I remember watching TV and listening to this band. It blew my brains out. Parents were not so happy 😂.

Probably the most underrated band on the planet! In 2018 they are together for 48 years! I bow down... great band!

Funk rock nobody did it like mother's finest. ..i saw them live back in 1978 at the lakeland civic center awesome concert. ...that's when concerts were so good that you talked about them for weeks on in....live musicians no computer can touch the human spirit

The concert that changed my life. It's still as good as 40 years ago

Really miss M. Keck and those keys in the current band.

One of the greatest tragedies in the history of 20th century American popular music was not seeing this unbelievably talented band blow up the way they should have during their prime. Virtually every headliner they opened up for in the late 70s/early 80s was utterly wiped out due to MF's relentlessly heavy funk-rock assault. They should've been at least as commercially successful as the Eagles and Journey on the rock front or Earth Wind & Fire and the Commodores on the R&B/Funk side. They really had all their bases covered back then. Unfortunately, their natural crossover sound was something the record industry just wasn't ready to roll with so they were relegated to being primarily a regional act here in the States. It was not until they showed up in Germany for the prestigious Rockpalast gig that they finally blew the doors wide open and became an overnight success on that side of the world. Really nice to see their historic performance here on KZfaq in its entirety. MF may not have achieved the kind of success they so truly deserved, but their influence on most rock acts that came after them is considerable. Here's the rundown of who's who in this now-legendary lineup: Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy - lead/background vocals Glenn "Doc" Murdock - lead/background vocals Jerry "Wyzard" Seay - bass/background vocals Gary "Moses Mo" Moore - guitar Mike Keck - keyboards Barry "B.B. Queen" Borden - drums

Mothers Finest is the real thing. Saw them 3times live and they left me with my sweat running out of my shoes every time. Energy unmatched

Frank Marino said when he toure'd with the "big bands" Mothers Finest was one of the only to show him respect..Both tottaly underated,,i would die to see them the same night!!!

One of the best performances that ever happened on Planet Earth

And to think they just stepped off of a plane from the States. Jetlag, dead tired...legends. love them since the early seventies. A DJ here in the Netherlands, Alfred Lagarde RIP, took care of them when in Europe.

They are perfect! Been listening since 1977! Super funky and 😎 cool! Saw in person 1980 Athens Georgia and it was the best ever!

Damn these crappy laptop speakers need to crank this louder!! The best funk rock band of all time, period!!

I'm livin" for those boots Miss Joyce!!!!

Powerful drive and groove !

Back In 1973 The Band I Was In Called Human Blood, We Open Up For Mother's Finest In Charlotte North Carolina At The Carolina Jam 2. In My Travel I've Seen A Lot Of Acts. Mother's Finest Was At The Top Of The List. So Funky.

I was there,,,,,,,!,,,,,,,,!,,,,

THEY MAKE MY WHOLE SOUL SMILE !!!

Look im one of the first that got to know them when they rehearsed for first concert at Kennesaw Jr college they cam to my neighbor invite me to see them . go u all are real funk rock pioneers

One of the best ROCKPALAST Act's

Großartiges Konzert, vielen Dank!

I saw this band on one of television's rock concert programs in the mid-seventies and I never forgot them, and after hearing "You Can't Hide" I immediately bought several of their albums. Rediscovering them now they rock harder than most of that time. Oh, and Baby Jean has all of the energy and sex appeal of Tina Turner.

Lucky enough to see this band live, they were the opening act on June 1st, 1977for Styx and Foghat, 2 bands that were big at that time in their careers, in Evansville, Indiana at Mesker Amphitheatre an outdoor open air venue, Mother's Finest was so good with their high energy funk rock that the audience literally booed the headline bands and were chanting for Mother's Finest to come back out. I would bet this was the case for many shows or bands they opened for, once they opened for a band, that band didn't want Mother's Finest opening for them again !! Great Performance, Great Band, they've been blowing shows out for 50 years !! No band wants to be blown off the stage by their opening act !! Highly recommend seeing them if you ever have the chance. Powerful !! I agree with most of these comments, they definitely don't get the recognition they deserve !!

I saw them in Fayetteville North Carolina in 1977. To this day I still can't remember who they opened for. However, I remember being blown away and always refer to it as one of my all time favorite shows.

Lena,ich muß Dir voll zustimmen!Nicht nur weil Mothers Fienst eine der besten Funk-Bands war,sondern auch weil sie eine einzigartige gute Musik machten.Man muß da einfach mitmachen,für mich gibt es da nichts anderes! Man spürt förmlich die Freude an der Musik bei den Leuten!

18 year`s old ,I heard this magnificent band Live on tv in Norway. This same konsert at Rockpalast :-) GROOOOVY

Happy to say I saw them live many times. Absolutely best band at every concert. Huge thank you to each member of Mother's Finest. Been a fan since '77. 1st concert in '80. Have been at every concert possible since. Thank you!!!

