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The Universal World Church. Mentioned in Real Frank Zappa Book as a "quonset hut".
FZ attends "Baptism night" while living at Bellevue Avenue.
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The Universal World Church. Still presided over by Dr. Olee and Velma Jaggers, "Archelders and Pastors"!
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Canter's
Deli, a freak era hot-spot on Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood.
Ray Collins "cruised the Strip and went to Canter's" looking for Suzie
Creamcheese on Absolutely Free.
Here, a derisive Captain Beefheart writes "Gimme Dat Harp Boy (Ain't No Fat
Man's Toy)" after hearing Bob Hite and Canned Heat play at the
Whisky-A-Go-Go up on Sunset Blvd ("Captain Beefheart" by Mike Barnes).
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A "front booth" in Canter's Deli; Lenny Bruce used to sit with Phil Spector "and eat knockwurst" (Real FZ Book)
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The Roxy on Sunset Blvd. Parts of Roxy and Elsewhere recorded here.
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The Whisky-A-Go-Go on Sunset.
The Mothers are hired as a temporary replacement for Johnny Rivers.
Next door used to be The Unicorn bar, run by future Mothers manager Herb Cohen.
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The Whisky from another angle.
The Mothers record "God Bless America" live for Uncle Meat.
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Mel’s Drive In on Sunset. Used to be Ben Frank’s, a freak-era hang-out.
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Site of the Lindy Opera House at 5214 Wilshire Blvd where the Mothers used to practice.
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Now a parking lot.
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A Pep Boys store on Hollywood
Blvd.
Fuzzy dice bought "at the BOYYYS" in "The Uncle Meat Variations"
for Ray Collins' Chevy '39 "ship of love" before he leaves with his "weesa"
for El Monte Legion Stadium to steal hubcaps in "Dog Breath in the Year of the
Plague"
- as detailed on Uncle Meat.
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Hand prints outside Hollywood Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd.
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Zappa image in parking level of mall at 8000 Sunset Strip in Hollywood
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Site of former FZ abode at 314 West G Street in Ontario, CA ("long gone").
Frank's sister Candy says: "Frank and his first wife Kay Sherman lived there in I believe it was 1960-61. It had an attic and a basement and it smelled old. That might have been the attraction for Frank too! They had lots of cats, a big dining room, hardwood floors, a screened-in porch and the house just had a lot of character. I remember one Christmas Frank dressed in all black and snuck down to the Von's on the corner and "acquired" a large tree! After Frank bought what was to be Studio Z, he and Kay were already separated and he moved into the studio." (Candy Zappa, 2001).
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Just across the street from Ontario Music.