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R.I.P. Mose Allison

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R.I.P. Mose Allison
« on: 15 Nov 2016, 11:00 pm »
Born in Tippo, Miss., Mose died Tuesday morning at his home in Hilton Head, S.C., after celebrating his 89th birthday last Friday. He died of natural causes.
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LesterSleepsIn

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Re: R.I.P. Mose Allison
« Reply #1 on: 15 Nov 2016, 11:16 pm »
Ah, CRAP!

Man, this cursed year can't end soon enough.
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« Reply #2 on: 16 Nov 2016, 01:25 am »
It sure has been an awful year that way
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« Reply #3 on: 16 Nov 2016, 01:44 am »
I just heard that from Cathy Stabulus - her dad was Moses' drummer when she was a little girl.
Terrible news and right after Leon Russell's death, too.
RIP, Mr. Allison, you were one of the greats.
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« Reply #4 on: 16 Nov 2016, 02:53 am »
Just saw it on the NYT. He lived a long life, was an original ('if silence was golden you couldn't raise a dime') and yes, it does seem to be a bad year for musicians I love. Time waits for no one. But let's remember he did just celebrate 89 years - we all should be so lucky. 
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« Reply #5 on: 16 Nov 2016, 03:38 am »
he defined the 'cool cat' jazz guy. Thanks for the memories Mose.
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« Reply #6 on: 16 Nov 2016, 03:33 pm »
Ah, bummer. Such a talented songwriter and performer. Sad. Days ago my favorite R&R piano player (Leon Russell), and now this terrific jazzy/bluesy gent. Two unique icons gone in the same month. Neither to ever be duplicated.
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JakeJ

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« Reply #7 on: 16 Nov 2016, 05:58 pm »
More sad news.  RIP Mose Allison, thanks for all the great music.
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Re: R.I.P. Mose Allison
« Reply #8 on: 16 Nov 2016, 06:25 pm »
RIP Mose
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« Reply #9 on: 16 Nov 2016, 07:04 pm »
I've been a fan most of my life. I still have, and play, Back Country Suite and Local Color which I bought - in mono - in 1958. We are losing too many great ones this year including wonderful poets like Leonard Cohen. Mose was a fine, sardonic lyric writer and his songs became more poignant in his later years. The NYT printed one of his last lyrics from the song "Was"

When I become was, and we become were
Will there be any sign or a trace
Of the lovely contour of your face?
And will there be someone around
With essentially my kind of sound?

RIP Mose. In my house, your sound will never be far from my turntable.
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« Reply #10 on: 16 Nov 2016, 11:46 pm »
Quote from: Delacroix on 16 Nov 2016, 02:53 am
'if silence was golden you couldn't raise a dime')
"Your mind is on vacation but your mouth is working overtime"
As great a lyricist as there is, a musician's musician and a "jazz sage", as Pete Townsend described him. Godspeed.
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charmerci

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« Reply #11 on: 16 Nov 2016, 11:54 pm »
Quote from: LesterSleepsIn on 15 Nov 2016, 11:16 pm
Ah, CRAP!

Man, this cursed year can't end soon enough.


But it's not the year at all. All the big names from the 60's and early 70's are now in their 60's-70's (McCartney is 74 - Grace Slick is 77 - Robert Plant - 68) so all the big names are getting up in the years. It's going to be a steady stream for a long time.
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Re: R.I.P. Mose Allison
« Reply #12 on: 17 Nov 2016, 03:08 am »
Saw him once with Van Morrison.  Very good stuff.
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sturgus

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« Reply #13 on: 17 Nov 2016, 04:10 am »
Not again  :(
RIP Mose you will be missed.
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JakeJ

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« Reply #14 on: 17 Nov 2016, 05:42 am »
Quote from: charmerci on 16 Nov 2016, 11:54 pm

But it's not the year at all. All the big names from the 60's and early 70's are now in their 60's-70's (McCartney is 74 - Grace Slick is 77 - Robert Plant - 68) so all the big names are getting up in the years. It's going to be a steady stream for a long time.

Too true!

Let us not dwell in sadness of their absence but rejoice in the time we had with them.  This is the far greater value.

How barren would the world have been if not for their existence?
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