David Walley

David Walley, Author of “ NO COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL: The Saga of FRANK ZAPPA and the Mothers of Invention” [1972], the First of the Genre of Rock Biographies, New York NY, 1980

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Zappa’s visual appeal, by David Walley (1969)

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David Walley Required Bob Marshall’s Well-Known Interview of Frank Zappa to Create the Third Edition of the First Zappa Biography

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David Walley, Author of “ NO COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL: The Saga of FRANK ZAPPA and the Mothers of Invention” [1972], the First of the Genre of Rock Biographies, New York NY, 1980

Zappa’s visual appeal, by David Walley (1969)

David Walley Required Bob Marshall’s Well-Known Interview of Frank Zappa to Create the Third Edition of the First Zappa Biography