Music is magic….Music is emotion #11 The loss of a friend

Mothers finest is one of those bands that you have to see live. The energy and funkyness is unbelieveable. I played in a band once (called Sixstrings ) where we played four songs of Mothers Finest.

• Like a negro
• Piece of the rock
• Baby love
• Cry baby

And for me as a bassplayer is was so much fun to play, the bassplayer of Mothers finest is one funky animal.
ALthough I love all the songs mentioned, Cry baby has a real special meaning to me, or to us (my wife and me).
When we hadn't any kids we had a dog called "Bo", he was a black labrador retriever. In the beginning we had a lot of difficulties with him because his former owners really neglected him. So he had a bit of a attitude, something you can't blame him for. We put a lot of work and love into Bo, we've trained him a lot... And after a while he knew that we we'rnt going to leave him..... From that day on it was the best and sweetest dog you could imagine.... We had so much warmth, love and affection from and to him... He was our child , our family...

When Bo was 8 years old he was diagnosed with acute leukemia, incurable. It was like a knife in our heart.
We asumed he stayd a much longer time with us, but it was not granted to us.... Although he was on medicine, Bo stayed the cheerfull dog.... Because of the medicine he had to go out more often, so I slept at our couch.... No effort...everything for my big black friend.... when we were on the couch, we played this song.....And after we had to put him to rest, this was our song...for me, my wife and Bo..... He was a true friend, true family...

So that is why this song means the world to us....