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 1988
August 25 - September 9
Frank Zappa
Interview by Jesse Nash, 2 pp
There are only a few of them around. Yeah, they make a lot of good music, but
they also do a lot more. They care about the country they live in. They use
their medium to deliver a message. Woody Guthrie sang his lungs out to call
attention to the plight of the American laborer. Bob Dylan smelled something
wrong with American society in the '90s and called attention to that scent that
was clearly 'Blowin' In The Wind.'
Now, Frank Zappa has grabbed the horns of responsibility and trumpeted their
message to a vast audience hinging on every note. He has nearly single-handedly
defeated voter apathy in his youthful audience by registering thousands of fans
at each of his concerts and urging them to make their voices heard in this
presidential election year. (read more)
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