ZAPPA, FRANK, HOT RATS. TABLATURE
Christine Frka was a member of the GTO's she was known as Miss Christine. She moved to LA from San Pedro accompanied by Sandra Leano. The pair lived at The Log Cabin when Carl Franzoni was in residence with his commune. She became the Zappa's baby sitter and can be seen on the cover of Hot Rats. It was Frka who suggested Zappa record Alice Cooper and she was instrumental in establishing their image. She died on November 5th, 1972, of a drug overdose.
The residents at that time included my wife, Gail; my secretary, Pauline Butcher; our road manager, Dick Barber; Pamela Zarubica; Ian Underwood; Motorhead Sherwood; and a girl named Christine Frka - the woman on the cover of the Hot Rats album crawling out of the crypt. Christine Frka was our baby-sitter, along with Pamela Des Barres.
-Frank Zappa. The Real Frank Zappa Book
Miss Christine's Story: She, too was born in San Pedro of Yugoslav parents. She was a "sickly kid," she says, and had a "big complex about being skinny." (She is tall and lean, the type of girl who would have been called "beanpole" by her schoolmates.) "Pop music brought it all together for me socially," she said. "It brought people together, it gave me friends." She says she is the cold, cruel one in the group, but she's not. She's bright and quite outgoing. She met Zappa when he returned to LA from New York for a concert, when she was living in Franzoni's commune. "We talk about groups a lot," she said. "That's because it's glamourous and because we're very young. If you have a fave rave in a band, it's like having a soldier in the war; you write him letters and you worry about him." When Zappa returned to LA for good, she became his housekeeper and governess to Moon Unit, Frank's daughter. "Mercy and I sent The Velvet Underground a dozen roses with our pictures on the back," she said. "You can't be subtle." Miss Christine loves clothing and makes all her own, which can only be described as junkshop harlequin. The night of our interview she was wearing a knitted patchwork jump suit in a hundred colors, colored pipe cleaners coiled into her frizzed character; not a bad description.
Series: Guitar Recorded Version
Our matching folio to Frank Zappa's influential first solo album features note-for-note transcriptions with tab for all six songs, lots of photos, and an intro by and album cover courtesy of Matt Groening. This 1969 jazz-rock fusion masterpiece also features guest appearances by Captain Beefheart and Jean-Luc Ponty.
The Gumbo Variations
It Must Be A Camel
Little Umbrellas
Peaches En Regalia
Son Of Mr. Green Genes
Willie The Pimp
72 pages
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