Mother Earth is a song written and performed by Memphis Slim in 1959. The late 60s band Mother Earth which featured the vocals of Tracy Nelson) took their name from this song. They showcased the song on their 1968 LP Living With The Animals. It was also included in the "Blues For Memphis Slim"-Medley from Eric Burdon & War, which has a length of 13:22 minutes. It was the fourth track on their 1970 debut album Eric Burdon Declares "War".
In 1995 a short version, retitled "Mother Earth" was released on "The Best of Eric Burdon & War".
Famous quotes containing the words mother, earth and/or slim:
“It’s not the mother that bore you, but the one that feeds you that you love.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
—Bible: New Testament, Philippians 2:9.
“The pickings are pretty slim when you have to play the part of a housewife who doesn’t go out of her apartment because she’s afraid she’s going to get mugged, or a woman who turns into her brother, who is a murderer.”
—Shirley MacLaine (b. 1934)