He’s categorized as a jazz musician, but he also played the blues and all sorts of things. His best-known song is probably “Young Man Blues,” which the Who performed on Live at Leeds. His “Parchman Farm”* is a kick in the teeth.
*Adapted from a Bukka White song.
The Curse of 2016 continues. Well, he had a good long life. Saw him perform, back in the last century.
Oh man - I love Mose. The second CD with Parchman Farm and Crepuscular Air, called Local Color, is just amazing. Track 4 Mojo Woman is playing in my brain.
Thank you thank you Mose.
Fuck 2016
Mojo Woman: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc1-chG96wE
A fun, lyrical blues. About a minute in he starts his solo. Man, what phrasing. Minimal, melodic. And what a lick vocabulary. He has so many little bits that string together so well. Damn.
Ohhhhhh KAY.
I am SO DONE with 2016.
I love Parchman Farm - went back and listened to it. The rim shot drum hit that comes at the end of each cycle of the piano riff was hypnotic to me when I listened to it when I first got the CD. Tried to slap my thigh along with it and feel the groove. Such simple instrumentation that delivers a fun, kinda-off groove.
It is a track covered on the John Mayall featuring Eric Clapton “Beano” album. Mose’s is so much better.
I was introduced to him watching Soundstage back in 1975.
The other act was Tom Waits. An incredible pairing!