Jimmy Carl Black
Jimmy Carl Black
Jimmy Carl Black, born James Carl Inkanish, Jr., was a drummer and vocalist for The Mothers of Invention...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth1 February 1938
CountryUnited States of America
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I think he might miss everything he used to do but I don't know that for a fact. His wife is probably the only one that does. A sweet lady.
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The fans have been very nice to me and I might say that all those fans that Frank said went away is not so.
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I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did.
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When some guy shows up with a shopping bag full of records and CD's and wants me to sign every one plus fifteen pieces of blank paper I wonder what the hell is he doing with all of that?
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There are many old fans that come to see me play and a lot of his younger fans that have gotten into the old recordings of the M.O.I.
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I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that I had learned a lot from him. I really loved Frank like you do a brother.
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I think he had one of the best voices I have ever heard. People say that I come close to his sound - and maybe it's true since I admired it so much.
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I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own.
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I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it was a great picture. We weren't the first band to do a picture in drag; The Rolling Stones were. If it was good enough for them then it had to be good enough for us.
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I haven't seen or spoken to Ray Collins in at least 10 years so I don't even know if he's alive. I hope so.
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I really like playing live and don't mind being on the road, if it's with the right band. I do like creating in the studio and enjoy the end results.
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I had met Arthur in the 60's when I was with the Mothers and had become good friends. He had moved to Austin because his wife was from there.
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In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of.
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It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then again, I'm 62 years old now and I think that lifestyle would probably put me where Frank's at now.