Guitar playing rock star, 65, looks worlds apart from when her anthemic one-hit wonder was released 27 years ago
She is most famous for being a one-hit wonder with a song that still regularly gets played on the airwaves today – 27 years on.
And this guitar-playing rock star from Oregon, America, is still performing her feminist hit, co-written with Shelly Peiken to welcoming audiences across the globe.
Her song’s chorus famously has the lyrics: ‘I’m a b***h, I’m a lover, I’m a child, I’m a mother, I’m a sinner, I’m a saint, I do not feel ashamed.’
That’s right, it’s chart hero, Meredith Brooks.
She received global acclaim in the 90s with her solo album Blurring the Edges and its 1997 single, B***h, which reached the top 10 in several countries and earned her a Grammy Award nod.
Who IS she? Guitar playing rock star, 65, looks worlds apart from when her one-hit wonder was released 27 years ago – pictured in June 2022
That’s right, it’s Meredith Brooks! She famously had the hit song B***h – pictured nback in June 1997
Anthemic: Her song’s chorus famously has the lyrics: ‘I’m a b***h, I’m a lover, I’m a child, I’m a mother, I’m a sinner, I’m a saint, I do not feel ashamed’
Now looking incredible aged 65, Meredith told Guitar Player last year that she can’t believe the success of her single.
She said: ‘Back in the ‘90s, I thought if it sold even 100,000 copies I’d be happy. So I was pretty shocked when the B***h single took off the way it did.
Wash My Hands was going to be the first single and video. (In fact, I just found that unreleased video!) Next it was I Need, but then B***h happened. It was like nothing else had a chance.
‘B***h took on a life of its own. It felt more powerful every day. And I grew more and more into it.’
Meredith’s band comprised of Janis Gaines, Cynthia Larsen, Patricia French and Pam Johnson. When the band moved to Seattle, Gaines departed the band.
When the band split in 1982, Meredith moved to LA as a solo artist.
It’s a little known fact that In 2018, the song I’m a Mess was a worldwide chart hit for Bebe Rexha, 34.
It borrows some of its melody from B***h and subsequently Meredith is listed as a co-writer of the song.
It’s thought that Meredith is single but she does have a son, who she has posted on her social media, called Troy.
She wrote: ‘I am the lucky one…#nationalsonsday is every single day since the day my son was born. Quick wit, deep soul,love of learning ready to take on the world!’
It’s thought that Meredith is single but she does have a son, who she has posted on her social media, called Troy.
She wrote: ‘I am the lucky one…#nationalsonsday is every single day since the day my son was born. Quick wit, deep soul,love of learning ready to take on the world!’
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