What a pity the Dutch broadcasting services have neglected the Don Cerveris oeuvre somewhat recently: I haven't been able to watch Run Home Slow not even once in the Netherlands the past 40 odd years. I wonder why. Of course the picture is memorable (only?) for the famous score by my idol (since 1968) Frank Zappa. In the liner notes with the album Mystery Disc (Ryko RCD 10580) FZ explains how the score boosted his musical career: "Run Home Slow was a low budget Western produced by Tim Sullivan, starring Mercedes McCambridge, written by my friend and high school English teacher, Don Cerveris. I wrote the music for it. The money from this job was used to buy an electric guitar and the Pal Recording Studio in Cucamonga. Pal was re-named 'Studio Z'." And on the track 'Original Duke of Prunes': "This music is also part of the Run Home Slow score. In this scene, a nymphomaniac cowgirl is getting "plooked" by a hunchback, next to the rotting carcass of a former donkey. Really."
Review of Run Home, Slow
