| photo (from left to right): frank zappa, elliot ingber, ray collins, jimmy carl black, roy estrada |
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the mothers of invention
biography
the mothers #7 / the mothers of invention #1
jimmy carl black:
drums
ray collins: vocals
roy
estrada: bass
elliot ingber: guitar
frank zappa: guitar
| photo (from left to right): frank zappa, elliot ingber, ray collins, jimmy carl black, roy estrada |
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| photo (from top left to right, bottom left to right): frank zappa, carl franzoni, jimmy carl black, roy estrada, elliot ingber, ray collins |
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| A picture out of Carl Franzoni's collection l to r: jimmy carl black, frank zappa, ray collins, elliot ingber, carl franzoni, some nice girls and roy estrada |
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march 1, 1966 the mothers signed a two-year, five-album record deal with verve/mgm. mgm had the band change their name to the mothers of invention and they recorded their first album.
shortly after the recording of "freak out" billy mundi had joined ranks.
the mothers of invention #2
(1966/03 - fall 1966)
jimmy carl black:
drums, percussion
ray collins: vocals
roy
estrada: bass
elliot ingber: guitar
billy mundi: drums
frank zappa: guitar
in 1966, the band went to hawaii and worked there. when they came back, they did a texas tour and tv-shows in washington dc, detroit and dallas. as a prominent freak cult band, they did various concerts on the west coast and gigged around in california, doing larger events like "guambo" and the shrine auditorium in santa monica. they also shared the bill with other undergound figures like andy warhol at "the trip" and lenny bruce in san francisco.