Mother Earth's Tracy Nelson was long considered one of the strongest female singers in rock. Nelson formed Mother Earth (named after a Memphis Slim blues song) in San Francisco in 1966. In 1969, the band moved to a farm outside Nashville, and its mus… Read more
Mother Earth's Tracy Nelson was long considered one of the strongest female singers in rock. Nelson formed Mother Earth (named after a Memphis Slim blues song) in San Francisco in 1966. In 1969, the band moved to a farm outside Nashville, and its music became increasingly country oriented. After 1971, the band went through many personnel changes, and eventually Nelson went solo.
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