{"id":3545881,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3545881/?format=json","airdate":"2025-08-28T13:01:38-07:00","show":64409,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64409/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/cd1ef2ad-29ce-43ce-96da-b2ac8c67b808/37984496728-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/cd1ef2ad-29ce-43ce-96da-b2ac8c67b808/37984496728-250.jpg","song":"Music for My Mother","track_id":null,"recording_id":"7eef2fee-c62f-414f-b427-8f179a0e00e9","artist":"Funkadelic","artist_ids":["cf042013-3edd-46c4-9b0e-a62faac98d0b"],"album":"Funkadelic","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"ba6de9b7-828e-35d4-adc5-ea71bdab836b","labels":["Westbound Records"],"label_ids":["0f6fb74a-eb83-4a02-b975-3c2e470f6aaa"],"release_date":"1970-03-01","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Happy Thursday and welcome to The Afternoon Show with the handsome Larry Mizell, Jr. and most delightful producer Sharlese.  Today, on OG Thursday, we feature the second of 3 segments about the great George Clinton --singer, songwriter, producer, bandleader, and costume designer. (He celebrated his 84th birthday on Tuesday, July 22nd.) Today, we’ll be talking about Funkadelic, its samples and influence!  We’re so glad you’re here with us today!\n--\nReleased as a single in 1969, this song was included on the first Funkadelic album in 1970. It marked a new direction for the band, setting them on a course of groundbreaking psychedelic funk.  George Clinton cited it as the most important P-Funk song to him. \"That was the beginning of the notion that we were going to do a funky band, as opposed to a doo-wop group/singing group like the Temptations,\" he said. \"'Music For My Mother' was my thought of being able to do blues and R&B and keeping it that way, without it trying to cross over. To just do whatever I felt like. 'Music For My Mother' was the first song that I did that with.\"\n--\nSax player Herb Sparkman did the lead vocal on this track. Other musicians include Eddie Hazel on guitar, Billy Nelson on bass, and Brad Innis on drums.","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}