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:
“The great, the jewel and the mother of battles has begun.”
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“What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.”
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“This girl borrowed no dim light of a star
Nor ever night held her in a dark mesh,
A slim bloom she stood of the first larkspur,
A wind of spring fluttered in her white flesh.”
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