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
mother thinking stuff
I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.
mother song thinking
We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I think a lot of those songs were complex.
mother thinking long
I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did.
thinking artist rocks
I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists.
american-musician might
The fans have been very nice to me and I might say that all those fans that Frank said went away is not so.
american-musician arthur austin good met mothers moved wife
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.
american-musician indian mine music
I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception.
american-musician frank friendship learned
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.
absolutely american-musician argue experts frank saying true
It's the so called EXPERTS that say things to me that we did, or Frank did, that are absolutely not true and they will argue with me saying that I'm wrong.
american-musician miss time
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.
american-musician bruce lenny satirical
In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of.
american-musician band fit good great picture rolling stones
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.
american-musician collins hope ray seen
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.
american-musician creating enjoy mind playing studio
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.