Artists Per Se

"These People Have Contributed Materially in Many Ways to Make Our Music What it is. Please Do Not Hold it Against Them." - Frank Zappa refering to a list of people inside Freak Out album.

Mom, Dad, Betty, Bob, Nancy, Grossmama, Meemah and Gam, Anton and Tillie, Tante Anna, Tubbs and Cousars, Hill and Gully Rider (The Terriers?), Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley, Purple People Eater, Cruella De Ville, Bill Johnson, Boy Scouts, Baptist Church Choir, Johnny Cymbal - Mr Bassman, Brian Rosenthal, Cousin Barry, Leslie Gore, Chapel of Love, Listen To The Rhythm of the Falling Rain, The Four Seasons, Joe Meek, Telstar, Our Day Will Come, Leader of the Pack, The Ventures, Walk Don't Run, Pipeline, Elvis Aaron Presley, Lorainne Quigley, Alan Goodman, Bob Moncrief, Jimmy Gelheny, Charly Chan, Bowery Boys, Price is Right, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Zombies, The Searchers, Jeff Tobin, Love Potion No. 9, Larry Salermo, Blaine Carman, Mark Gander, Jim Hoff, Sherwood Pidcock, Dave Baughn, Ken Mast, Dan Balde, Micky Worman, Gelnn Van Gaelen, Dennis Krug, The Face, Soupy Sales, Chuck McCann, Jazz Guitar Bach, Jean Sheppard, Folksingers New York, Tom Rush - Moles Moan, Circle Game, Woody Guthrie, Eric Anderson, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Jim & Jean - The Crusifixion, Donovan, Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, Phil Oaks, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, The Rooftop Singers-Walk Right In, Day-O, Mimi & Richard Farina, Sandy Bull, Peter Paul & Mary, Tim Buckley - hello-goodbye, The Beau Brummels, Bob Dylan, Gene Sheppard, Segovia, Jan and Dean, The Turtles, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkle, The Doors, Cream, Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On, The Who, MTA, Country Joe & The Fish, Ravi Shankar, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, The Shadows of Knight- Gloria, Johnny Cash, Blue Cheer, Mary Poppins, ee cummings, Robert Frost, The Fugs, Pearls Before Swine, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, GTO's, the godz, WFMU, MC5, The Stooges, Earth Opera-The Great American Eagle Tragedy, Alice Cooper, Silver Apples, Firesign Theatre, Everything Is Everything - Wichy Tai To (Art Pepper), Meatball Fulton, Velvet Underground, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Order of the Arrow, 2001 a space odyssey, Meatball Fulton, Lynda Beth Hansen, Nat Weeks, Dick Winkler, Turner Paddock, Chris C. Carlson, Rob Emslie, John Stimmer, Sharl Ashley, Inky Ford, Vernon Chadwick, Holy Modal Rounders, John Barry, Grateful Dead, The Band, Moody Blues, Pure Prairie League, Varese, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells, Gregory Corso, Paralyzed - The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Vienna Choir Boys, Hampton Grease Band, John McLaughlin, Phil Sharper, Peter, Ezra Pound - ABC's of Reading, William S. Burroughs Peace Corps, Peter Dodge, Janga Bahadur Thakur, Sinha, Narayan Shrestha, Merle Gardner, Doug Brown, Religions of Man by Huston Smith, Nepali Folk Songs, Hindi Cinema, Jazzmyn, Open Mikes,Holy City Zoo, Tony De Paul, John Cantu, Michelle McFarland, Benjamin Franklin Bope, Ghirardelli Wine Cellar, Skip Henderson, James D. Nelson, Tim Dawe, Dev Singh, Will Bluefield, Rolund Jung, Tom Russell, Freeway Funnies, German pop, Nena, Dr Demento, Freight & Slavage, Tim and Lisa Gleason, The Sex Pistols, Ramones, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Mink Deville, Donna Summer, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithfull, Laurie Anderson, The Police, Marshal Crenshaw, Men At Work, Philip and Annette Walmsley, Carol Denney, Mary Beth Shubert, Jimmy Bruno, Shawn Clovin, Joady Guthrie, Jim Carruth, Carol English, Charlie Nimovitz, Chuck Brodsky, Bruce Linde, Bruce Springsteen, Comedy Comedy Comedy, Steve Strauss, Mike Monahan, Mike Souza, Tony Marcus, Sue and Leslie (bass and gitar), Mugg Muggles, David Grossman, Ove Ofteness, Art Peterson, Redmond O'Colonies, Waterfront Folk Club, Terminators of Endearment, Bob Marley, The Roches, Jacques Dutronic, Troy Palme The Droolers, minimal committment band, John Loiacono, U2, The Billys, Pachelbel - Canon in D Major, Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D Major Opus 43, Erik Satie, Negativland György Ligetti, Gypsy Kings, La Monte Young, Star Sailor, Enya, Henryk Górecki - Symphony No. 3, Bobby Brown, Julian Jaynes - "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind," Dan Ritzo, Dave Tucker, Sherie Utter, Harry Pluth, Larry Bell, Kyle Gann, S.F. Giants, Wayne Thiebaud, Polyphonic Spree Downtown Campus, Gotfried Helnwein, "War Parrots of Miami," Fred Hayden, Subterranean Shakespeare Company, Actors Esemble of Berkeley, Matthew Sorrence, Stanley, Mary Oliver, Paris apartment, Prague and Lucerne, healthcare, retirement,



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