{"id":26,"date":"2008-11-02T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2013-06-12T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T18:42:14","slug":"jimmy-carl-black-1938-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/02\/jimmy-carl-black-1938-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Carl Black: 1938 – 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jimmy Carl Black, drummer for the original Mothers Of Invention, was more than just another Zappa sideman, fronting and playing an integral role in numerous other groups and recordings and gaining a reputation as a remarkable artist in his own right.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

That being said, “Lonesome Cowboy Burt<\/span>” (penned by Zappa) remains insolubly linked in my mind with JCB:<\/p>\n

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My name is Burtram
I am a redneck
All my friends,
They call me ‘Burt’
(Hi, Burt!)
All my family,
From down in Texas
Make their livin’
Diggin’ dirt<\/p>\n

Come out here to Californy,
Just to find me
Some pretty girls
Ones I seen
Gets me so horny;
Ruby lips,
‘N teeth like pearls!<\/p>\n

Wanna love ’em all!
Wanna love ’em dearly!
Wanna pretty girl-
I’ll even pay!
I’ll buy ’em furs!
I’ll buy ’em jewelry!
I know they like me;
Here’s what I say:<\/p>\n

I’m lonesome Cowboy Burt!
(Speakin’ atcha!)
Come smell my fringe-y shirt!
(Reekin’ atcha!)
My cowboy pants,
My cowboy dance,
My bold advance,
On this here waitress . . .
Yodel-oh-oo-tee-hey
Yodel-oh-oo-tee!<\/p>\n

(He’s lonesome Cowboy Burt
Don’tcha get his feelings hurt)
Come on in this place,
‘N I’ll buy you a taste,
You can sit on my face-
Where’s my waitress?<\/p>\n

Burtram, Burtram redneck
Burtram, Burtram redneck<\/p>\n

I’m an awful nice guy!
Sweat all day in the sun!
Roofer by trade,
Quite a bundle I’ve made,
I’m unionized roofin’ old
Son-of-a-gun!
(He’s a unionized roofin’ old
Son-of-a-gun!)<\/p>\n

When I get off, I get plastered
Drink till I fall onna floor,
Find me some Communist bastard,
‘N stomp on his face till he don’t
Move no more!
(He stomps on his face till he don’t
Move no more!)<\/p>\n

I fuss an’ I cuss and I keep on drinkin’
Till my eyes puff up an’ turn red.
I drool on m’shirt.
I see if he’s hurt.
Then I kick him again in the head, let’s
Kick him again in the head! boys!
Kick him again in the head! now!
Kick him again in the head!<\/p>\n

I’m lonesome cowboy Burt.
( speakin’ atcha!)
Come smell my fringe-y shirt.
( reekin’ atcha!)
My cowboy pants,
My cowboy dance,
My bold advance.
On this here waitress …<\/p>\n

He’s lonesome cowboy Burt.
Don’tcha get his feelings hurt.<\/p>\n

Come on in this place
An’ I’ll buy you a taste.
You can sit on my face.
Where’s my waitress?
Opal, you hot little bitch! <\/p>\n

JCB did a lot with his life – thousands of people know his name and his work and, though he may not have accomplished all he would have liked to, he certainly made his mark.<\/p>\n

JCB’s reported last public request was that people not be sad at his passing, which occurred on Halloween, 2008, and I agree. Use this occasion as a reminder that life is short and the time is now. Smile and do something creative that you’ve been putting off.
Brother, I can see your skull.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Good night, Jimmy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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