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I couldn't build a website titled "LAUREL CANYON STORIES", especially one which spotlights the Log Cabin & the R&R TreeHouse, located at 2401 Laurel Cyn. and Lookout Mountain, without including at least one page on the Log Cabin's most famous resident, FRANK ZAPPA.
I had been avoiding this page because frankly, the eccentric genius deserves an entire site devoted to the musical legend and his extensive body of work.
Therefore, I'll  wait until later to add other pages and currently use this one to share some photos
(a few rare) of "THE MAN", some with the Mothers, with "the Freaks", the Family, etc.
Most images are thumbnails, so make sure you click on them to view the larger sized photos. Several appear on other pages, but deserve inclusion here, as well.  ENJOY!

         
 Above: Bizarre cover artist, CAL SCHENKEL

{both thumbnails}       
and  Cal's pencil sketch of his friend, roommate, and BOSS !
" FZ "

  {left}
I really like this shot
- How often did you see FZ smile?

{right}   
"
Variations On A Theme"

THE CLASSIC ZAPPA SHOT !

  

AT HOME WITH THE ZAPPA FAMILY

After the
Log Cabin
 
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NOT

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NOTE:
Damn good looking family!
The breed of their dog remains
undetermined...


{left}
    One of the most popular posters of the 60's
Up there with Farrah Fawcett, Clint Eastwood, & Hendrix
 (Mine was just B&W and hung on my bathroom door)

{right}
As biographers see Mr. Zappa
Mr. Conservative - "Strictly Commercial"  

1976 POSTER                         BONGO FURY                         1974 FLYER

FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD


Frank Zappa photos by Hollywood's famed photographer, Norman Seef

  Norman Seef's Hollywood Studio  1976

ON THE LOG CABIN ESTATE GROUNDS


Frank with the Log Cabin Ladies

SOME PRO SHOTS - MOTHERS OF INVENTION

   

 1967   

*Note: Carl Franzoni -  with 3 girls & the Mothers {left}  -  hiding in middle of the Mothers  {right}

 


PAULINE
{middle},

 recreating her best
"Strictly Commercial" pose

Among -
FRANK ZAPPA
& THE MOTHERS
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