Mother Earth (band)

Mother Earth was an American blues rock band from California, fronted by Tracy Nelson.

Nelson, who hailed from Madison, Wisconsin, began her career as a solo artist, but formed the Mother Earth ensemble after moving to San Francisco. The group performed at the Fillmore West in the late 1960s alongside Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Burdon, and was included on the soundtrack to the 1968 film Revolution.^[1] The group signed to Mercury Records, recording four albums. Mike Bloomfield played guitar on their 1968 release Living with the Animals and Boz Scaggs was a member of the group on their 1969 release Make A Joyful Noise.

After two LPs with Reprise Records & one with Columbia Records the ensemble called it quits in 1973; ... Following this Nelson again branched off for a solo career.

Members

• Tracy Nelson
• Johnny Gimble
• John Andrews
• Bob Arthur
• Mark Naftalin
• George Rains
• Bob Cardwell
• Karl Himmel
• Andrew McMahon
• Boz Scaggs
• Powell St. John
• Ron Stallings
• Wayne Talbert

Discography

• Living with the Animals (Mercury Records, 1968) U.S. #144^[2]
• Tracy Nelson Country (Mercury Records, 1969)
• Make A Joyful Noise (Mercury Records, 1969) U.S. #95
• Satisfied (Mercury Records, 1970)
• Bring Me Home (Reprise Records, 1971) U.S. #199
• Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth (Reprise Records, 1972) U.S. #205
• Poor Man's Paradise (Columbia Records, 1973) U.S. #210

References

1. ^ Mother Earth at Allmusic
2. ^ Billboard, Allmusic