Mother's Finest is a pioneering American funk 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.
The group charted with the singles "Fire" (No. 93 Pop Singles), "Baby Love" (No. 79 Black Singles, No.58 Pop Singles), "Don't Wanna Come Back" (No. 54 Black Singles), "Love Changes" (No. 26 Black Singles), and "Piece of the Rock" in the mid- to late 1970s.
History
Mother's Finest issued its debut album Mother's Finest in 1972 on RCA; a second album for RCA remained unreleased until it surfaced as bonus tracks on the 2010 Wounded Bird re-issue of Mother's Finest. The group signed a new contract with Epic Records and released its sophomore effort, also titled Mother's Finest, in 1976, stirring up controversy with the ironic "Niggizz Can't Sang Rock 'n' Roll." Riding a wave of success, the band's next three albums, Another Mother Further (1977), Mother Factor (1978) and Mother’s Finest Live (1979), all went gold, helped along by heavy touring opening for the likes of Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath, The Who, Aerosmith and AC/DC.
Mother's Finest is the official debut album by Atlanta funk-rock group Mother's Finest. It was released in 1972 on RCA records but banned by the band. The vinyl album is very hard to find and not released on CD.
Track listing
"Love is all I need (It's too hard to carry on)" (Seay-Kennedy) - 3:44
"You move me" (Murdock-Keck) - 4:01
"You'll like it 'Hear'" (Keck) 4:35
"Dear Sir and Brother Mann" (Moore-Murdock) - 3:39
"Feelin' Alright" (Mason) - 4:32
"It's what you do with what you got" (Barry-Bloom) - 3:38
"Sweeten the air you breath" (Keck) - 3:09
"You make me feel so good" (Murdock-Kennedy) - 4:03
"Love the one you're with" (Stills) - 3:19
Personnel
Mother's Finest
Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy – lead & backing vocal, percussion
Glenn Murdock – lead & backing vocal, percussion
Mike Keck – keyboards, background vocals
Jerry "Wiz" Seay – bass
Gary "Mo" Moore – guitars
Donny Vosburgh - drums
Production
Produced By Hank Medress and Dave Appell
Recorded at Century Sound, New York
Engineered By Bill Radice and thanks to Tom Coleman
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Rain · Mother's Finest
Mother's Finest
℗ 1976 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Released on: 1976-09-13
Composer, Lyricist: S. Daniel
Composer: J. Seay
Producer: Tom Werman
Composer: Jimmy Kennedy
Composer: G. Murdock
Composer: G. Moore
Composer: M. Keck
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Mother's Finest - Rain (1976)
Ladies and Gentlemen, from Funk Rock Georgia - MOTHER'S FINEST!
published: 09 Jan 2014
Mother's Finest - Rain
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Mother's Finest - Rain
Written By - Mother's Finest
Format - From The LP Mother's Finest
Released:1976
published: 06 Sep 2011
Rain (Live at Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978)
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Rain (Live at Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978) · Mother's Finest
Live At Rockpalast (Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978 & Burg Satzvey, 20.07.2003)
℗ M. i. G. - music
Released on: 2012-04-27
Composer: Murdock
Composer: Kennedy
Composer: Keek
Composer: Seay
Composer: Moore
Composer: Borden
Lyricist: Murdock
Lyricist: Kennedy
Lyricist: Keek
Lyricist: Seay
Lyricist: Moore
Lyricist: Borden
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published: 28 Jan 2015
Gone With Th' Rain
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Gone With Th' Rain · Mother's Finest
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℗ 1982 Atlantic Records
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published: 08 Nov 2014
Mother's Finest - Rain ~ by JJ
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published: 09 Feb 2018
My Baby . . . Rain (Live)
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My Baby . . . Rain (Live) · Mothers Finest
MF 4D (Live)
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Released on: 2011-12-30
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MOTHER'S FINEST - Baby Love - Live At Rockpalast (live video)
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MOTHER'S FINEST - Live At Rockpalast
By the 1970s, taboos were beginning to fall from society, but many taboos were still firmly in place.
