 His poetry also appears on "Red Beans and Weiss", a 2014 album by singer Chuck E. Weiss.A champion of Frank Zappa's work, Rense produced a Zappa tribute album, "Frankly A Cappella", in 2000, recorded by the veteran doo-wop vocal group the Persuasions.Having written in 1998 of the Persuasions as pioneer a cappella vocalists, and of their influence on a new generation of popular acts that included Boyz II Men, Color Me Badd, Rockapella and Take 6, Rense subsequently worked with the group on projects such as "Might as Well … The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead".