"Frank Zappa was the rock guy who plastered classical, highbrow, blues, lowbrow, reggae and gawd knows what else into a style uniquely his own. Beside the juxtaposition of many diverse, seemingly unrelated styles, he possessed a strongly developed compositional 'signature' consisting of heretofore unimagined rhythms and melodies typically performed at knuckle busting, blowtorch-to-the-head speed. His guitar tone and style are immediately recognizable- honking, stinking, loud and delicate with flourishing, ornate, melodic, knuckle-dragging inspiration in every note."
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Chuck Garvey, Relix Magazine, Issue: April/May 2006, The Many Minds of Frank Zappa edited by Richard Gehr.
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