I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to strike out on our own.

Jimmy Carl Black on Frank Zappa:

In the seventies he toured with Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band and with Geronimo Black the band he founded with Mothers wind player Bunk Gardner. Band chronology
The Keys (1962 - ?)
The Soul Giants (1964)
The Mothers of Invention (with Frank Zappa 1964–1969)
Geronimo Black (1970–1973)
The Mesilla Valley Loboys (mid/late 1970s)
The Grandmothers (1980 onwards)
Jimmy Carl Black and the Mannish Boys (1987)
Brown Black & Blue with Arthur Brown (1988)
The Jack & Jim Show (with Eugene Chadbourne 1991–1994 2007)
The Farrell and Black Band (1995 onwards)
The Muffin Men (1992 onwards)
Sandro Oliva & the Blue Pampurio's (1996 onwards)
Jon Larsen's Strange News From Mars Band (2006–2008)


Discography


Solo
Clearly Classic (1981)
A Lil' Dab'l Do Ya (1987) − as Jimmy Carl Black & Mannish Boys
When Do We Get Paid? (1998)
Drummin' the Blues (2001)
Is Singin' the Blues (2002)
Hamburger Midnight (2002) − as BEP (Jimmy Carl Black Roy Estrada and Mike Pini)
Mercedes Benz (2003) − as Jimmy Carl Black & the X-Tra Combo
Indian Rock Songs from Jimmy Carl Black (2005) − live album
How Blue Can You Get? (2006)
Where's the $%&#@ Beer? (2008)
I Just Got in from Texas (2008) − as Chris Holzhaus Jimmy Carl Black & Louis Terrazas
Can I Borrow a Couple of Bucks Until the End of the Week? (2008)
I'm Not Living Very Extravagantly I'll Tell You for Sure. Jimmy Carl Black (February 1 1938 – November 1 2008) born James Carl Inkanish Jr.

was a drummer and vocalist for The Mothers of Invention.