This is how my mind works: my umbrella dies last week and my sister plays Frank Zappa's Little Umbrellas in its memory, which ties into a couple of tunes I've had on the backburner for awhile.
It has to do with the cover girl of Hot Rats, Christine Frka, better known as Miss Christine of 60s Zappa-produced groupie troupe the GTOs. She also babysat Moon Unit Zappa and went out with the lead singer of another group signed to Zappa's labels - Alice Cooper.
One wonders what happened to Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman to prompt them to write Christine's Tune. Definitely not a flattering portrait, though it could refer to run-ins with groupies in general.
After Frka died in 1972, there was some remorse over her portrayal in the song and later performances byt the Burritos of Christine's Tune were simply titled Devil In Disguise...as it is in our bonus track, a nifty live rendtion by the torchbearer of Parsons' works, Emmylou Harris.