In 1977 Mother’s Finest released their now much-sought after album “Mother’s Finest” that included the song “Niggizz Can’t Sing Rock And Roll”. This title shocked and scandalized the church community: An influential and powerful preacher read the band he riot act and so they decided to remove the song from their live act. The song, however, exactly expressed what he group felt: The band founders wanted to create a mixture of black funk and white rock ‘n’ roll, so as to win over black and white audiences.
Sitting in Christian Wagner’s car (Christian Wagner was Rockpalast’s director from the very start) we heard the...
published: 29 Jun 2016
High & Mighty (v2) Rain Mother's Finest cover
1978 at the Midnight Sun, Spartanburg SC
From the High & Mighty Band Facebook page:
It was the 1970's and we thought the SE USA could use a good funk rock band. We smushed together Gashouse Gang and The Royal Kings in 3 days.
Band Members
Phase 1 - Bruce Wall, Chris Keaton, Brian Wheeling, David Britt, Gary "PeeWee/P' Oui" Watson, Steve Kaye
Phase II - Chris Keaton, Brian Wheeling, David Britt, Gary Watson, Scott Thomas, Kenni Hairston, Michael Gardner //
Crew - Steve Dunaway, Gary "Kid Funk" Ladin, Phil "Young Phil" Romano. Also Ed Cogle, Rick Hager and others
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Rain · Mother's Finest
Mother's Finest
℗ 1976 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Released on: 1976-09-13
Composer, Lyricist: ...
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Rain · Mother's Finest
Mother's Finest
℗ 1976 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Released on: 1976-09-13
Composer, Lyricist: S. Daniel
Composer: J. Seay
Producer: Tom Werman
Composer: Jimmy Kennedy
Composer: G. Murdock
Composer: G. Moore
Composer: M. Keck
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Rain · Mother's Finest
Mother's Finest
℗ 1976 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Released on: 1976-09-13
Composer, Lyricist: S. Daniel
Composer: J. Seay
Producer: Tom Werman
Composer: Jimmy Kennedy
Composer: G. Murdock
Composer: G. Moore
Composer: M. Keck
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Rain (Live at Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978) · Mother's Finest
Live At Rockpalast (Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978 & Burg ...
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Rain (Live at Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978) · Mother's Finest
Live At Rockpalast (Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978 & Burg Satzvey, 20.07.2003)
℗ M. i. G. - music
Released on: 2012-04-27
Composer: Murdock
Composer: Kennedy
Composer: Keek
Composer: Seay
Composer: Moore
Composer: Borden
Lyricist: Murdock
Lyricist: Kennedy
Lyricist: Keek
Lyricist: Seay
Lyricist: Moore
Lyricist: Borden
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Rain (Live at Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978) · Mother's Finest
Live At Rockpalast (Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978 & Burg Satzvey, 20.07.2003)
℗ M. i. G. - music
Released on: 2012-04-27
Composer: Murdock
Composer: Kennedy
Composer: Keek
Composer: Seay
Composer: Moore
Composer: Borden
Lyricist: Murdock
Lyricist: Kennedy
Lyricist: Keek
Lyricist: Seay
Lyricist: Moore
Lyricist: Borden
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JJ plays Mother's Finest - Rain / COPYRIGHT STATEMENT: All audio content in this video is solely property of the original recording artist and the use of it is ...
JJ plays Mother's Finest - Rain / COPYRIGHT STATEMENT: All audio content in this video is solely property of the original recording artist and the use of it is not intended to disobey any copyright law. It is being used for leisure only. Enjoy! God Bless The USA!
JJ plays Mother's Finest - Rain / COPYRIGHT STATEMENT: All audio content in this video is solely property of the original recording artist and the use of it is not intended to disobey any copyright law. It is being used for leisure only. Enjoy! God Bless The USA!