Saw them at Champagne Jam in Atlanta in 1978. This is almost the set from that day. The Champagne Jam was The Atlanta Rhythm Section festival /party at Georgia Tech

They were soooo much fun--man I miss them. Awesome

Great funk rock, on the same level as sly & The Family Stone and Prince🤩

My goodness this kicks ass!!

Thanks for finding & posting this! I'm 54 years old & used to get in on a fake L.D. to see MF, back when they were a house band in Myrtle Beach,SC... And to think the drinking age was only 18 back then! lol

Funky Fun Charlie Goodnights 1976 Top Ten Bands Of All Time Rock On

KILLIN!...Love this...

Saw them last night in De Vorstin in Hilversum Holland for the 7th or 8th time in my life. First time was in Parkzicht Rotterdam back in 1988 or 1989, not sure. The set list was almost similar to the Subluxation CD, but a tempo less, but still fucking funky and amazing rocking! One of the best live bands on earth, If you get a chance to see them live, don't hesitate before it's to late...

I remember that huge impact of Funkrock in germany.

Stillll the best !!😍😍😍

Summer of 1980 saw them free at the bandshell at Six Flags Over Georgia. Included in th cost of the park ticket. Saw them like year of so later in Souht Florida opening for someone like Kansas IIRC.

AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just love this band.

geiler Bassist!!

I saw MF many times as an opening act, once opening for Rossington Collins at the Omni in ATL on a NYE. They were one hit song from massive success, even a small hit song early would have done it, but that's true for a lot of bands.

from Funkrock, Georgia

Okay, thank you for answering! I´ve seen MF twice in Stuttgart (which is my hometown in Southern Germany) once near to "Neues Schloss" and I was in front, which was quite loud and I met WIZZARD backstage listening quitely interested to B.B. King who only talked about his grandchilds - and I´m very proud of having a photograph with WIZZARD (and I had to laugh, cause he´s so big and black and I´m so small and white) (and second time in "Villa Berg" - Radiocenter which had to Close - but I still have the original recording on tape!

I saw them open for AC/DC 1979

absolut geil! well I remember this concert in Stuttgart at Villa Berg - was quite loud and Moses Mo acted as he were drunk, lying on the floor, I like them all, but especially Wyzzard

Legend-----ary!!!

Chat Daddy of WVON play 'Love Changes' yesterday, made me go back

Einfach nur Geil

Sadly, they were to ahead of their time with a mix of funk and hard rock. Saw them open for Peter Frampton in 1976 and they blew him away. 'Give You All The Love' at 13:52 is a class in Funk/Rock. And more thing, Joyce is one of the most under-rated soul/rock singers ever.....

good funky rock!thank you

thats even more than real funk!

Das ist Feuer im Hintern um zu tanzen!

I saw them for the first time in 1977, I believe they were opening for Parlament Funkadelic at the Capitol center in Largo MD. THEY tore the roof off the sucka !!

Love Changes was the jam!

I live in Florida and went to college in Georgia,so I saw these cats a few times. The first time was opening for Kansas in Miami.they were the first band and Head East was the second.That was back when you had really good opening acts. A couple of months later i saw the newly formed .38 Special open of Johnny Winter and Pat Travers open for Rush. The problem with MF in Georgia was that if you didn't line up for tickets frothier 1500-2000 seat solo his, you missed out. You had to see them elsewhere and bands like them didn't get paid dirt for opening compared to what they madden the playing on their own back home or in Germany after they played this TV show a couple of times.The next time I got see them was before a BIG crowd at the bandshell at Six Flags. The ultimate party band that got too big to play the bars anymore, even the big ones. .

FIRE!

Muito bom!!! Estava procurando por esse vídeo a mais de 10 anos. Parabéns pela postagem.

Funk Rock at it's best

These guys were incredible!

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

Wow!!

Baby Jean is still fine as hell at 68 years old.

How did I miss this band?

Love MF since 1976

I was there

I saw them at Cobb Civic Center in Marietta when I was 14 on this tour. Gabriel is right. It didn't get any funkier than MF.

Ambassadors..

buffolo soldier bassist.

why arent they more known?

OHH THATS THEC SHOWV I VSEE VIN GERMANY CITY ESSEN FULL ROCK GROOVEVFUNK POWERV EVER PETER FROM GERMANY KISSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Eure Werbung von diesem Business Heini nervt! Mothers Finest ist geil!

To be honest, their songwriting was okay but not great and they got some bad advice about becoming a soul band which worked for nationally for one live record and then zippo. They were and still are all about the performance. You HAVE to see them live to truly get it.

Boris Micel (R), Eigentumswertabtretung, Clearingnummer COD37, 2.000.000,00 Euro, (BMM -Euro), Cheops5.3.

nicht gekannt (Mothers Finest)……. ja, geht!! Nicht mal soooooo schlecht….. GEHT!!