Festival Hype: Mose Allison

Posted by Peter Hemminger in Stranger in the Alps

Festival season's coming up quickly, which means an absolutely ridiculous number of bands and musicians coming through town. Making your way through the glut of artists can be a bit of a chore (albeit a pretty awesome one), which is why this blog will be running mini-previews of some of the more interesting acts that'll be passing through in the next few months.

First up: Mose Allison, playing the Jazz Fest on Thursday, June 25. Though he's an accomplished pianist and vocalist in his own right, it's the covers of his songs that have really opened him up to a wider audience. He wrote this:

...which The Who turned into this:

Then there's the covers of "Parchman Farm" by Blue Cheer and John Maytall, not to mention "Eyesight to the Blind" on The Who's Tommy, and other tracks taken on by The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, The Yardbirds and who knows how many others. Everyone knows that hard rock evolved from the blues, but how often do you get to see one of the musicians who actually kicked it all off?

 

 


more in Music Previews     |     posted May 21st, 2009 at 3:08pm     

Comments: 2

bohunk wrote:

Awesome. Thanks!

on May 22nd, 2009 at 7:57pm Report Abuse

Non-member wrote:

If you can't make the Calgary gig - Mose will be performing at the Elks Lodge in Red Deer June 26. centralmusicfest.com for details

on May 25th, 2009 at 5:31pm Report Abuse


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