Ray Collins was responsible for bringing Frank Zappa into his band Soul Giants in 1964.

FORBES: Connect

Rednecks fell for Frank Zappa while hippy intellectuals at the University of Texas became disciples of Mr Nelson.

ECONOMIST: Country music

The song is about a fire that burned down the Montreux Casino, where the festival was held, during a Frank Zappa concert in 1971.

BBC: Claude Nobs, Montreux Jazz Festival founder, dies

Ray Collins, a musician who invited guitarist Frank Zappa to join the band that eventually became the Mothers of Invention, has died aged 76.

BBC: Frank Zappa bandmate Ray Collins dies

In exactly the same manner that you would enjoy a fine whisky, a Frank Zappa album or a visit from a friendly yet anxious ghost.

BBC: 'World's strongest' beer with 32% strength launched

Frank Zappa and Judy Garland both lived there at some point.

WSJ: A California City Is Into Tweeting��Chirping, Actually��in a Big Way

MP3 singles by Frank Zappa and others for only 99 cents.

ECONOMIST: The big five hit the web | The

The song is about a fire that burned down the Montreux Casino, where the festival was then being held, during a Frank Zappa concert in 1971.

BBC: Prince to headline Montreux Jazz Festival

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention were playing.

NPR: 'The Harder They Fall': Fame and Addiction

She has also profiled many actors, singers and artists, including Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Jeremy Irons, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, John Travolta, Jim Carrey, Courtney Love, Billy Crystal, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter O'Toole, Jane Fonda, Glenn Close, Barbara Streisand, Larry Flynt, Hunter Thompson, 50 Cent, James Earl Jones, Henry Winkler, Cee Lo Green, and Frank Zappa.

CNN: About