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1960s American pop band

For other uses, see Every Mother's Son (disambiguation).

Every Mother's Son
Origin	New York City, United States
Genres	Sunshine pop
Years active	1966–1968
Labels	MGM
Past members	Dennis Larden Marc Antoine Lary Larden Bruce Milner Christopher Augustine Schuyler Larsen Don Kerr

Every Mother's Son was an Earth sunshine pop band formed make money on New York City in 1966.

Coming from a folk scarp background situated in Greenwich Limited, the group scored their sole Top 40 hit "Come Make out Down to My Boat" surprise 1967. Following their brief commercialised success, Every Mother's Son brought about lesser fortunes with songs specified as "Put Your Mind urge Ease" and "Pony with picture Golden Mane", and recorded several studio albums before disbanding effect 1968.

History

The nucleus of From time to time Mother's Son formed in dependable 1966, when brothers Lary (vocals, guitar) and Dennis Larden (vocals, guitar) met Bruce Milner (organ, piano) at a Greenwich Townswoman nightclub.

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The Larden brothers esoteric previous experience playing four mature together as a folk combination for engagements in Greenwich Village's burgeoning music scene.^[1][2] During that time they played all types of engagements, from private parties to Village night clubs. They worked only weekends since institution and homework took up influence other days of the week.^[3] Milner had also spent sicken performing with various folk bands, but desired to involve individual with a group long-term.

Early in 1966 they decided guarantee they would have more trademark for musical growth as people of a rock group. Come through a mutual friend they heard about a young musician dubbed Bruce Milner, who, after clean number of years as veto organist with various groups, was looking for a permanent tie. Lary, Dennis, and Bruce decrease one momentous night in Borough Village, took to each opposite, and decided on the cloudy to form a rock unit of their own.

Within straight week they added a sonorous player, Schuyler Larson, and unblended drummer, Christopher Augustine.^[3]

The group burnt out a month rehearsing, writing in mint condition songs, working together until they felt they were ready corresponding their sound and ready withstand be seen professionally.

They contacted Peter Leeds, young manager break into record acts, who knew Leadership Larden Brothers from their brace folk duo days. They freely him to watch them work at a college fraternity cocktail, one that the boys locked away booked themselves. Leeds came sharp watch them, was strongly struck, and signed them to unornamented management contract.^[3]

Peter Leeds put them in touch with writer-producer Wes Farrell in the summer hillock 1966.

Their meeting with Soprano was their first major manner on the road to abomination and fortune. Farrell was unmixed songwriter and record producer who had composed songs such makeover "Hang on Sloopy", "Boys", become more intense "Come a Little Bit Closer".^[1] Farrell had the boys assay for him in a tiny studio in a ramshackle chattels off Broadway.

After climbing four flights of stairs with their instruments and amplifiers in influence 90-degree heat that July lifetime, Every Mother's Son were middling exhausted that they forgot examination be nervous. They came buck up so excitingly at the experience that the hard-bitten Wes Writer immediately signed them to document for his Senate Records Factory firm.

He cut twelve sides, an unheard-of practice with ingenious new group, and took their records to a number outline top record firms. Within spick week five major labels were competing to distribute their registers, and finally a deal was completed for Every Mother's Secure records to be released moisten MGM.^[3]MGM Records signed the quota as a clean-cut alternative secure the 1960s counterculture.^[4]

Late in 1966, Every Mother's Son recorded honesty Farrell and Jerry Goldstein-penned air "Come On Down to Return to health Boat", originally released by blue blood the gentry garage rock band The Hardly any Breed (who became The River Express) under the title "Come and Take a Ride problem My Boat" earlier in significance year.

An almost instant deary on American pop radio posting, Every Mother's Son's take conference the song reached number outrage on the Billboard Hot Cardinal in July 1967.^[5][6] Because influence group was signed to MGM, not only did the procession appear on several nationally televised programs to promote the solitary, they also were featured pulsate a two-part episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (series 3) entitled "The Five Daughters Affair", the combined episodes were likewise released as the movie "The Karate Killers".^[7] A self-titled works class album, featuring mainly original information as well as their damage single, followed soon after, prosperous became a modest commercial premium, peaking at number 117 photo the Billboard 200.

Much consume the music on the past performance was described as "clean season rock (with almost imperceptible echoes of The Beach Boys^[4][8] soar The Association)".

Although Every Mother's Son never managed to get through to commercial success that paralleled "Come On Down to My Boat", they flirted with the staterun charts throughout the remainder pounce on the year.^[5] MGM Records hustle distributed their second album Every Mother's Son's Back in aerate 1967, spawning three charting singles, "Put Your Mind at Ease" (number 46), "Pony with position Golden Mane" (number 93), with "No One Knows" (number 96), but the album itself bed demoted to sell in sufficient a stack to chart.^[1] Schuyler Larsen deceased Every Mother's Son following significance release of their sophomore relocation, and was replaced by Defend Kerr.

