Frank Zappa turned Jeb Bush's wedding photo into Kodak moment

[Octafish]

by Catalina Camia
OnPolitics.USAToda.com, February 23, 2015

Jeb Bush shared his wedding photo on Twitter and Facebook as he wished his “beautiful wife,” Columba, a happy 41st anniversary on Monday.

The back story about the likely presidential candidate’s wedding picture is a keeper. Bush writes that it’s the only image from the event since his younger brother, Marvin, “accidentally rerolled from a Frank Zappa concert.”



Marvin Bush, the youngest son of George H.W. and Barbara Bush, recalled his short-lived career as a wedding photographer in sister Doro’s book, My Father, My President. TIME magazine, among others, cites the book passage from Marvin, who says:

Every single photo of the Bush and Garnica families had either a photo of Frank Zappa and/or members of his band, the Mothers of Invention, superimposed onto their own images. I remember thinking to myself that a Frank Sinatra photo may have been acceptable, but not Frank Zappa!

Marvin decided the “coward’s way out” was his only recourse — and he kept his mouth shut about what happened. Barbara Bush, the family matriarch, actually snapped the photo with Columba’s Kodak camera. (Children of the digital age need to look up “Instamatic” for an explainer.)

The kicker? Marvin Bush entered one of his Jeb/Columba/Zappa images in an art contest and won third prize for the rendering he called “Zappa’s Bride.”

SOURCE: http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/02/23/jeb-bush-wedding-photo-frank-zappa/

Anyone got a copy of "Zappa's Bride"?

[PufPuf23]

1. My best smile so far in 2015. nt

[Octafish]

3. If it had to happen to me, I'd go with the Mothers...

...and Captain Beefheart.



"Veteran's Day Poppy" is a lovely track.

[monmouth4]

2. Dear gawd. Speaking of Doro, I didn't know she was married to a Koch, which one I dunno..n/t

[elleng]

4. Neither did I, but sounds like not "THE" Kochs.

'In 1982, she married William LeBlond. They had two children, Sam and Ellie, They divorced in 1990.

In June 1992, she remarried to Robert P. Koch. The wedding took place at Camp David. They have two children, Robert and Gigi. Robert P. Koch was an aide to House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt, and is a lobbyist and president of the Wine Institute.[5] He has a substantial equity interest in Central European Distribution Corp., the company that manufactures and distributes vodka in Poland.[6]

She resides in Bethesda, Maryland with her family.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Bush_Koch

In 1992, German American Robert (Bobby) Koch married Dorothy Bush, the only living daughter of George H. W. Bush, at a private ceremony held at Camp David—the only couple to ever be married there in the nation's history. They have two children plus the two children from her first marriage.

Koch is a Democrat who started his career in politics working for Tony Coelho and was part of his campaign to become House Majority Whip. He would later become staff director for House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt before joining the Wine Institute.[1] Since becoming President and CEO in June 2003, membership has grown 70% to over 1,000 Californian wineries and affiliated businesses which are predominately family owned and operated.

He has a substantial equity interest in the Central European Distribution Corporation, the company that manufactures and distributes vodka in Poland.[2]

Koch is active in raising funds to find a cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Koch

[monmouth4]

5. ahh, I am enlightened. Definitely not the Kochs we know. Thank you elleng..n/t

[NBachers]

6. I had to read that a couple of times to understand what happened . . .

[nomorenomore08]

9. ...

[Drifter]

7. It's a shame that a perfectly good roll of film was ruined ...

by taking pictures of Jeb's wedding.

I would give anything to see the rest of those pictures.

Cheers
Drifter

[Jefferson23]

8. So they can't even be counted on to take a photograph properly. That is the only way a Bush

could become a renaissance man...superimposed with a photo of Zappa.