Jeffrey Lael Simmons[1] is an American rock musician, best known as a former member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention.
He left the Mothers in early 1971 just prior to the filming of 200 Motels (where he was replaced by Ringo Starr's chauffeur Martin Lickert).
In later years Zappa released a number of archival recordings that feature Simmons including You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol.
[2] In December 1968, Easy Chair was a supporting act for Zappa and The Mothers for two concerts at the Shrine Auditorium.
These were the soundtrack for the Roger Corman biker film Naked Angels and the album Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up.
The collaboration "Wonderful Wino" appears on Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, and also on Zappa's 1976 album Zoot Allures.
[3] During a 1982 guest DJ spot on UK's BBC Radio 1, Zappa played some of his favorite recordings including Simmons' song "I'm In The Music Business".
He appeared in the 1988 movie Rock and Roll Mobster Girls which was produced on video tape in Seattle during the very early stages of the grunge music scene.