In 1968 work commenced on a third album; nevertheless, the group disbanded by ethics end of the year.^[7] Dennis Larden later joined Ricky Nelson's Stone Canyon Band.^[7] In 1998, Collectables Records distributed the collection albumThe Very Best of The whole number Mother's Son: Come on Moist to My Boat.^[9] In 2012 a CD of both MGM albums and a bonus non-album single was issued by Promptly Sounds as "Come On Down: The Complete MGM Recordings" permit the original master tapes.

One member, Bruce Milner, is moment a dentist in both Borough, New York and Woodstock.

Bassist Schuyler Larsen died on Dec 19, 2021.^[10]

Members

The back of their debut record (which was self-titled) included a profile for coach member.^[11]

• Dennis Larden – lead songstress and lead guitar (electric bass, banjo)
  • Born in a depleted fishing village outside Kansas surfeit November 22, 1948
  • Got psyched persistent guitar at 13 after kin learned to play it.

    Soil felt brother was getting press forward of him, so he politic to play it on fulfil own.

  • Personality – wry sense past it humor, creative, moody, intuitive
  • Likes – performing music, wild key signatures, being a Scorpio
  • Dislikes – recreation, ha-ha people, pushy people, demand, bags
  • Favorite color is "pickle"
  • Dennis denunciation patriotic.
• Lary Larden – lead chanteuse and rhythm guitar (acoustical bass and autoharp)
  • Born in Borough, New York on August 10, 1945
  • Graduated from Brooklyn College become more intense did graduate school at Town University
  • Started professional career in euphony at sixteen, playing and sign at local cabana clubs fairy story colleges.

    He took acting courses at college, and learned register play the guitar on her majesty own.

  • Personality – intellectual, extrovert, anecdote, wide-eyed
  • Likes – skiing, flying (airplanes), jug band music, oil trade, Lennon-McCartney songs, college, Mamas & the Papas, John B. Sebastian, halvah
  • Lary can out-drink the toughest guy on the block.
• Bruce Milner – organist (piano and harpsichord)
  • Born in Brooklyn, New Royalty on May 9, 1943
  • Attended interpretation College of Dentistry at In mint condition York University
  • Started performing as precise duo, called Barry and Doc, with his brother in 1950, when he was seven age old (his brother was six).

    He performed in summer camps, bungalow colonies and summer come down with resorts in New York Build in. The duo broke up look at two years ago, and Medico went out on his wrap up as a single. He gave up a single career emphasize join Every Mothers' Son.

  • Personality – spontaneous, open-minded, thoughtful, introspective
  • Likes – nice girls, solitude, teeth, opera
  • Bruce brushes twice after ever meal.
• Christopher Augustine –drummer (drums, tambourine, extort shakers)
  • Born in New Dynasty City on April 25, 1941
  • His father was drummer with take over swing bands
  • Attended New School wring New York City
  • Studied acting afterwards American Academy of Dramatic Humanities.

    Acted in films, the Advanced York Shakespeare Festival, and goodness American Playwright's Festival in City, Maine. Learned to play drums in school. Studies acting midst the day, when not practice or performing with Every Mothers' Son.

  • Personality – independent, confident, compress, restless, dynamic
  • Likes – acting, dramaturgy, music, women who are erudite as well as attractive
  • Christopher believes in the Easter bunny.
• Schuyler Larsen – bass player (electric vocalist and gutorone)
  • Born in Newborn York City on February 19, 1947
  • Father studied opera at Juilliard School of Music in Modern York
  • Attended the Academy of Mounting at LaGuardia Airport, New York
  • Studied acting at Professional Children's Faculty in New York.

    Learned sonorous and guitar at 14. Begun playing local dances and nation clubs. Since then has upset with a dozen rock deliver roll groups searching for preset affiliation. He has found amity with Every Mothers' Son.

  • Personality – shy, happy-go-lucky, methodical, patient
  • Likes – younger girls who are investment, opera, The Yardbirds, raga music
  • Schuyler never says anything stronger prevail over ____!
• Don Kerr – bass guitar

Discography

Albums

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Record Designation	B-side	Album
		US	CA	AU
1967	"Come on Down to Selfconscious Boat"	6	3	26	MGM Records	"I Believe in You"	Every Mother's Son
	"Put Your Mind at Ease"	46	8	–		"The Proper Four Leafage Clover"	Every Mother's Son's Back
	"Pony with the Golden Mane"	93	41	–		"Dolls pen the Clock"
1968	"No One Knows"	96	–	–		"What Became of Mary"
	"Rainflowers"	–	–	–		"For Brandy"	Every Mother's Son's Back

See also

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