Mose Allison-- The Cool One, Has Left Us

 The great Mose Allison has left the building-- he was 89! 

 
Once I heard that The Who's 'Young Man's Blues' was actually written by Mose Allison, then his name started to pop up everywhere. The Rock and Roll of the sixties was laced with Mose Allison, and I found out that I'd been a Mose fan longer than I knew.

 
Here's a good article where he talks about some of the covers of his music over the years, and some of his influences on his songwriting and lyrics. He was the very word 'cool', Mose knew how to say it, and when. http://jazztimes.com/articles/19434-mose-allison-cover-to-cover
 

And here is a tune that sounds like it was written last week, lyrically; 'I'm Not Talking'
 

"If I said things were splendid, someone would be offended 

If I said things were awful, it might just be unlawful."

-Mose Allison

 

Then, the Yardbirds version

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Later Mose, I couldn't catch you in New York, so some other time

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