Happy birthday Jimmy, wherever you are!! Andy Friz, Carlo, Marty and myself are playing a little gig for Jimmy on Monday 9th Feb in the Caledonia pub in Liverpool. We're called The Jimmy Carl Black Memorial Barbecue House Band and we're going to play old Zappa favourites we used to do with Jimmy, as well as bluesy songs Jimmy used to sing. Free entry of course. Come down if you're around, listen to music, have a few beers and talk about Jimmy! XT

Yes, I am JCB's oldest son. I recently mourned his 5 year passing. I miss my Dad...He was one of my heros, but he never knew that. When I was a musician (been on a 5 year sabbatical...) I became a singing drummer, as it was a dream I realized, and damn it, I was good at it!! I last saw my Dad alive in 2007 in Albuquerque, NM playing with Dr Eugene Chadbourne...I'll never forget it, because he was the ultimate road warrior, still playing for peanuts, but he still loved the road life... And Dr Chad...I respect you big time... I always wanted to play with him, along with my brothers in order to make those "Hollywood Dreams" come true for him....How sad, because all of his sons would have made him proud and financially comfortable... The "book" should have included some insights from JCB's sons...The "squirrel pie incident from Woodstock, the fart at Tjay Contrelli's smimming pool in Southern California that waved his swimming trunks...and so much more..." Moni, I wish you the best...I miss him as well... Respectfully, GRB

Jimmy became a force in my life the day a record club delivered We're Only In It For The Money to my mailbox....... We met in the early '80s and I weaseled my way into humping equipment for the Grandmothers, this led to a long friendship....... I miss him, this book should be fascinating! 2

Ain't it cool...I am Sonny's oldest son and have the potential to post stories about my Dad... I'll never forget how Bob Dylan almost ran over my brother Darrell when we lived in Woodstock NY in 1968-1969...There is a story about the Woodstock squirrel pie incident, but that's a long story... If this post doesn't get deleted by the web masters, I will be amazed....