Geronimo Black
Geronimo Black was an American hard rock band. It was founded in 1970 by former Mothers of Invention member Jimmy Carl Black, after Frank Zappa disbanded the Mothers. Black named the band that was just three years after his eldest son. This grabbed the band's name in 2003 to again when he " II Geronimo Black" founded the group.
Band History
Head of the six -piece band was Jimmy Carl Black. Of the Mothers ago known as a drummer, he was in the first Geronimo Black Cast Lead singer of the group. Ex - Mothers Bunk Gardner - member played the saxophone, flute and keyboards. The group also belonged to Andy Cahan (drums, piano), Denny Walley ( guitar, vocals), Tom Leavy (bass, vocals) and ex -Love- member Tjay Contrelli ( tenor and baritone saxophone). In a later occupation Jimmy Carl Black sat on drums, while Andy Cahan played percussion and keyboards. The group performed in the Los Angeles initially almost two years had performances. The repertoire formed his own compositions; all members of the group contributed.
In 1972, Geronimo Black signed a recording contract with the record label MCA Records. For the recordings took Black with Buzz Gardner (cornet ), another ex- Mothers - member into the studio. Also, were Arno Nuefeld ( violin), Samuel Cytron ( violin), Phil Goldberg ( viola), Nat Gershman (cello) and Scott Page (oboe) participated in the sessions. As a background singer Keith Olson was involved, the producer of the album. In this capacity he became famous later. Productions for Fleetwood Mac, Santana or Whitesnake - just to name a few - tens earned him gold and platinum awards.
The album was released in the same year under the title Geronimo Black. It contains nine songs on the hard rock genre, which by their - for those days - varied, occasionally experimientellen sound " surprise ". Also, a follow-up single with the songs Let us live and '59 chevy was released. But the overwhelmingly positive reviews echoed, perhaps, " because the promotion was not what it should have been ," as Jimmy Carl Black speculates on his homepage. Shortly after the release of the album Geronimo Black disbanded.
Echo
Posthumous album
Nevertheless, appeared in 1980 under the title Welcome Back is a second album. However, it does not contain any "new" recordings, but only material in 1971 and 1972 still slumbered in the archive since the recording sessions of the years. This album also contains nine rock songs. It was recorded once again with a number of guest musicians, of which James Harmon ( harmonica), Jerry McGee (guitar), Meatball (drums) and Joe Lala (percussion) are the lesser-known. What makes the album made noteworthy was the participation of three other guests: Ray Collins ( vocals), Buzz Gardner (trumpet ), and Don Preston ( synthesizer). These were also ex- Mothers members like Jimmy Carl Black and Bunk Gardner from the Geronimo main cast. And Denny Walley played in the 1970s and 1980s also for and with Frank Zappa.
Initial ignition
The fact that six musicians were united from the Zappa-/Mothers-Umfeld on the album this band, Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black and Bunk Gardner finally brought the idea for a musical project. You put it in the same year into action and formed the group The Grandmothers - a band that played alongside his own compositions and songs of the early Mothers of Invention.
Geronimo Black II
In 2003, appeared on Jimmy Carl Black's record label " Inkanish Records " another album titled Geronimo Black. The namesake of the original band - Jimmy's electric guitar -playing son Geronimo - meanwhile had his own group founded "Geronimo Black II ", in which his two brothers, James D. Black ( drums) and Gary Black ( percussion ) and Bob Braxton (E - bass) and played along James Chaffee (vocals ). The debut album has hard hitting Texas rock.
Discography
- Geronimo Black - 1972
- Welcome Back - 1980