Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 -- December 4, 1993)
Was an American musician, composer, guitarist, recordin g engineer, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works.
He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers.
Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.
Sofa" is a composition by American musician, Frank Zappa. In 1993, the year of Zappa's death, Steve Vai covered "Sofa" for Zappa's tribute album Zappa's Universe. The cover won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1994.
This was Vai's first of
three grammies.
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