Hi Everybody! Our annual newsletter to you all, since it was Jimmy’s birthday anniversary on February 1st. It’s been 12 years since Jimmy passed on and we still have CDs and Vinyls to sell!
Tom, my son, helps me to keep Jimmy’s website going so our costs are low.
But it would be nice to sell off some more of our stock of CDs and Vinyls to help the website pay for itself. http://www.jimmycarlblack.com
So here’s a fantastic offer, which you can see also see on the website – visit the ‘Record Store’ and click on the ‘CD List’ link.
CD List
* Order all four remaining CD titles and get FREE Post Worldwide *
Then add any or all of the following for the same Free! post price Worldwide!
For example:
● add both 1980’s vintage, unplayed vinyl 45s – Big Sonny & The Lo Boys and Albuquerque Bound
● add Jimmy’s Audio Memoir – “The Jimmy Carl Black Story” – recorded in 2007 by Jon Larsen
We also have copies in stock of the written “Memoirs & Recollections of Jimmy Carl Black”, published in 2013, and the DVD: “Where’s The Beer? and When Do We Get Paid?” starring Jimmy & Eugene Chadbourne (Note: released in 2012 in the PAL format only)
Don’t hesitate! We are running out of some CD titles!!
Sculptures: We have only a few of Jimmy’s sculptures left to sell. His soapstone sculptures are original, unique, quite beautiful and an asset you could cherish. Check out Jimmy’s opus, sold and unsold, to appreciate what an original artist he was.
The Website: One can now spend an hour or two coasting through lots of interesting website pages and still leave lots more to see for another day. Tom and friends have really done a good job of recording Jimmy’s musical career and promoting his art.
Check it out – if you’re a fan of Jimmy’s then you won’t be disappointed.
Best wishes,
Moni Black
P.S. Jimmy always had pizza for his birthday – margarita!
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INKANISH, JAMES, JR. [JIMMY CARL BLACK]
By William H. Wright, Tshaonline | Jimmy Carl Black, musician, drummer, and vocalist, was born James Inkanish, Jr., in El Paso, Texas, on February 1, 1938. An accomplished drummer, Jimmy Carl Black worked with many notable musicians, including Roy Estrada, Ray Collins, Captain Beefheart, Bunk Gardner, Eugene Chadbourne, Don Preston, and Richard Farrell. However, Black is perhaps best-known for his work with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. He endured many highs and lows throughout his life but always managed to return to the spotlight and share his music with the world.
Black’s biological mother and father were both of Cheyenne ancestry. When Jimmy was one year old, his father (James Inkanish) died. His mother married Carl Black, whose last name Jimmy legally assumed in 1958. Carl Black moved the family to Anthony, Texas, a small community near El Paso and located on the Texas-New Mexico border, where he served as mayor.
Jimmy Carl Black learned to play piano at the age of six. He played the trumpet in junior high and high school. In 1958 he joined the United States Air Force for a four-year stint and switched to drums. He was stationed in Wichita, Kansas, where he played at night and worked during the day to support his wife, Loretta, and children. The couple later divorced. He recorded his first single with The Keys in 1962. Later, Black played drums for the Squires until he was fired for his unkempt appearance.
In 1964 Jimmy Carl Black moved his family to Los Angeles, California, where he met Roy Estrada and Ray Collins and joined the band the Soul Giants, which played throughout Southern California. A personnel change resulted in the hiring of guitarist and vocalist Frank Zappa. Within a month, Zappa had become leader of the band, which changed its name to the Mothers of Invention.
Read the rest of the obituary here:
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fin13