Mother Superior

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Los Angeles rockers MOTHER SUPERIOR are set to release “Grande,” a CD/vinyl compilation of brand new tracks, rare live TV and radio performances and previously unreleased versions of some of their best known songs on Kicking Records from France. “Grande” may or may not be the band’s official ninth album (it was originally intended for a vinyl release only), but there’s no doubt that the collection will further the band’s notoriety and international acclaim as a solid rock ‘n roll force that Rolling Stone has described like “Led Zeppelin with a full erection, Decca-period Rolling Stones, and early ZZ Top with the fury of the Stooges.” Mother Superior is made up of singer/guitarist Jim Wilson, bassist Marcus Blake and drummer Matt Tecu and they continuously attract a strong and devoted following by touring the world and playing an average of 150 shows a year. The power trio has survived on a reputation as first-class musicians, solid songwriters and they are also in high demand for Los Angeles session work. Many top acts have recorded their songs (Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf) or used the group itself as a backing band (George Clinton, Scott Ian of Anthrax, Wayne Kramer of MC5) and Mother Superior have also traveled the world with punk rock icon HENRY ROLLINS and they have been featured on CDs as the second incarnation of Rollins Band. The legendary DANIEL LANOIS (Grammy award winning producer of U2 & Bob Dylan) continues his ongoing relationship with Mother Superior and joins the band for three tracks on “Grande” playing pedal steel guitar on “Four Walls” (the band’s original version of this song from 2004 featured a string arrangement by Tony Visconti) and “Let It Go,” both recorded at his Bella Vista studio and display Mother Superior’s Americana roots. Daniel is also featured on lead guitar on a new version of the Mother Superior favorite “Jaded Little Princess” that was recorded live at the Roxy in Los Angeles. The CD also features more of what the New York Post called “an enormous musical vocabulary” with two brand-new sludgy rockers “Brain Child” and “Moanin’” that are produced by long-time MS cohort Brian Kehew, who has recently been touring and playing keyboards with The Who. Kehew also remixes two MS songs (“Get That Girl” and “Meltdown”) that are recorded and mixed completely on analog tape. There are new versions of MS favorites like “Beg Borrow Steal” (recorded for national Spain TV and radio) and “Five Stars” (a fiery live version from a music festival in France) and one of the CD’s highlights is a great cover version of The Beatles’ classic “Happiness Is A Warm Gun” (which features the lyric “Mother Superior jump the gun” from where the band came up with their moniker). The song was originally recorded for a Beatles tribute album that was never released but the band liked their arrangement so much they re-recorded it especially for this collection.