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Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention: Whisky A Go Go 1968

Read "Whisky A Go Go 1968" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


Lo sfruttamento dell'immenso, e apparentemente inesauribile, archivio zappiano procede al ritmo di 3-4 pubblicazioni all'anno, alternando riedizioni di album storici (le “50th anniversary edition" arricchite di nuovi contenuti) e dischi contenenti materiale inedito dal vivo o in studio, recuperato tra gli innumerevoli nastri accumulati da Frank Zappa durante gli anni di attività. Questa volta tocca a un reperto d'annata, una registrazione dal vivo dei Mothers of Invention del 1968, finora piuttosto trascurati dalle pubblicazioni postume; solo Road ...

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Zappa Drummer Jimmy Carl Black Passes

Zappa Drummer Jimmy Carl Black Passes

Source: JamBase

Frank Zappa Drummer Jimmy Carl Black Passes Away

Jimmy Carl Black Original Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black (born James Inckanish Jr. in El Paso Texas) - the self-proclaimed “Indian of the group" - passed away on Saturday, November 1. Black suffered from lung cancer and was 70-years-old. On Black's website, a simple note reads:

Jimmy passed away peacefully last night Saturday 11/01/08 at 11:00 o'clock pm. Jimmy says hi to everybody and he ...

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Jimmy Carl Black Mothers of Invention Drummer Dead at 70

Jimmy Carl Black Mothers of Invention Drummer  Dead at 70

Source: All About Jazz

Jimmy Carl Black, the original drummer for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, passed away this past weekend after a bout with lung cancer. He was 70.

Black, the self-proclaimed Indian of the group, served with the Mothers from their acclaimed 1966 debut Freak Out! until Zappas 1970 album Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Black is also known for donning a dress on the cover of Were Only In It For the Money.

Blacks drumming also formed the heartbeat during ...

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