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Here I am again, messing with the early days of FZ's story in Lancaster, Cucamonga and Los Angeles, and trying to figure out who, what, where and specially when. Just having fun guessing, and trying to put some order and make some sense from what I know. Please, feel free to send corrections and additions. —Román, March 14, 2003

1. 1956-58
   1. The Blackouts from Lancaster
   2. The Blackouts' audience
   3. The first guitar, the graduation & The Omens
2. 1958-61
   1. The results of a Higher Education
   2. Ontario & the first electric guitar
   3. The Boogie Men
   4. Ronnie Williams & the new Blackouts
   5. Joe Perrino & The Mellotones
   6. Don Preston
3. 1961-63
   1. Ray Collins, from Pomona
   2. Pal Recording Studio
   3. The World's Greatest Sinner
   4. Don's Garage
   5. The Steve Allen Show
   6. The Cucamonga Singles
      1. Love Of My Life
      2. Memories Of El Monte
      3. How's Your Bird?
      4. Dear Jeepers
      5. Everytime I See You
      6. The Big Surfer
      7. Hey Nelda
      8. Grunion Run
      9. Mr. Clean
   7. Mount St. Mary's College
   8. The Sin City Boys
4. 1963-65
   1. "The Soots"
   2. Run Home, Slow
   3. Studio Z
   4. Frank Zappa Music
   5. Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People
   6. I Was A Teen-age Malt Shop
   7. The Power Trio
   8. Village Inn Band
   9. The Switchmaster & The Space Boy
5. 1965-69
   1. FZ & Ray Collins met The Soul Giants
   2. The Mothers
   3. The Mothers In LA
   4. The Mothers Of Invention
   5. The Mothers Of Invention 1967-69

Sources:

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• Callow, David, "Jim Fielder Interview," Blood, Sweat & Tears Website, October 1999
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• Parti, Tisha, "Lost Angels: Horrors! LA's forgotten Horror Hosts," Local Legends
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• Preston, Don
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• Scheffer, Frank, Frank Zappa. The Present Day Composer Refuses To Die, VPRO, 2000
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Unidentified, anonymous or general sources:

• eBay
• The Association Admiration Aggregation
• Google
• alt.fan.frank-zappa
• Frank Zappa—Interview Picture Disc, Baktabak CBAK 4012 / 94012, UK
• The Late Show, BBC-2 TV, March 12, 1993
• Progress-Bulletin, Pomona, March 9, 1962
• Interview with Denny Bruce, Record Collector #223, March 1998
• Interview with Lowell George, Australian Broadcasting Commission FM, c. 1978
• "Buffalo Springfield," by Chrome Oxide
• Wex Rex Pop Culture Auction, Sunday March 30, 2003, Allcollectors.com

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