Please Greet Ray Collins, Claremont's Own Mother
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin › May 31, 2009
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RAY COLLINS looks more like a grandfather, but he's actually a Mother.
The white-haired Collins, 71, was the singer who invited a young Frank Zappa to join the Soul Giants, the band that became the Mothers of Invention in the mid-1960s.See the full content of this document
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Please Greet Ray Collins, Claremont's Own Mother
Four decades later, Collins is a familiar sight in the Claremont Village, where he spends his days strolling the streets, sitting on benches and saying hello.
"Sometimes people think I'm like the greeter, the Village greeter," Collins says with a chuckle. "I'm not."He's lived in Claremont since 1991. After whimsically compa...See the full content of this document
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