Transcript: Frank Zappa: A 'Lumpy' Legacy

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
04-09-2009
Frank Zappa: A 'Lumpy' Legacy

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 20:00-21:00 PM


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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

MICHELE NORRIS, host:

And I'm Michele Norris. Frank Zappa was called many things during his lifetime. We won't stop to ponder all of them right now, but lazy was not one of them. Zappa put out more than 60 records. Unreleased music is still coming out more than 15 years after his death. It's part of an effort by his widow, Gail Zappa, to keep his legacy alive, but that's not all she's doing.

Gail Zappa is using legal threats to discourage unauthorized performances of his ...

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