Yup. That’s how I got interested in Zappa. By figuring out that Adrian Belew, from King Crimson, used to work with Zappa and Talking Heads and I think David Bowie. Belew is freaking awesome.
An amazing guy and very, very kind to a young fan who had stood outside a radio station office for 2 hours in the snow.
I still have a T-shirt from a Mothers Day show in 1977.
He always surrounded himself with top notch musicians and demanded the very best from them AND himself.
Start with 2 or 3 of the albums I mentioned and you'll soon be, as I am, an incurable Zappa-phile.
Coincidentally his son, Dweezil, just did a tour a couple years ago which is available on the 'net as "Zappa plays Zappa". I saw an interview with him and he said the hardest thing about setting it up was the he couldn't find enough musicians who were technically proficient enough to play the stuff his dad composed.
Thanks for bringing back some very pleasant memories for me.
Best,
L