[Note: Background Colors = blue: rehearsing/recording; = pink: bad event; = lilac: good event]

Sept. 1969-1973

* mentioned by JCB

Date

JCB*

City

Venue

Comments / Sources

Sept 1969

Geronimo Black Band:

Formed in Sept.

3 rehearsals before 1st gig [JCB]

Sept/Oct

√

Pasadena

Church venue

Oct?

Recording for Nolan Porter album

Late '69

Topanga Canyon

Topanga Corral

House band for around 6 months, 4 nights a week [JCB]

1970

Original GB band breaks up after 3 months and JCB keeps gig going using pick-up guys [JCB]

Jan?

Move to Chatworth, 10 miles north of Woodland Hills

√

Janis Joplin  "sang a song with" Geronimo Black at Topanga Corral a few weeks before she dies (Oct 4) [JCB]

Feb 9

Burnt Weeny Sandwich released

Aug 10

Weasels Ripped My Flesh released

1971

200 Motels

Fly to London 2nd week of Jan [JCB Memoirs]

3rd & 4th weeks Jan

London / Windsor

2 weeks rehearsal

Feb 1

Windsor

3rd day of filming [JCB]

Feb 6

Windsor

last day of filming [JCB]

Feb 9

earthquake!

Fires!

Move to Reseda

Geronimo Black Band:

early summer

GB reformed

2 weeks

Devonshire Studios

Recorded 5 songs for demo tape

FZ & MOI:

Aug 07

√

LA

UCLA, Pauley Pavilion

Sings ‘Lonesome Cowboy Burt’ at partial showing of 200 Motels

Oct 4

200 Motels released

Geronimo Black Band:

Dec 10

Sign Contract with MCA - $50,000 up front

1972

Geronimo Black Band:

Jan for 5 weeks

LA

Sound City Studios

Recording Geronimo Black

May

Geronimo Black released

√

Seattle

2-week residency including a TV show

√

LA

Trini Lopez's Place in Hollywood [JCB]

1973 

Geronimo Black Band:

Last gigs - early '73

April

recorded 3 songs [JCB]

April?

√

San Miguel, NM

2 night concert

May

Moved back to El Paso

<<1969      1974-79>>

(Unaccounted for

"We played in LA a few times at The Santa Monica Civic Centre" (Geronimo Black?)

I met Jimmy back in the 70's at the Brass Ring in Encino, Ca. when Geronimo Black was playing there. [Steve Fischler]