innovative--if somewhat daunting--body of work. Lowe has left no aspect of that work unexamined, from Zappa's role as a satirist of the highest order, to his place in the genre of "progressive rock," and his importance as one of the foremost critics of American culture and society. Zappa's messages--musical and lyrical--may not always be clear, but they are well worth considering.<;

DOI: 10.1336/0275987795 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C8779.aspx

The Words and Music of Frank Zappa Series: The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection Hardback, 280 pages, $44.95 Copyright ©2006, Praeger Publishers ISBN: 0-275-98779-5 DOI: 10.1336/0275987795

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