''Mother Nature's Kitchen'' is the debut album from the Scottish singer/songwriter
Kevin McDermott with his band ''Kevin McDermott Orchestra''.
History
Following his solo album, ''Suffocation Blues'',
Kevin McDermott formed the ''Kevin McDermott Orchestra''/''KMO'', with an initial line-up of
Jim McDermott
James Adelbert McDermott (born December 28, 1936) is an American politician and psychiatrist who was the U.S. representative for from 1989 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle, Vashon Isla ...
on drums, Steph Greer on bass, an
Chris Brambleon percussion. They started performing the material that would become ''Mother Nature's Kitchen''.
McDermott distributed ''KMO'' demos to record companies, the recordings now without Bramble, and with
Iain Harvie
Iain Wallace Harvie (born 19 May 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) is the guitarist with the Scottish rock band Del Amitri. Along with lead singer and bassist Justin Currie, Harvie is one of only two members to be present throughout Del Amitri's ...
, and they were soon signed to
Island Records
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.
In 1989, KMO recorded ''Mother Nature’s Kitchen''. The line-up for the album recording was
Jim McDermott
James Adelbert McDermott (born December 28, 1936) is an American politician and psychiatrist who was the U.S. representative for from 1989 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle, Vashon Isla ...
, Steph Greer,
Robbie McIntosh
Robbie McIntosh (born 25 October 1957) is an English guitarist. McIntosh is well known as a session guitarist and member of The Pretenders from 1982 until 1987. In 1988 he began doing session guitar work for Paul McCartney joining his band fu ...
,
Blair Cowan, and David Crichton. Shortly after the recording was completed,
Robbie McIntosh
Robbie McIntosh (born 25 October 1957) is an English guitarist. McIntosh is well known as a session guitarist and member of The Pretenders from 1982 until 1987. In 1988 he began doing session guitar work for Paul McCartney joining his band fu ...
left to play for
Paul McCartney
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, and Marco Rossi joined ''KMO'' on electric lead guitar.
In July 2022, the remastered
Last Night From Glasgow
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release of ''Mother Nature’s Kitchen'' reached number ten in the
Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100.
Track listing
All songs written by
Kevin McDermott.
# Wheels Of Wonder – 4:45
# Slow Boat to Something Better – 3:54
# King of Nothing – 4:18
# Diamond – 3:20
# Mother Nature's Kitchen – 4:47
# Into the Blue – 3:40
# Where We Were Meant To Be – 4:00
# Statue to A Stone – 3:54
# What Comes To Pass – 3:28
# Suffocation Blues – 1:51
# Angel – 4:32
# Healing At The Harbour – 4:37
Personnel
;Musicians
Kevin McDermott: Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Robbie McIntosh
Robbie McIntosh (born 25 October 1957) is an English guitarist. McIntosh is well known as a session guitarist and member of The Pretenders from 1982 until 1987. In 1988 he began doing session guitar work for Paul McCartney joining his band fu ...
: Electric Lead Guitar
Jim McDermott
James Adelbert McDermott (born December 28, 1936) is an American politician and psychiatrist who was the U.S. representative for from 1989 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle, Vashon Isla ...
: Drums and Percussion
Stephen Greer: Electric Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
Blair Cowan: Keyboards
David Crichton: Fiddle
Technical personnel
Engineered by Kenny MacDonald, assisted by David Bowie
Cover photograph by David Hiscock
References
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1989 albums