Mother's Finest

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Mother's Finest is a funk rock band founded in Atlanta, Georgia by Joyce Kennedy and Glenn Murdock in the early seventies.

Contents 1 History 2 Hit songs 3 Original Group Members 4 Group Members around 2004 5 Discography 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

Mother's Finest are notable partly because they are an "interracial" rock group from the US South. Their music was a blend of funky rhythm, heavy guitars and expressive rock singing. Their debut album Mother's Finest from 1976 today is a rare collector's piece and contained with the ironic song "Nigizz Can't Sing Rock'n Roll" (although they were criticized for it by an important religious leader and dropped it from their live concerts). In 1978 they were guests in German broadcast Rockpalast and with one concert they gathered a cult status in Europe which lasts until today (this concert appears on the DVD Mother's Finest - At Rockpalast).

In the late seventies they produced more soul-oriented albums and at the beginning of the eighties some heavy rock as on Iron Age. In the nineties they were back with Black radio Won't Play This Record, a funk metal album, and their most recent CD is Meta-funk'n-physical from 2004 which is more hip hop- and electronic beats-oriented.

They are led by rock singer Joyce Kennedy.

Mother's Finest was well respected within the southern rock musical community. Their fellow Epic Records label-mates The Stranger (band) would play "Another Mother Further" as their introductory music.

Most recently, Joyce Kennedy was seen on the international Daughters Of Soul tour along with Sandra St. Victor, Nona Hendryx, Lalah Hathaway (daughter of Donny Hathaway), Indira Khan (daughter of Chaka Khan), and Simone (daughter of Nina Simone).^[1]

[edit] Hit songs

• "Baby Love" (their biggest Pop hit, reaching #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977)
• "Fire"
• "Piece of the Rock"
• "Mickey's Monkey"
• "Love Changes"
• Joyce Kennedy also had a hit duet with Jeffrey Osborne in 1984: "The Last Time I Made Love."

[edit] Original Group Members

• Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy (vocals)
• Glenn "Doc" Murdock (vocals)
• Gary "Moses Mo" Moore (guitar)
• Barry "B.B. Queen" Borden (drums)
• Jerry "Wyzard" Seay (bass)
• Mike Keck (keyboards)

[edit] Group Members around 2004

• Joyce Kennedy (vocals)
• Glenn Murdock (vocals)
• Gary "Moses Mo" Moore (guitar)
• Kerry 'Lovinggood' Denton (drums)
• Jerry "Wyzard" Seay (bass)
• John Hayes (guitar)
• Johnnetta "JJ" Johnson (backing vocals)

[edit] Discography

• Mother's Finest (1972 RCA LSP-4790)
• Mother's Finest (1976 Epic PE 34179)
• Another Mother Further (1977 Epic)
• Mother Factor (1978 Epic)
• Live (1979 Epic)
• Iron Age (1981 Atlantic)
• One Mother to Another (1983 Epic)
• Looks Could Kill (1989 Capitol)
• Black Radio Won't Play This Record (1992 RCA)
• Subluxation (live, 1993 RCA)
• Meta-Funk'n Physical (2003 UTR Music)
• Mother's Finest - At Rockpalast (2004, Live DVD)
• Mother's Finest - Right here Right now Live at Villa Berg (2005 MTM)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Mother's Finest Official Site
• Mother's Finest at Allmusic
• Daughters Of Soul Official Site
• Mothers Finest Live pictures