These interviews with Jimmy Carl Black were done in Oslo in January and August of 2007. Listen to the interviews and read my article about the Indian of the Group.
Short Biography
Jimmy Carl Black was born on February 1, 1938 in El Paso, Texas. His real name was James Inkanish Jr. He grew up in a small town called Anthony, with his mother and James Black, whom she married when Jimmy was around one year old.
When he was twenty years old, Jimmy went into the military. More specifically, the American Air Force, USAF. Around the same time, he began playing drums, because there was no need for trumpet players in rock and roll.
In 1964 Jimmy met Roy Estrada and Ray Collins. Together they started a band called The Soul Giants. A few months later, they hired a 23 year old guitar player, Frank Zappa.
A few weeks later, Zappa took over as band leader and persuaded them to abandon their repertoire of cover tunes for music that Zappa had written himself.
The Mothers of Invention
The story says that Davy Coronado, who had been leading the band until Frank Zappa took over, adviced against playing original music, because it would cause the band to loose all their gigs. He was soon proven right. But the goal was to get a record deal and become rock stars. After months of hard work and little money, they were signed by A&R man for Verve, Tom Wilson.
Frank Zappa changed the name of the band from The Soul Giants to The Mothers of Invention. In 1966, their first album, a double LP called Freak Out!, was released.
A second album - Absolutely Free - was released the following year. And from then on, a series of memorable Mothers of Invention albums was made, among them: We're Only In It For The Money, Cruising With Ruben and the Jets and Uncle Meat.
Disbanding the Mothers
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200 Motels
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En artikkel om disse intervjuene, heftig kommentert, finnes på KillUglyRadio.com.First interview Part I - Grand Café, Oslo, Januar 2007
| Download | Name | Play | Size | Length |
 | Grand Cafe pt 1 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
9 MB | 9:52 min | |
 | Grand Cafe pt 2 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
12.2 MB | 13:21 min | |
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| Grand Cafe pt 3 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
7.1 MB | 7:43 min |
First interview Part II - Grand Hotel, Oslo
| Download | Name | Play | Size | Length |
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| Grand Hotel pt 1 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
7.4 MB | 8:04 min | |
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| Grand Hotel pt 2 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
8.6 MB | 9:22 min | |
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| Grand Hotel pt 3 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
7.2 MB | 7:52 min | |
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| Grand Hotel pt 4 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
8.9 MB | 9:42 min | |
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| Grand Hotel pt 5 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
5.4 MB | 5:56 min |
Second interview - At another hotel i Oslo, August 2007
| Download | Name | Play | Size | Length |
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| Another Hotel in August pt 1 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
9.6 MB | 10:30 min | |
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| Another Hotel in August pt 2 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
9.8 MB | 10:42 min | |
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| Another Hotel in August pt 3 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
9.2 MB | 10:04 min | |
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| Another Hotel in August pt 4 (Jimmy Carl Black with Calvin Krogh) |
5.9 MB | 6:25 min |
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