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My Baby . . . Rain (Live) · Mothers Finest
MF 4D (Live)
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Released on: 2011-12-30
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My Baby . . . Rain (Live) · Mothers Finest
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Released on: 2011-12-30
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My Baby . . . Rain (Live) · Mothers Finest
MF 4D (Live)
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Released on: 2011-12-30
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MOTHER'S FINEST - Live At Rockpalast
By the 1970s, taboos were beginning to fall from society, but many taboos were still fi...
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MOTHER'S FINEST - Live At Rockpalast
By the 1970s, taboos were beginning to fall from society, but many taboos were still firmly in place.
In 1977 Mother’s Finest released their now much-sought after album “Mother’s Finest” that included the song “Niggizz Can’t Sing Rock And Roll”. This title shocked and scandalized the church community: An influential and powerful preacher read the band he riot act and so they decided to remove the song from their live act. The song, however, exactly expressed what he group felt: The band founders wanted to create a mixture of black funk and white rock ‘n’ roll, so as to win over black and white audiences.
Sitting in Christian Wagner’s car (Christian Wagner was Rockpalast’s director from the very start) we heard their song “Fire” (1976) on the radio for the first time and we decided that this band has to perform at Rockpalast.
In the night between 15 and 16 February 1978 we received the written okay in a discotheque in Atlanta, Georgia.
The boxing match of the previous evening also involved the hopes of blacks and whites: Muhammad Ali had lost his world champion title to Leon Spinks. The spirit of the times can be best described by my experience in a bar in Atlanta where I was watching the
transmission: The white “redneck audience” was glad that the loudmouthed boxer they still enjoyed calling by his slave name Cassius Clay, was beaten.
Not really the best conditions for the success of a band made up of black and white musicians.
When Mother’s Finest opened the second Rockpalast Night on 4 March 1978 at the Grugahalle in Essen, they were completely unknown in Europe.
That evening, however, they achieved cult status – a status they have kept until today.
Mother’s Finest overwhelmed the unsuspecting audience with songs typical for their style: “Give You All The Love” (1977), “Baby Love” (1977) and “Mickey’s Monkey” (1978), the last a cover of the Holland/Dozier/Holland song which Smokey Robinson & The Miracles made popular in 1969.
It is played at every concert of Mother’s Finest and shows the band’s deep roots in that kind of black music, which was mainly released by Tamla-Motown at that time.
Years full of changes followed. In 1984 the band split up.
Joyce Kennedy went on to a successful solo career. 25 years after their legendary conquest of Europe, Mother’s Finest once again performed at Rockpalast – and almost with the same line up.
On July, 20th 2003 they played a concert at Satzvey Castle which included classics as well as exiting new numbers.
Both of these concerts are presented here in full!
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MOTHER'S FINEST - Live At Rockpalast
By the 1970s, taboos were beginning to fall from society, but many taboos were still firmly in place.
In 1977 Mother’s Finest released their now much-sought after album “Mother’s Finest” that included the song “Niggizz Can’t Sing Rock And Roll”. This title shocked and scandalized the church community: An influential and powerful preacher read the band he riot act and so they decided to remove the song from their live act. The song, however, exactly expressed what he group felt: The band founders wanted to create a mixture of black funk and white rock ‘n’ roll, so as to win over black and white audiences.
Sitting in Christian Wagner’s car (Christian Wagner was Rockpalast’s director from the very start) we heard their song “Fire” (1976) on the radio for the first time and we decided that this band has to perform at Rockpalast.
In the night between 15 and 16 February 1978 we received the written okay in a discotheque in Atlanta, Georgia.
The boxing match of the previous evening also involved the hopes of blacks and whites: Muhammad Ali had lost his world champion title to Leon Spinks. The spirit of the times can be best described by my experience in a bar in Atlanta where I was watching the
transmission: The white “redneck audience” was glad that the loudmouthed boxer they still enjoyed calling by his slave name Cassius Clay, was beaten.
