Mose Allison RIP

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Mose Allison RIP

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Beyond Belief posts to listserv-

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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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.
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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.
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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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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???
Not planning to, sorry.
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if you're offering up FREE seats JMM, i could be persuaded to bring SONY downtown once again!! :D :D :D
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???
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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!!
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tonight this show...do we get a report at least from your friend with the tix, jack??? what's he gonna do...two songs???
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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
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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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"Your Mind Is On Vacation" and "Your Molecular Structure":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmGRBvzQM-w
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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.
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I'd be interested in your film about Mose. Tell me more.
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Ta for link to new performances.
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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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proshot of mind is on vacation here:
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Photos from the JC Hopkins website:
JC Hopkins & EC
JC Hopkins & EC
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EC in rehearsal at City Winery
EC in rehearsal at City Winery
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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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