Guitar playing rock star, 65, looks worlds apart from when her anthemic one-hit wonder was released 27 years ago
She is best known as a one-hit wonder with a song that is still regularly played on the airwaves today – 27 years later.
And this guitar-playing rock star from Oregon, America, still performs her feminist hit, co-written with Shelly Peiken, to welcome audiences around the world.
The chorus of her song has the famous lyrics: ‘I’m ab***h, I’m a lover, I’m a child, I’m a mother, I’m a sinner, I’m a saint, I’m not ashamed .’
That’s right, it’s chart hero, Meredith Brooks.
She rose to worldwide fame in the 1990s with her solo album Blurring the Edges and the 1997 single B***h, which reached the top 10 in several countries and earned her a Grammy Award nod.
Who is she? Guitar-playing rock star, 65, looks very different from when her one-hit wonder was released 27 years ago – pictured in June 2022
That’s right, it’s Meredith Brooks! She rose to fame with the hit song B***h – pictured in June 1997
Anthemic: The chorus of her song has the famous lyrics: ‘I’m ab***h, I’m a lover, I’m a child, I’m a mother, I’m a sinner, I’m a saint, I’m not ashamed ‘
She now looks incredible at 65, Meredith said Guitarist last year that she can’t believe the success of her single.
She said: ‘In the 1990s I thought I’d be happy if it sold even 100,000 copies. So I was quite shocked when the single B***h became so popular.
Wash My Hands would be the first single and video. (In fact, I just found that unreleased video!) Next it was I Need, but then B***h happened. It was like nothing else had a chance.
‘B***h has taken on a life of its own. It felt more powerful every day. And I became more and more interested in it.’
Meredith’s band consisted of Janis Gaines, Cynthia Larsen, Patricia French and Pam Johnson. When the band moved to Seattle, Gaines left the band.
When the band broke up in 1982, Meredith moved to LA as a solo artist.
It’s a little known fact that the song I’m a Mess was a worldwide hit for Bebe Rexha, 34, in 2018.
It borrows part of the melody from B***h and then credits Meredith as a co-writer on the song.
Meredith is thought to be single, but she does have a son, who she posted on her social media, named Troy.
She wrote: ‘I’m the lucky one…#nationalsonsday has been every day since the day my son was born. Quick wit, deep soul, love of learning, ready to take on the world!’
Meredith is thought to be single, but she does have a son, who she posted on her social media, named Troy.
She wrote: ‘I’m the lucky one…#nationalsonsday has been every day since the day my son was born. Quick wit, deep soul, love of learning, ready to take on the world!’