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Mose Allison — The Seventh Son
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 07:12
 
 bodhi wrote:
Am I missing something? I've never got this guy: he can't sing, he can't swing, he symbolises everything that nerdy white guys shouldn't try to do with jazz... (and I'm a white guy too)
 
Yep, I think you're missing something.  This guy can definitely swing, sing, and play.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 07:39
 
 bodhi wrote:
Am I missing something? I've never got this guy: he can't sing, he can't swing, he symbolises everything that nerdy white guys shouldn't try to do with jazz... (and I'm a white guy too)
  Interesting. I guess Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Van Morrison, Leon Russell, and a whole slew of other professional musicians think otherwise.

Just sayin'.



cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Aug 05, 2011 - 07:35
 
 akousa wrote:
Mose Allison stands with Willie Dixon as one of the finest blues composers ever. Sorry that so many of you don't get it. Kinda sad, actually.

 
Mose is 83 years old, still performing occasionally. Most folks have never heard of him, much less know he had a big influence on a great number of musicians. Wiki has a good summary.


vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 14:36
 
 iTuner wrote:
And its time to switch to Pandora.

 
 
. . . and become a tool for their cheesy marketing machine?  Not a chance.  I'll hang with Mose for 3 minutes before I'd ever play the Pandora game. . . 
 

iTuner
Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 08:40
 
And its time to switch to Pandora.

 

bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 00:03
 
 helgigermany wrote:
Very nice!
 
Mose...on the piano...on the songwriting...on the vox...Mose is the ONE!


helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Jun 20, 2010 - 03:05
 
Very nice!

sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: May 19, 2010 - 07:54
 
 jhorton wrote:
Sounds like karaoke night at a bar for old people.

Blech! 
 

yes, it does! I gave it an 8!{#Bananapiano}

akousa
(Cleveland, OH)
Posted: May 19, 2010 - 07:53
 
Mose Allison stands with Willie Dixon as one of the finest blues composers ever. Sorry that so many of you don't get it. Kinda sad, actually.


jhorton
Posted: Oct 10, 2009 - 15:44
 
Sounds like karaoke night at a bar for old people.

Blech! 

j7
Posted: May 05, 2009 - 10:47
 
 bodhi wrote:
Am I missing something? I've never got this guy: he can't sing, he can't swing, he symbolises everything that nerdy white guys shouldn't try to do with jazz... (and I'm a white guy too)
 
No Bodhi, you aren't missing a thing.
 A total goober this nerdboy is.


wenatchee
(Duvall, WA)
Posted: May 05, 2009 - 10:45
 
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:


But then you have to use Real Player. ;-)
 
Real Player still bloatware?  I have not touched their downloads for years, having spent much time ripping out their obtrusive applications

andrewimft
(North Californie)
Posted: Jul 25, 2008 - 03:20
 
copymonkey wrote:

Does The Who (or maybe pre-Who High Numbers) do a version of this one too? Seems like i remember an early brit-rock version of this


Wikipedia says Seventh Son "is a song written by blues great Willie Dixon", who's written many great songs. "It was released as a single... in 1955. It has been also been recorded by artists such as: Johnny Rivers on his album Johnny Rivers Rocks the Folk... John Mellenkamp, on the album Rough Harvest, and... Mose Allison, Sting, Climax Blues Band, ...and Long John Baldry."

I suspect the one you're thinking of is the one by Johnny Rivers, which I'd heard a lot on many oldies radio stations in the past. I'd like to hear Bill play the Climax Blues Band version, they were quite a good band.

Wikipedia says the Seventh Son "is a concept from folklore regarding special powers given to, or held by, such a son."


Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 12:36
 
KEViNYC wrote:


If you listen to RP on Real Player, you can "pause" the stream (as well as "rewind" a bit if you need to) so you don't have to miss anything.


But then you have to use Real Player. ;-)
copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 12:33
 
Does The Who (or maybe pre-Who High Numbers) do a version of this one too? Seems like i remember an early brit-rock version of this
stevendejong
Posted: May 23, 2008 - 04:14
 
Jazz does not have to be this boring, does it?
bodhi
Posted: May 07, 2008 - 13:58
 
Am I missing something? I've never got this guy: he can't sing, he can't swing, he symbolises everything that nerdy white guys shouldn't try to do with jazz... (and I'm a white guy too)
wafaa
Posted: Apr 21, 2008 - 16:29
 
Awwww, so GOOD.
aeknust
Posted: Jan 02, 2008 - 16:29
 
mgkiwi wrote:
Whatever happened to this one hit wonder guy. He was really big in the UK back in the 80s, where did he go - perhaps he made enough out of that one hit and 'Rio here I come'! Not bad tune back then!


I didn't realize that he ever had a hit... I always thought he was sort of an underground "jazz sage" The first i ever heard of him was from the Who's cover of Young Man Blues - which is one of the most rock-your-face-off songs ever.
KEViNYC
(New York City)
Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 15:16
 
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
Very cool song. My phone rang right in the middle of it. grr...


If you listen to RP on Real Player, you can "pause" the stream (as well as "rewind" a bit if you need to) so you don't have to miss anything.
olsaltybastard
Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 15:04
 
I have the Willie Dixon version of this on CD. This is nice smooth music, but the singing lacks depth. I'm just not feeling it like I am the piano.
sonofpick
(SoCal, Small College, My Office)
Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 15:03
 
When I first heard this guy, loved him. As time went by, every song sounds the same and his voice makes me want to smack him.
pannaramma
(not from around here)
Posted: Aug 14, 2007 - 05:00
 
On_The_Beach wrote:
Mose; way cool!
I used to see this guy in small smoky bars in the 70's with about 50 people in the audience.

