Essra Mohawk Essra Mohawk 1974 us elegant avant jazzy funk smooth rock 2010 bonus tracks edition Philadelphian Essra Mohawk is best known as the answer to the trivia question: �Who was the first female Mother (of Invention)?� She joined Frank Zappa and the band in 1967. Her name was Sandy Hurvitz back then, although Zappa dubbed her �Uncle Meat� for obscure reasons. But Mohawk had been in the music business for several years before her association with the Mothers at age 19. She recorded a single for Liberty when just 16 years old (�The Boy with the Way�, b-side �Memory of Your Voice�) and wrote songs recorded by the Shangri-Las and Vanilla Fudge. In 1969, Mohawk, nee Hurvitz, put out her first solo album, Sandy�s Album Is Here at Last!, on Zappa�s Bizarre record label. The record went basically unproduced (fellow Mother Ian Underwood is credited) and suffers from poor sound quality and other technical issues. Collectors� Choice has recently reissued this album and Mohawk�s next two re...