Not really the best conditions for the success of a band made up of black and white musicians.
When Mother’s Finest opened the second Rockpalast Night on 4 March 1978 at the Grugahalle in Essen, they were completely unknown in Europe.
That evening, however, they achieved cult status – a status they have kept until today.
Mother’s Finest overwhelmed the unsuspecting audience with songs typical for their style: “Give You All The Love” (1977), “Baby Love” (1977) and “Mickey’s Monkey” (1978), the last a cover of the Holland/Dozier/Holland song which Smokey Robinson & The Miracles made popular in 1969.
It is played at every concert of Mother’s Finest and shows the band’s deep roots in that kind of black music, which was mainly released by Tamla-Motown at that time.
Years full of changes followed. In 1984 the band split up.
Joyce Kennedy went on to a successful solo career. 25 years after their legendary conquest of Europe, Mother’s Finest once again performed at Rockpalast – and almost with the same line up.
On July, 20th 2003 they played a concert at Satzvey Castle which included classics as well as exiting new numbers.
Both of these concerts are presented here in full!
1978 at the Midnight Sun, Spartanburg SC
From the High & Mighty Band Facebook page:
It was the 1970's and we thought the SE USA could use a good funk rock ban...
1978 at the Midnight Sun, Spartanburg SC
From the High & Mighty Band Facebook page:
It was the 1970's and we thought the SE USA could use a good funk rock band. We smushed together Gashouse Gang and The Royal Kings in 3 days.
Band Members
Phase 1 - Bruce Wall, Chris Keaton, Brian Wheeling, David Britt, Gary "PeeWee/P' Oui" Watson, Steve Kaye
Phase II - Chris Keaton, Brian Wheeling, David Britt, Gary Watson, Scott Thomas, Kenni Hairston, Michael Gardner //
Crew - Steve Dunaway, Gary "Kid Funk" Ladin, Phil "Young Phil" Romano. Also Ed Cogle, Rick Hager and others
1978 at the Midnight Sun, Spartanburg SC
From the High & Mighty Band Facebook page:
It was the 1970's and we thought the SE USA could use a good funk rock band. We smushed together Gashouse Gang and The Royal Kings in 3 days.
Band Members
Phase 1 - Bruce Wall, Chris Keaton, Brian Wheeling, David Britt, Gary "PeeWee/P' Oui" Watson, Steve Kaye
Phase II - Chris Keaton, Brian Wheeling, David Britt, Gary Watson, Scott Thomas, Kenni Hairston, Michael Gardner //
Crew - Steve Dunaway, Gary "Kid Funk" Ladin, Phil "Young Phil" Romano. Also Ed Cogle, Rick Hager and others
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Rain · Mother's Finest
Mother's Finest
℗ 1976 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Released on: 1976-09-13
Composer, Lyricist: S. Daniel
Composer: J. Seay
Producer: Tom Werman
Composer: Jimmy Kennedy
Composer: G. Murdock
Composer: G. Moore
Composer: M. Keck
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Rain (Live at Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978) · Mother's Finest
Live At Rockpalast (Grugahalle Essen, 04.03.1978 & Burg Satzvey, 20.07.2003)
℗ M. i. G. - music
Released on: 2012-04-27
Composer: Murdock
Composer: Kennedy
Composer: Keek
Composer: Seay
Composer: Moore
Composer: Borden
Lyricist: Murdock
Lyricist: Kennedy
Lyricist: Keek
Lyricist: Seay
Lyricist: Moore
Lyricist: Borden
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JJ plays Mother's Finest - Rain / COPYRIGHT STATEMENT: All audio content in this video is solely property of the original recording artist and the use of it is not intended to disobey any copyright law. It is being used for leisure only. Enjoy! God Bless The USA!
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My Baby . . . Rain (Live) · Mothers Finest
MF 4D (Live)
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Released on: 2011-12-30
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MOTHER'S FINEST - Live At Rockpalast
By the 1970s, taboos were beginning to fall from society, but many taboos were still firmly in place.