I used to see him in small smoky bars in the 80's. Waaay cool.
woolton
Posted: Jul 29, 2007 - 14:53
 
Didn't Jools Hooland do a version of this?

Great song !!
mgkiwi
(French Alps)
Posted: Jun 12, 2007 - 07:30
 
Whatever happened to this one hit wonder guy. He was really big in the UK back in the 80s, where did he go - perhaps he made enough out of that one hit and 'Rio here I come'! Not bad tune back then!
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: May 27, 2007 - 17:33
 
Talent revered-YES, My style-NO
Wizzuvvoz
(Innerspace)
Posted: Apr 10, 2007 - 10:12
 
Very cool song. My phone rang right in the middle of it. grr...
On_The_Beach
(Vancouver, Canada)
Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 12:51
 
Mose; way cool!
I used to see this guy in small smoky bars in the 70's with about 50 people in the audience.
ulibcn
(Barcelona Spain)
Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 12:49
 
First Tom Waits and then Mose Allison... how come you get into these crazy mellow moods Bill?
You might know the answer, I don't.
Just let it keep coming man.... grooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove
musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: Feb 22, 2007 - 12:48
 

Groovy!
meadowwoods
(Southwestern Wisconsin)
Posted: Dec 23, 2006 - 09:34
 
Wow! Mose Allison! Thanks. RP is the greatest
RobK
(Leucadia, CA)
Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 09:14
 
Wow, Mose Allison. VM would be proud of you guys.
sqqqrly
(Baboosic Lake Amherst, NH)
Posted: Aug 28, 2006 - 10:35
 
katalyst wrote:
Side note....Mars will be as close to earth as possible Aug 27 2006 at 11:00pm pacific standard time. This has not happened in 60 million years and will not come this close again for another 60 million years. This is a once in a lifetime event.


You've been reading your spam again... lol

This was not true.
katalyst
(small rock somewhere in space)
Posted: Aug 13, 2006 - 20:15
 
Side note....Mars will be as close to earth as possible Aug 27 2006 at 11:00pm pacific standard time. This has not happened in 60 million years and will not come this close again for another 60 million years. This is a once in a lifetime event.
guiguy
(Near Mt.Fuji)
Posted: Jun 16, 2006 - 05:33
 
What makes RP so damn cool is the cool diversity, all quality cuts, Gomez to Mose...wonder if Jack W. stole from this classic....anyway, this station has soul.
Old_Pat
(Belgium)
Posted: Mar 20, 2006 - 13:43
 
Mose!

Does anybody have his version of "Parchman Farm" that they could upload?
olsaltybastard
Posted: Feb 19, 2006 - 03:25
 
Not too sure here; I have the Willie Dixon version at home and right now I like it much more than this. I dig the instruments, but the singing isn't doing anything for me. Almost like he is talking instead.
godspeed
(Panama)
Posted: Jan 20, 2006 - 18:50
 
sweetness...shuffle on down here baby and dance with me...
freddyfender
(Colorado Springs....deep inside the belly of the Evangelical beast)
Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 13:17
 
I am actually the seventh son (tenth of ten total). My Dad is the seventh child (out of sixteen). So am the seventh son of the seventh child (close to the mythical "7th son of the 7th son"). You would think I would possess a little mojo. But alas, I cashed in everything I had last November and the supreme jackass still remains in the White House.


mojoman
(Rocky Mountains, Colorado)
Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 13:06
 
iyermish wrote:
It was back in my college days (campaigning for McCarthy ... if that means anything to you youngin's) when I collected just about everything by Mose Allison. I heard three notes of the intro and knew memories were going to flood back and they did.

What a wonderful example of a great American genre. Thanks and play more!


So how do you reconcile such excellent taste in music with such foolish taste in politics?
timandjuliet
(Lidsville)
Posted: Mar 18, 2005 - 09:58
 
Okay, heard this, gave it a ten, pulled out the CD, listened to it, decided to upload it on RP! I must be losing my mind. The funny thing is, my upload is marked as "reviewing".
(former member)
(Phoenixville, PA)
Posted: Mar 18, 2005 - 08:25
 
It was back in my college days (campaigning for McCarthy ... if that means anything to you youngin's) when I collected just about everything by Mose Allison. I heard three notes of the intro and knew memories were going to flood back and they did.

What a wonderful example of a great American genre. Thanks and play more!
Trustocity
(Boston, baby)
Posted: Mar 18, 2005 - 08:20
 
aharamanx wrote:
Mose !! Many thanks to the WAY cool person who uploaded this one !! I've still got his "Wild Man on the Loose" LP (1965) and it's excellent !! Mose Allison is one of a kind, very much a hidden treasure in the jazz world.

I agree, mostly with the emoticons. The words are right, but the emoticon selection was stellar.
54-40
(Page C-18)
Posted: Mar 03, 2005 - 14:22
 
timandjuliet wrote:
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Oh yeah. You understand my sweets.

timandjuliet
(Colorado, USA)
Posted: Mar 03, 2005 - 14:22
 
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diane
(seacoast, nh, usa)
Posted: Feb 16, 2005 - 20:32
 
Hmmmm... Sticking to one note, he was on pitch. But little jumps about the octave apparently just weren't on his plate that day.
redeyespy
(SoFL)
Posted: Dec 19, 2004 - 19:53
 
Excellent!
bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Dec 05, 2004 - 02:04
 
mose gets a 10 for being mose.
guitarwhisperer
(Outside Boston, MA)
Posted: Nov 05, 2004 - 12:23
 
More Mose -- nobody cooler, every white boy roots player wishes they could be him!
phhht
(Berkeley flats)
Posted: Oct 21, 2004 - 21:17
 
aharamanx wrote:
Many thanks to the WAY cool person who uploaded this one !! .


Um - - You're welcome. Have you heard Parchman Farm? No sale with the listener-reviewers, alas.