Mother's finest

[Jère]

I've heard about this band, but I don't know much about it.

Do you know a bit about them (records, style... etc).

Any infos would be welcome.

[JimK]

Yeah, I gotta couple albums by them...I was re-reading an old BP the other day & Wyzard(Mothers' Finest's bassist)was covered.
One of their big hits was called "Love Changes"-a very soulful tune; a lot of their material was in a Hard Rock/Funk vibe...it has been a loong time since I last played one of their records. They would probably do "OK" in today's music market; back in the late '70s-early '80s...I dunno, I guess they were difficult to categorize.

[jerry]

they were a good band that i think had the
same problem a lot of black rock/funk bands have, radio didn't know were to put them.
white radio wouldn't play them because they
were funky, and black radio wouldn't play them because they rocked. look at living colour they were one of the best bands in the last
couple decades but had to disband because the
powers that be couldn't but them in any box.

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aloha, jerry

[Jère]

Ok.

I love Living Colour, and although I was too young when this band was actually playing, I know that they've never been very famous, and that's bad, because of the creativity and the power of this band.

I'm looking at my CD store this week about Mother's Finest records. Is there a 'best of' or something like this, something what I could begin with (I don't like 'best of's').

Thanx

[JimK]

Living Colour will always be one of my favorite bands; I think VIVID is awesome! They did get the S*** treatment from the suits, though.
Believe it or not-I've never been a big fan of Hendrix...somebody gave me ARE YOU EXPERIENCED(remastered edition)for Christmas(all these years & I never owned it). Anyway, I kinda got hooked on this stuff & went out & bought a few of the other remastered cds. I know some prefer Hendrix with Mitchell/Redding & others like Hendrix with Miles/Cox...the one cd that is supposed to be Hendrix' LAST studio album(FIRST RAYS OF THE NEW RISING SUN)has cuts with Mitch Mitchell & Billy Cox; man, they're funky!

Jere-I have MOTHER'S FINEST & MOTHER FACTOR; like I said, it's been awhile since they've been played. MOTHER FACTOR does have "Love Changes" on it...I do remember I dug that particular tune. Anyway, I'm not too big on "Greatest Hits" cds, either; maybe the MF's one is "OK".

[JMX]

Mother's Finest ROCK! Probably still active today?

Living Colour were a great band but only close second to the 24-7 SPYZ!
They are IMO the best and most original band Funk-Metal band ever - check out 'Strength In Numbers' or '6' (w/ Doug Pinnick as a guest).