Thursday July 8, 2021 “Bitch” Meredith Brooks
Despite starting in the music industry at the age of 15, Meredith was 38 when she released "Bitch," her debut single.
Although this song would be a worldwide top ten hit, many radio stations refused to announce the song by it’s title, feeling ‘bitch’ was offensive and simply introduced it as a ‘song by Meredith Brooks’. Although this would be Brooks only charting hit it would be nominated for many awards including a Grammy nomination in 1998.
Brooks, an accomplished musician, played all of the guitar parts in today’s song to provide the creds she felt she needed as a female guitarist. “If I had listed a guy as a guitarist in the liner notes, everyone would've thought that he played all the cool stuff”, she said.
Meredith Brooks continues to work in music as a writer, producer and frequent session musician on other artist’s records.
Stay safe and well...and don't follow Ms. Brooks path, or at least skip the bitch part.