Mother Maybelle, have mercy, we've just been discovered.

Alecia Whitaker
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Mother Maybelle, have mercy, we've just been discovered. Mother Maybelle is a term of endearment that means Mother May, which is the name of the singer Bonnie Raitt. The song was written by Bonnie’s husband, John Leventhal. The song is about her amazing ability to transpose the music of others into her own style. She was able to take complex chord progressions and turn them into simple songs that everyone could easily sing.

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