Mose Allison - Club Date Dec 29, 1989
- 8 years ago
This is tribute to the great Mose Allison (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016), the master of back-porch jazz, blues, wit and what have you.
His music has influenced many blues and rock artists including The Rolling Stones, John Mayall, JJ Cale and The Who, who used his song "Eyesight to the Blind" in their rock opera Tommy as well as making "Young Man Blues" a staple of their live performances. Allison is the subject of the Pixies song "Allison". His song "Look Here" was covered by The Clash on their album Sandinista!. Van Morrison released an album of his songs entitled "Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison" and Elvis Costello recorded "Everybody's Cryin' Mercy" on his album "Kojak Variety".
Taped in 1989 for the Club Date TV Show, Mose is accompanied by Gary LeFebvre on sax, Gunnar Biggs on bass and Dave Coleman on drums.
His music has influenced many blues and rock artists including The Rolling Stones, John Mayall, JJ Cale and The Who, who used his song "Eyesight to the Blind" in their rock opera Tommy as well as making "Young Man Blues" a staple of their live performances. Allison is the subject of the Pixies song "Allison". His song "Look Here" was covered by The Clash on their album Sandinista!. Van Morrison released an album of his songs entitled "Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison" and Elvis Costello recorded "Everybody's Cryin' Mercy" on his album "Kojak Variety".
Taped in 1989 for the Club Date TV Show, Mose is accompanied by Gary LeFebvre on sax, Gunnar Biggs on bass and Dave Coleman on drums.