TRIBUTE HONORS MUSIC ICON ORIGINAL BANDMATES SHOW UP FOR A.V. HIGH'S ZAPPA.Byline: BETTIE RENCORET SENIOR COLUMNIST Music reverberated amid walls adorned with posters and other Frank Zappa memborabilia in a tribute to the musical icon. The tribute was put together by Lou Allred and Peter ``Pete'' Lovio, who performed with Zappa while he was a student at Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. , from which Zappa graduated in 1958. ``It all turned out so well that Lou and I are tentatively planning to host more, maybe two or three a year,'' Lovio said. Both the hosts played with Zappa in the early days and still hold dear the musical memories of their youth. Born in Baltimore in 1940, Zappa moved to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley with his family as a teenager after his father got a job at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . Zappa first earned fame with the rock group Mothers of Invention in the 1960s before embarking on a solo career that produced such unusual hits as ``Don't Eat Yellow Snow,'' ``Dancin' Fool'' and ``Valley Girl.'' Zappa died in 1993 after a prolonged bout with prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. . Most the original Zappa band made it to the garage music room at Allred's west Lancaster home, way out where amplifiers could blare and disturb nothing, except maybe any stray rabbits. Others in attendance from the original Zappa lineup were Wally Salazar, Fred Salazar, Jim Sherwood, Johnny Franklin and Fred Lovio. Special guests who participated in making the impromptu music were Zappa's singer sister, Patrice ``Candy'' Zappa, and singer Nolan Porter. Making a surprise visit to hear the music, so familiar back in the 1960s, was Miss Antelope Valley 1961, Cheryl Meline Moses. Moses was in the same Antelope Valley High School graduating class as the Salazars and Fred Lovio and has always been a Zappa fan. Most of the old band members were not only friends of Zappa but also played with Don Van Vliet's ``Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band.'' Van Vliet also is a former Antelope Valley resident. The original Zappa and Beefheart members also represented local dance bands such as the Blackouts, the Omens and Geronimo Black, an off-shoot of the original Mothers of Invention. Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster and Palmdale have been announced. All meals include bread, margarine and coffee, tea or milk, for the suggested donation of $2. Monday: Orange chicken, potatoes, spinach, creamy coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , orange. Tuesday: Spaghetti and meatballs Noun 1. spaghetti and meatballs - spaghetti with meatballs in a tomato sauce dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" , mixed vegetables, garden salad, ice cream. Wednesday: Sweet and sour sweet and sour adj → agridulce chicken, wild rice, green beans, carrot and raisin salad, cookies. Thursday: Fish fillet fillet /fil·let/ (fil´et) 1. a loop, as of cord or tape, for making traction on the fetus. 2. in the nervous system, a long band of nerve fibers. fil·let n. 1. or barbecued pork, scalloped scal·lop also scol·lop or es·cal·lop n. 1. a. Any of various free-swimming marine mollusks of the family Pectinidae, having fan-shaped bivalve shells with a radiating fluted pattern. b. potatoes, corn niblets, marinated salad, banana. Friday: CLOSED FOR VETERANS DAY. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Guests paying tribute to musician Frank Zappa are, from left, Wally Salazar, Pete Lovio, Miss Antelope Valley 1961 Cheryl Moses, Jim Sherwood, Johnny Franklin, Zappa's sister Patrice ``Candy'' Zappa, Freddy Salazar, Fred Lovio and Nolan Porter. Bettie Rencoret/Special to the Daily News |
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