About A Girl
Bringing women out from the shadows of music history. Familiar characters, new perspectives.
Gail Zappa & Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa ruled his kingdom of freaks, a prolific and obsessed man with many plans. But Gail was undeniably the woman behind the man, a role to which she felt duty-bound, and when Frank passed away, there was a new freak queen on the scene.
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words, dir. Thorsten Schütte, 2016
Frank Zappa, his groupies and me (The Guardian)
Frank Zappa: ‘People thought the Beatles were God! That's not correct (Louder)
Frank Zappa’s Widow Gail Zappa Dead at 70 (Rolling Stone)
Gail Zappa, Mother of Invention (Pamela Des Barres)
Gail Zappa: Simply Greedy, or Was She Mentally Disturbed, Too? Dweezil Discusses the Medea Complex and More (Inquisitr)
Gail Zappa speaking in Baltimore Sept. 19, 2010
Industry Profile: Gail Zappa (Celebrity Access)
Just Plain Folks (Billboard)
Swinging Modern Sounds #45: The distribution problem, part one” (The Rumpus)
The Real Frank Zappa Book, by Frank Zappa
Zappa: A Biography, by Barry Miles
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About A Girl is a scripted narrative anthology series about women whose stories have long been eclipsed by the legends of their famous partners. Bowie, Elvis, 2Pac, Prince, Miles, Biggie. Each of these icons created some of the most celebrated and enduring music of the modern age. But there's more to their stories than you know. About A Girl brings focus to the many women without whom the landscape of popular music might be very different. For more shows like About A Girl, check out www.doubleelvis.com.
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