He quickly dished out guest tickets to his performance later that night at Garrick Theater on Bleecker Street, where his band The Mothers of Invention had a 6-month engagement. Upon hearing the names of the Los Angeles eateries that served as hang-out meccas for west coast counterculture, Zappa’s ears pricked. They started shouting “Canter’s!” and “Ben Frank’s” at him. Strolling through Greenwich Village, a number of Californian girls noticed a young Frank Zappa on the street. It is New York City in the summer of 1967.
Such is the tale we will unfold in this article, leading to one of the most fruitful collaborations between a musician and a visual artist, with multiple iconic album covers thrown in for a good measure. Unplanned, seemingly uneventful experiences in people’s lives that lead to unexpected results. Some moments in music history are serendipitous. 6 Frank Zappa’s Album Covers by Cal Schenkel, part 1: the 1960s.
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