Mose Allison RIP
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Just got an e-mail from the City Winery in NYC. EC will be guesting at an upcoming Mose tribute show there.
This one ?
http://www.citywinery.com/events/102668
Mose Allison Tribute at City Winery
Mose Allison and the JC Hopkins Biggish Band with special guests
Sunday, November 21st 2010 8pm
Mose Allison is one of the great American songwriters. By his own
estimate, he’s written over 150 songs, several of which have been
covered by such pop artists as Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, Tracy
Nelson, the Who, the Yardbirds, Elvis Costello and Merlin Factor.
On Novemebr 21st the JC Hopkins Biggish Band will be performing a
tribute to Mose preceding a set by the man himself. “Mose is the
greatest living jazz songwriter, bar none.” Says Hopkins. “Yet his
influence is felt through many genres, from folk, rock blues to jazz.
I am honored to be part of an evening celebrating his music.” The
night will feature JC Hopkins, a Grammy nominated composer in his own
right, and his Biggish Band backing up such great artists as Elvis
Costello, vocalist Amy Allison, indie-folk star Jolie Holland,
comedian and virtuoso jazz vocalist Lea Delaria, the flamboyant
entertainer Dandy Wellington and sexy jazz chanteuse Lucy Woodward.
Expect other surprise guests.
Just got an e-mail from the City Winery in NYC. EC will be guesting at an upcoming Mose tribute show there.
This one ?
http://www.citywinery.com/events/102668
Mose Allison Tribute at City Winery
Mose Allison and the JC Hopkins Biggish Band with special guests
Sunday, November 21st 2010 8pm
Mose Allison is one of the great American songwriters. By his own
estimate, he’s written over 150 songs, several of which have been
covered by such pop artists as Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, Tracy
Nelson, the Who, the Yardbirds, Elvis Costello and Merlin Factor.
On Novemebr 21st the JC Hopkins Biggish Band will be performing a
tribute to Mose preceding a set by the man himself. “Mose is the
greatest living jazz songwriter, bar none.” Says Hopkins. “Yet his
influence is felt through many genres, from folk, rock blues to jazz.
I am honored to be part of an evening celebrating his music.” The
night will feature JC Hopkins, a Grammy nominated composer in his own
right, and his Biggish Band backing up such great artists as Elvis
Costello, vocalist Amy Allison, indie-folk star Jolie Holland,
comedian and virtuoso jazz vocalist Lea Delaria, the flamboyant
entertainer Dandy Wellington and sexy jazz chanteuse Lucy Woodward.
Expect other surprise guests.
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
Confirmed -
http://www.citywinery.com/events/102668
November 21, 2010
Mose Allison & Friends at City Winery
With the JC Hopkins Biggish Band and special guests; Elvis Costello, Amy Allison, Jolie Holland, Lea Delaria, Dandy Wellington and Lucy Woodward.
http://www.citywinery.com/events/102668
November 21, 2010
Mose Allison & Friends at City Winery
With the JC Hopkins Biggish Band and special guests; Elvis Costello, Amy Allison, Jolie Holland, Lea Delaria, Dandy Wellington and Lucy Woodward.
Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
Just to add that I'd urge anyone in the NY vicinity to go to this show - it might just change your life, he lifts the spirits by telling it how it is. Although Mose's age (he turned 83 last week) is showing a little in his singular piano playing he remains a unique and wonderful artist, with a songbook plundered by everyone from the Who to the Clash by way of Van and Loudon Wainwright. With Elvis and the others on the bill it should be an incredible night - wish I could be there.
I'll declare an interest: EC's MLAR shows with the Rude 5 got me into Mose Allison via their cover of his classic Everybody Cryin' Mercy, 'a work of philosophy from Professor Mose Allison' as EC introduced it at the two Hammersmith shows I attended. Consequently hoovering up Mose's old LPs at record fair the week after, the stall holder told me the great man was playing a club in London...and I became a serial Mose gig attender pretty much as I was an EC one. It doesn't quite end there, I persuaded the BBC to let me make a TV documentary about Mose and EC agreed to be interviewed for it. I didn't tell him how my love of Mose's work was just one of the musical pathways he'd set me off exploring (perhaps I should have) but he gave me some great quotes for the film, making himself late for an Imposters sound check as a result (at one point they lurked in the corridor looking none too pleased with me).
