Mom's Apple Pie - Mom's Apple Pie #2 (1973 us, funky blues brass rock)

Mom's Apple Pie - Mom's Apple Pie #2 (1973 us, funky blues brass rock)




Mom's Apple Pie were a horn rock group that played many concerts opening for national recording artists and released a couple LPs on the Brown Bag label.

The band was started by Dave Mazzochi (keyboards - Hammond B3) and Tony Gigliotti (vocals) from the Shaddows. The group included Bob Fiorino (vocals), Joe Ahladis (guitar), Roger Force (sax, flute), Greg Yochman (bass), Pat Aulizia (drums), Fred Marzulla (trombone), Bob Pinti (trumpet), and Bob Miller (lead guitar). One of the ways the group stood out was the vocals, as the group had two lead singers, with Bob Fiorino being the primary lead, and with other member providing backing vocals.

The group was managed by Larry Patterson from Hermatige, PA, just over OH/PA boarder. Most of the band members were from Warren and like Mazzochi and Gigliotti they had been in other bands. Sometime during 1972 the band was recording some demos at Cleveland Recording and according to legend, they were heard by the wife of former Grand Funk manager Terry Knight, whose connection with Cleveland Recording went back to the mid 1960s. Knight was just starting his Brown Bag record company and the group was signed by Knight for the label.

Unfortunately, the group's 1st LP is somewhat known for reasons that have nothing to do with the music. The original artwotk showed a woman holding a pie with the front slice opened to look like a vagina........go ahead and look it up, and return when you're finished......OK, now that you've seen it, we can talk about the music, which included mostly original songs, with Dave Mazzochi as the primary writer. The LP did get some airplay - it was relssued with the offending cover art redone to look like bricks - and the band embarked on several short tours that took them to New York City and many places inbetween, especially college campuses.
1. Come With Me (Joe Ahladis, Bob Fiorino) - 0:00

2. Variations In Name (Bob Fiorino, Greg Yochman) - 3:33

3. Love Plays A Song (Rob Parissi) - 6:39

4. Rain (Bob Fiorino, Tony Gigliotti, Dave Mazzochi, Greg Yochman) - 10:48

5. Can You Help Me? (Bob Fiorino, Tony Gigliotti, Dave Mazzochi, Greg Yochman) - 18:12

6. Happy Days (Roger Force) - 24:26

7. Every Mother's Son (Tony Gigliotti, Greg Yochman) - 28:01

8. My Times (Tony Gigliotti, Dave Mazzochi) - 31:52


Mom's Apple Pie

*Joe Ahladis - Guitar
*Pat Aulizia - Drums
*Bob Fiorino - Vocals
*Roger Force - Saxophone, Flute
*Tony Gigliotti - Vocals
*Fred Marzulla - Trombone
*Dave Mazzochi - Keyboards, Vocals
*Bob Miller - Lead Guitar
*Bob Pinti - Trumpet, Vocals
*Greg Yochman - Bass

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