One More Song From the Venerable Mose Allison

We are so excited by Mose Allison’s upcoming OA appearance in Clarksdale, Mississippi (this Saturday, July 10!) that we can’t resist sharing one more song from his latest release, which, in our last web updating, we called: "a testament to his enduring hipness."

 Mose Allison: THE WAY OF THE WORLD

What happens when you put jazz hepcat Mose Allison in the studio with Joe Henry, producer extraordinaire? Dream fulfillment. THE WAY OF THE WORLD, Allison’s first album in over twelve years, isn’t a reprisal of his earlier work; it is, conversely, a testament to his enduring hipness. The author of “Young Man’s Blues,” the song famously covered by The Who, asserts his moxie in the album’s opening lines: “My brain is always ticking as long as I’m alive and kicking.” “My Brain,” a zany reworking of the Willie Dixon classic “My Babe,” typifies the album’s winning combo of West Coast cool and Southern raffishness. (ANTI-, 2010) —BS

Hear this! "My Brain" by Mose Allison

Hear this! "This New Situation" by Mose Allison