Yesterday while writing, I had a terrible craving for Mose Allison. If you know Mose Allison's music, you know the feeling. There's a warm-weather quality about his piano playing that combines happy-as-a-lark optimism with sage simplicity, sly humor and sophisticated note choices, rhythms and lyrics. Mose grew up in Mississippi, so he has the Delta in h…
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