Preserve Wildlife

By: Mama Lion

Origin: Unknown

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Side 1

5 tracks

Ain’t No Sunshine

#1 Disc 1 Side 1 03:09
Be Bad With Me

#2 Disc 1 Side 1 02:44
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg

#3 Disc 1 Side 1 03:33
Wildcat

#4 Disc 1 Side 1 03:06
Candy Man

#5 Disc 1 Side 1 03:31

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About This Title

A California, US blues/psychedelic rock band formed by Lynn Carey (lead vocals) and Neil Merryweather (bass, vocals) in Los Angeles in 1972 and disbanded in 1973.

Neil saw a restaurant called “Mama Lion’s” while driving in downtown LA and took the name for the new band. The band included on vocals and keyboards a young James Newton Howard, who would go on to become well-known as a writer and performer of movie scores.

The band recorded two albums, "Preserve Wildlife" (which featured a controversial photo of Carey appearing to nurse a tiger cub) in 1972 and "Give It Everything I've Got" in 1973. As often with the Merryweather outputs, the music is a rather loose mix of blues and rock.

Lynn Carey: vocals
Neil Merryweather: bass, backing vocals
James Newton Howard: organ, piano
Coffi Hall: drums
Rick Gaxiola: guitar

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