In 1977 Mother’s Finest released their now much-sought after album “Mother’s Finest” that included the song “Niggizz Can’t Sing Rock And Roll”. This title shocked and scandalized the church community: An influential and powerful preacher read the band he riot act and so they decided to remove the song from their live act. The song, however, exactly expressed what he group felt: The band founders wanted to create a mixture of black funk and white rock ‘n’ roll, so as to win over black and white audiences.
Sitting in Christian Wagner’s car (Christian Wagner was Rockpalast’s director from the very start) we heard their song “Fire” (1976) on the radio for the first time and we decided that this band has to perform at Rockpalast.
In the night between 15 and 16 February 1978 we received the written okay in a discotheque in Atlanta, Georgia.
The boxing match of the previous evening also involved the hopes of blacks and whites: Muhammad Ali had lost his world champion title to Leon Spinks. The spirit of the times can be best described by my experience in a bar in Atlanta where I was watching the
transmission: The white “redneck audience” was glad that the loudmouthed boxer they still enjoyed calling by his slave name Cassius Clay, was beaten.
Not really the best conditions for the success of a band made up of black and white musicians.
When Mother’s Finest opened the second Rockpalast Night on 4 March 1978 at the Grugahalle in Essen, they were completely unknown in Europe.
That evening, however, they achieved cult status – a status they have kept until today.
Mother’s Finest overwhelmed the unsuspecting audience with songs typical for their style: “Give You All The Love” (1977), “Baby Love” (1977) and “Mickey’s Monkey” (1978), the last a cover of the Holland/Dozier/Holland song which Smokey Robinson & The Miracles made popular in 1969.
It is played at every concert of Mother’s Finest and shows the band’s deep roots in that kind of black music, which was mainly released by Tamla-Motown at that time.
Years full of changes followed. In 1984 the band split up.
Joyce Kennedy went on to a successful solo career. 25 years after their legendary conquest of Europe, Mother’s Finest once again performed at Rockpalast – and almost with the same line up.
On July, 20th 2003 they played a concert at Satzvey Castle which included classics as well as exiting new numbers.
Both of these concerts are presented here in full!
1978 at the Midnight Sun, Spartanburg SC
From the High & Mighty Band Facebook page:
It was the 1970's and we thought the SE USA could use a good funk rock band. We smushed together Gashouse Gang and The Royal Kings in 3 days.
Band Members
Phase 1 - Bruce Wall, Chris Keaton, Brian Wheeling, David Britt, Gary "PeeWee/P' Oui" Watson, Steve Kaye
Phase II - Chris Keaton, Brian Wheeling, David Britt, Gary Watson, Scott Thomas, Kenni Hairston, Michael Gardner //
Crew - Steve Dunaway, Gary "Kid Funk" Ladin, Phil "Young Phil" Romano. Also Ed Cogle, Rick Hager and others
Mother's Finest is a pioneering American funk 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.
The group charted with the singles "Fire" (No. 93 Pop Singles), "Baby Love" (No. 79 Black Singles, No.58 Pop Singles), "Don't Wanna Come Back" (No. 54 Black Singles), "Love Changes" (No. 26 Black Singles), and "Piece of the Rock" in the mid- to late 1970s.
History
Mother's Finest issued its debut album Mother's Finest in 1972 on RCA; a second album for RCA remained unreleased until it surfaced as bonus tracks on the 2010 Wounded Bird re-issue of Mother's Finest. The group signed a new contract with Epic Records and released its sophomore effort, also titled Mother's Finest, in 1976, stirring up controversy with the ironic "Niggizz Can't Sang Rock 'n' Roll." Riding a wave of success, the band's next three albums, Another Mother Further (1977), Mother Factor (1978) and Mother’s Finest Live (1979), all went gold, helped along by heavy touring opening for the likes of Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath, The Who, Aerosmith and AC/DC.
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