Jimmy Carl Black, Rocker, Dies at 70  
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/ar...c/07black.html
 
Frank Zappa's drummer

I drank this for him last night:
 

 
He's jamming with Frank now...

not only the drummer, but the indian in the group :-)
 
Where'd ya get the we're only in it for the beer bottle? (that was my first Mothers album - served as my intro to Varese...

Lagunitas Brewing Co. has been releasing limited edition tribute beers for each album's 30th anniversary. I missed Freak Out but hit Absolutely Free and Lumpy Gravy:  

 

cool - I had a Phi Zappa Krappa poster back in the late 60s when I was in high school. Frank sitting on the can & his eyes seemed to follow you around the room. My mother tore that mother off my wall many a time, but i always resurrected it! :-)