I was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Northwest Province of Cameroon (near the Nigerian boder) when this song came out.

I hung out with the guys in the band that played in the biggest club in town. They taught me the song and occasionally I'd get upon stage with them and play a Clapton-like lead guitar solo that I came up with. Fun times.

I actually went to a Prince Nico concert in Bamenda Cameroon, but the crowd got out of hand and the police shut the whole thing down before Prince Nico even got on stage. Bummer.

The problem was that this song was played over and over every where you went--every little bar and night club. Sometimes they'd play it 3 or 4 times back to back. This went on for almost a year.

As a result, I couldn't listen to Sweet Mother for about 10 years after returning to the USA. But one day I was going through boxes of my African momentos and came across the LP record album, played it, and got back in the Sweet Mother groove. I've played the song for a lot of friends, almost all of whom love it, and it's caused many of them to listen to and buy African music.