Jimmy Carl Black (February 1, 1938 – November 1, 2008), born James Carl Inkanish, Jr., was a drummer and vocalist for The Mothers of Invention. Read full biography of Jimmy Carl Black →
I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception.
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... →
In my opinion, Lenny Bruce was more of an influence on Zappa's satirical lyric's than anyone that I know of.
First of all; Frank was the BOSS. We didn't question any of his motives or decisions at the time.
It would make me feel that creative art has a chance in this crazy world that we all live in.
My drum sticks are in the 'Hall of Fame.' I know that.
Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you... →
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... →
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... →
As far as me knowing if Frank was a genius - in those days, I thought Einstein was the only genius around.
Hendrix was big in England. We all became good friends and I am still in touch with Noel Redding.
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.
I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.
Jimmy Carl Black (February 1, 1938 – November 1, 2008), born James Carl Inkanish, Jr., was a drummer and vocalist for The Mothers of Invention.