Mother´s Finest – Mother´s Finest Live (1979)

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Mother’s Finest is an American rock band founded in Atlanta, Georgia, by the vocal duo of Joyce “Baby Jean” Kennedy and Glenn “Doc” Murdock in 1970 when the pair met up with guitarist Gary “Moses Mo” Moore and bassist Jerry “Wyzard” Seay. Their music is a blend of funky rhythms, heavy rock guitars and expressive soul/R&B-style vocals.

Mother’s Finest tried to smash the embargo blocking black rock acts with this live record. It was the closest any album came to actually conveying the kind of nonstop excitement, spontaneity, and unpredictability of their live shows, although it also showed how vocally erratic they could be in performance.

The failure of a band that had as exciting a vocalist as Joyce Kennedy and did both solid rock and fine grinding funk proved one of the ’80s’ more puzzling questions. It couldn’t just be attributed to racism either, because Mother’s Finest actually did better among white audiences than black ones.

Track listing

1. Somebody To Love – 5:28
2. Fire – 4:02
3. Mickey’s Monkey – 5:52
4. Give You All The Love – 6:21
5. Baby Love – 4:1
6. Magic Carpet Ride – 5:00
7. Love Changes – 5:20
8. Watch My Stylin’ – 4:32
9. Don’t Wanna Come Back – 3:23
10. Can’t Fight The Feeling – 4:34

Companies, etc.

• Copyright © – CBS Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
• Distributed By – CBS Records
• Published By – Satsongs
• Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
• Published By – Alexscar Music Inc.
• Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
• Published By – Kings Road Music
• Recorded By – Fedco Audio Labs
• Mixed At – Axis Sound Studio
• Mixed At – Apogee Studios
• Manufactured By – Sony Music – S0146308910-0101

Credits

• Arranged By – Mother’s Finest
• Art Direction [Art Supervision] – J. R. Smalling
• Bass, Backing Vocals – Wizzard
• Drums, Percussion – B.B. Queen
• Engineer – Dave Palmer
• Guitar, Backing Vocals – Moses Mo
• Keyboards, Percussion – Mike
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion – Glenn Murdock, Joyce “Baby Jean” Kennedy
• Management – David Krebs, Steve Leber
• Photography By [Live photos] – Yoshi Ohara
• Photography By [Studio photos] – Barry Levine
• Producer – Bobby Colomby
• Written-By – Mother’s Finest (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8 to 10)

Notes
Release Date: 1979
Genre: R&B
Styles: Soul, Funk, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Soul
Duration: 46:47

Label – Epic Records