Mama's Pride is an American

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band formed in

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, in 1972.

History

After forming in 1972, the band quickly grew a strong following. They signed to

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in 1974, a division of

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at that time, now a division of

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. They released the self-titled album '' Mama's Pride'' in 1975, which was produced by

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winning producer

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. The band's second album ''Uptown & Lowdown'' was released in 1977. The band toured with famous rock acts such as:

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, The Outlaws,

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, and

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. Ronnie Van Zandt of

had expressed interest in producing the band's third album, shortly before his death in 1977. The band spent the majority of 1978 on tour with

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as his backing band for his 1978 solo tour. The group disbanded in 1982. They reunited ten years later in 1992 and released ''Guard Your Heart'', which was produced by Jim Gaines. The band has been doing yearly reunion shows to sold-out crowds at The Pageant Theater in their hometown of St. Louis, Missouri since 2003. In 2006, the band released a double live album entitled ''Alive and Well''. On December 1, 2012, the band celebrated their 40th anniversary with a sold-out show at The Pageant in St. Louis, MO. That same week the band was inducted into the K-SHE Real Rock Hall of Fame. Their song "Blue Mist" was voted as the #1 KSHE Klassic (as voted on by listeners). On May 18, 2013, Mama's Pride joined

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, and

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for a show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis. On November 13, 2015, members of Mama's Pride played the opening of the

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Birthday Bash at a sold out

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in St. Louis and opened for

. Original member Danny Liston (vocals, guitar) and longtime member Richard 'Dickie' Steltenpohl (bass, vocals) were accompanied by James Comparato (guitar, slide guitar, vocals), Steve Pecaro (guitar), Harold Draper (keyboards) and James Jackson (drums). They were also joined on stage by original REO Speedwagon member and early

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member Steve Scorfina. On December 10, 2016, The Pat Liston Band played at The Pageant in St. Louis to an enthusiastic crowd supporting the release of Pat Liston's boo
13 Notes to Life
The Pat Liston Band consists of: original Mama's Pride members Pat Liston (vocals, guitar, piano, slide guitar), Richard 'Dickie' Steltenpohl (bass, vocals) and Tom Denman (keyboards, B3 and vocals) along with James Comparato (Danny Liston and Friends, The Brothers, Pepperland
Portrait: The Music of Kansas
Dollar Crown)(Guitar, Slide Guitar, vocals), R. Scott Bryan (Sheryl Crow, Peter Mayer) (percussion), Tommy Martin (Irish Uilleann pipes) and Andy Herrin (Cavo, Repeat Repeat).

Discography

References

External links

Official website

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