Ahmet Zappa: what's life like when Frank’s your father?

Ahmet Zappa is the co-curator of the sprawling Zappa archive, a vault with "literally tens of thousands of recordings". In this highly engaging Zoom to his West Coast bunker, he talks about growing up in a home where "comedy was a currency"(memories rebooted by listening to old tapes), his Dad's celebrity and his time in jail, the two songs he co-wrote with him, the unique way he composed and rehearsed musicians, the release plans, the whole new audience for Zappa music and the just-out box-set soundtrack for the Alex Winter brilliant documentary. Be warned: there's framed letter from Frank on his wall that'll bring a tear to the eye. The new box-set ... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zappa-Origin... https://www.zappa.com/ Tickets for Word In The Park on July 17th in London here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-word... Support Word In Your Ear on Patreon and gain access to a load of exclusive extra content and benefits:   / wordinyourear   Subscribe to the weekly Word Podcast here: https://kite.link/word-in-your-ear