Hey Paul .. in the end of this ,Zappa's shameless plug about Album he had coming out ,,"How's your Bird ?" .. A lot of 50's sounding stuff ,, Before Mothers ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MewcnFl_6Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pammx7qRUA

Luv it.
Reading his bio , which you gave me, it is the kind of music he listened to and played at the beginning and the music of the time. How he end up being such an accomplished writer of very technical music 180 degrees from that kind of music is beyond me. Just plain genius I guess.