Filosopher Frank

Filosopher Frank

Another musical inspiration
is the Frank Zappa quote
"Record it first,
we'll rehearse later"
I read somewhere
he said that
while filming "200 Motels"

Follow me out
onto this limb,
if you will.
"200 Motels"
is an expansion
of the psychological inspiration
for Steve Foster's
"O Susanna".

"I come from Alabama,
with my banjo on my knee"
That's touring.
"It rained so hard,
the weather it was dry;
the sun so hot
I froze to death",
et cetera.
That's crazy.
That's Foster.

"Touring can make you crazy"
is the theme of "200 Motels"
That's Zappa.

Doug Palmer 2007