Mother's Finest

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Mother's Finest
Mother's Finest, 2011
Mother's Finest, 2011
General information
origin Atlanta , United States
Genre (s) Funk , funk metal , rock , soul , R&B
founding 1970, 1989
resolution 1983
Website mothersfinest.com
Founding members
Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy
singing
 Glenn "Doc" Murdock
Gary "Moses Mo" Moore
Michael Keck
Jerry "Wyzard" Seay
Sanford "Pepe" Daniels
Current occupation
singing
 Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy
singing
 Glenn "Doc" Murdock
guitar
 Gary "Moses Mo" Moore
guitar
 John "Red Devil" Hayes (since 1992)
bass
 Jerry "Wyzard" Seay
Drums
 Dion Derek Murdock
former members
Drums
 Donny Vosburgh
Drums
 Barry "BB Queen" Borden
Keyboards
 Ace Baker
Drums
 Kerry "Lovingood" Denton
Percussion , vocals
 Johnnetta "JJ" Johnson
Drums
 Joey Williams

Mother's Finest is an American funk , rock , soul and crossover band founded in 1970 by married couple Joyce “Baby Jean” Kennedy and Glen “Doc” Murdock in Atlanta , Georgia .

history

Her debut album Mother’s Finest was released in 1972 . Another album , also titled Mother's Finest , wasn't released until four years later on Epic / CBS . It contained the ironic Nigizz Can't Sing Rock 'n' Roll, a controversial song that caused a stir. Her first single, Fire , released in August 1976, peaked at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States . The third album Another Mother Further played with the association of Motherfucker . The album became the springboard for the career of the multicultural rock band and contains the group's biggest hit in the US with Baby Love .

With their appearance in the second ARD - Rockpalast-Nacht from 1978 ( Eurovision broadcast ) in the Grugahalle in Essen (which was newly released on DVD together with a Rockpalast concert in 2003) they became known to a larger audience in Europe and achieved cult status. At the end of the 1970s they produced partly soul-oriented albums and two hard rock albums in the early 1980s . The band caused confusion when their guitarist "Moses Mo" was given his real name Gary Moore on the LP One Mother to Another . This often led to the incorrect assumption that the Northern Irish guitarist of the same name, Gary Moore, had joined the band. Mother's Finest broke up in 1983, "BB Queen" joined Molly Hatchet . "Baby Jean" then started a solo career under her real name Joyce Kennedy and released two LPs ( Lookin 'for Trouble and Wanna Play Your Game ).

Joyce Kennedy, Glenn Murdock, Gary "Moses Mo" Moore and Jerry Seay reunited in 1989 and brought out the LP Looks Could Kill with drummer Dion Derek Murdock (son of Joyce Kennedy and Glenn Murdock) . In the 1990s they were back with the crossover album Black Radio Won't Play This Record and with new guitarist John Hayes. The last studio production, Meta-Funk'n Physical from 2003 with returnees “Moses Mo” and the new drummer Kerry Denton, was more oriented towards hip-hop and electronic beats.

Her biggest hits are Baby Love , Piece of the Rock and Mickey's Monkey , a cover version of a 1963 top 10 hit by the Miracles .

In the summer of 2011 they appeared in Wiesen , Austria as the opening act for Santana .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Mother's Finest
  US 148 09/11/1976 (8 weeks)
Another mother further
  US 134 09/17/1977 (8 weeks)
Mother factor
  US 123 09/30/1978 (21 weeks)
Iron Age
  US 168 05/23/1987 (8 weeks)
Looks could kill
  CH 30th 09/24/1989 (1 week)
Black Radio Won't Play This Record
  CH 39 06/14/1992 (2 weeks)
Singles
Fire
  US 93 09/04/1976 (2 weeks)
Baby love
  US 58 09/10/1977 (6 weeks)

Albums

  • 1972: Mother's Finest ( RCA )
  • 1976: Mother's Finest ( CBS )
  • 1977: Another Mother Further ( Epic )
  • 1978: Mother Factor (Epic)
  • 1979: Live (Epic)
  • 1981: Iron Age (Epic)
  • 1983: One Mother to Another (Epic)
  • 1989: Looks Could Kill ( Capitol )
  • 1990: Subluxation (live, RCA)
  • 1992: Black Radio Won't Play This Record (RCA)
  • 1998: Not a Bootleg (self-distributed, was only available at concerts of the band)
  • 2003: Meta-Funk'n-Physical (UTR Music)
  • 2006: Live at Villa Berg - Right Here, Right Now (Major MTM)
  • 2015: Goody 2 Shoes & the filthy Beasts (Steamhammer / SPV )

Compilations

  • 1990: The Very Best Of ( Sony / BMG )
  • 1997: Definitive Collection (Sony / BMG)
  • 1997: Not Yer Mother's Funk ( Razor & Tie )
  • 1999: Burning Love - Mother's Finest Best (Zounds)
  • 2006: Not Yer Mother's Funk - The Very Best of ... (Megaphon Importservice)
  • 2010: Mother's Finest 2 CD set (Wounded Bird; double CD, re-release of the first two albums with additional tracks)
  • 2015: Mother's Finest - Another Mother Further - Mother Factor - Live (Raven; double CD, contains the first four Epic / CBS albums)
  • 2017: Love Changes - The Anthology 1972–1983 (SoulMusic Records; double CD, contains the first CD release of One Mother to Another )

DVDs

  • 2004: Mother's Finest at Rockpalast 1978-2003 (Mig / Indigo)

Portraits of the band members

  • Joyce Kennedy

  • Glenn Murdock

  • John Hayes

  • Gary "Moses Mo" Moore

  • Jerry Seay

  • Dion Derek Murdock

swell

  1. ↑ Mother's Finest Biography in the All Music Guide
  2. ↑ Billboard Pop Singles Charts for Mother's Finest in the All Music Guide
  3. ↑ a b c Mother’s Finest in the Swiss charts
  4. ↑ a b US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7 / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

Web links

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