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| Name = Mama's Gun |
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| Background = group_or_band singer |
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| Origin = London |
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| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[funk]], [[soul]] |
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| Years_active = 2008–present |
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| Associated_acts = [[Beverley Knight]], [[Corinne Bailey Rae]], [[Guillemots]], [[Erykah Badu]] |
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| Label = [[Candelion]] |
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| URL = http://www.mamasgun.co.uk/ |
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| Current_members = [[Andy Platts]]<br>[['Professor' Rex Horan]]<br>[[Dave 'Eighties' Burnell]]<br>[[Terry 'Spiller' Lewis]]<br>[['Union' Jack Pollitt]] |
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Mamas Gun
Mamas Gun are a five piece soul funk band based in London and are currently touring the UK.
History
Formation
The band was formed by Andy Platts, the lead singer/composer/producer in 2008 and was joined by bassist 'Professor' Rex Horan, keyboardist Dave 'Eighties' Burnell, Terry 'Spiller' Lewis and drummer 'Union' Jack Pollitt.
Andy Platts was born in a military hospital in Kowloon, Hong Kong, to a nomadic father who had landed in the Far East as a police recruit in their battles with underground triad organisations, Platts soaked up the musical ether that surrounded him (which included the Beatles, the Doors and ELO from his father, and a Filipino mother who played Spanish-influenced guitar), attending countless schools in the process before winning a place at Liverpool’s LIPA institute. Subsequently, Platts played on Corinne Bailey Rae’s hugely successful debut album and then, in 2006, landed his own publishing deal with Zomba Music. This led to collaborations with an extraordinary song-writing A-list that included Rod ‘Thriller’ Temperton, John Oates, Jed Leiber (son of hit-making legend Jerry) and former Gil Scott-Heron collaborator Brian Jackson. [1]
The band is named after Erykah Badu album Mama's Gun [2].
Music
UK Releases
Mamas Gun first single, "Pots of Gold", was released in August 2008 on Candlion Records and was playlisted on BBC Radio 2 with Chris Evans championing the track. Following it's success, Mamas Gun recorded their debut album and released their next single "Let's Find A Way" in June 2009. In September 2009, Mamas Gun released their third single "You Are The Music" and their debut album "Routes To Riches" followed in October 2009. Routes To Riches was coproduced by Julian Simmons (Guillemots), mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer Jack Joseph Puig (Black Eyed Peas, U2, the Rolling Stones) and mastered by Bob Ludwig.
On February 28th 2010 Mamas Gun released "Wishing, which was playlisted on BBC Radio 2, Jazz Fm and Smooth Radio.
Japan Releases
Routes To Riches was released in Novemeber 2009 and achieved a number 3 sales slot on the Japanese Billboard charts [3].
Tours
UK Tour
Mamas Gun are currently supporting Beverly Knight on her 2009/2010 tour.