So if anyone gets to go please report back here - I'd love to hear about it.
I'll declare an interest: EC's MLAR shows with the Rude 5 got me into Mose Allison via their cover of his classic Everybody Cryin' Mercy, 'a work of philosophy from Professor Mose Allison' as EC introduced it at the two Hammersmith shows I attended. Consequently hoovering up Mose's old LPs at record fair the week after, the stall holder told me the great man was playing a club in London...and I became a serial Mose gig attender pretty much as I was an EC one. It doesn't quite end there, I persuaded the BBC to let me make a TV documentary about Mose and EC agreed to be interviewed for it. I didn't tell him how my love of Mose's work was just one of the musical pathways he'd set me off exploring (perhaps I should have) but he gave me some great quotes for the film, making himself late for an Imposters sound check as a result (at one point they lurked in the corridor looking none too pleased with me).
So if anyone gets to go please report back here - I'd love to hear about it.
Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
I was going but now have to fly to Paris instead (it's business, trust me I'd rather be going to the show)
ba, doc might you be attending???
ba, doc might you be attending???
I too am a limited, primitive kind of man
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
Not planning to, sorry.jmm wrote:I was going but now have to fly to Paris instead (it's business, trust me I'd rather be going to the show)
ba, doc might you be attending???
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
if you're offering up FREE seats JMM, i could be persuaded to bring SONY downtown once again!!
i just couldn't afford the price for a song or two! times are tough...did you ever hear the GREENE SPACE version that YOU co-produced???
i just couldn't afford the price for a song or two! times are tough...did you ever hear the GREENE SPACE version that YOU co-produced???
Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
sorry, my tickets are spoken for already
Not sure I deserve a co-production credit but I'll take it. Have been travelling so much I've not had a chance yet - but I will!!
Not sure I deserve a co-production credit but I'll take it. Have been travelling so much I've not had a chance yet - but I will!!
I too am a limited, primitive kind of man
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
tonight this show...do we get a report at least from your friend with the tix, jack??? what's he gonna do...two songs???
Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
Neat profile of Mose-
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/nov20 ... -n22.shtml
http://twitter.com/lucywoodward
At a rehearsal with Elvis Costello and he is amazingly brilliant. Rehearsing for the Mose Allison event in NYC tomorrow night. Pumped. 6:02 PM Nov 20th via ÜberTwitter
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/nov20 ... -n22.shtml
http://twitter.com/lucywoodward
At a rehearsal with Elvis Costello and he is amazingly brilliant. Rehearsing for the Mose Allison event in NYC tomorrow night. Pumped. 6:02 PM Nov 20th via ÜberTwitter
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
Monsters of the Id: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTQPStKYGcc
Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
"Your Mind Is On Vacation" and "Your Molecular Structure":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmGRBvzQM-w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmGRBvzQM-w
Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
I'm getting excited and I'm thousands of miles away. BTW if anyone would like a DVD of my BBC Mose film, drop me a line. Along with Elvis it features Pete Townsend, Bonnie Raitt, Jools Holland, Frank Black...as well as Mose taking us back to his smalltown Mississippi birthplace and some great performances from him. Van The Man and Loudon Wainwright talk too, and both perform their own cover of a Mose song. It's unseen in the US and, as they used to say, not available in the shops.
Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
I'd be interested in your film about Mose. Tell me more.
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
Ta for link to new performances.
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
Everybody's Crying Mercy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEBpZruupN0
Your Molecular Sturcture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUKfLrf7Vig
Your Molecular Sturcture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUKfLrf7Vig
Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
proshot of mind is on vacation here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPs53iS_A54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPs53iS_A54
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
Photos from the JC Hopkins website:
MOOT
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
Middle Class White Boy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuUpqm8oyLU
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Re: Elvis guesting in Mose Allison tribute show, NY, Nov 21
Everybody's Crying Mercy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ousMkcVZR-c
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