Album of the Week 2-8-25
Afternoon folks!
Ready? Here we go. Starting out we've got a compilation of Rufus Thomas' r&b hits, followed by albums from Jimmy Rushing and Mose Allison in the jazz/blues vein. After that there's an album of Chicago blues from the Siegel-Schwall Band. Moving on to the musical diversity section there's a double album from a band that I've been seeing at festivals and a couple of nearby gigs that features an incredible younger guitarist and band with strong hints of the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead in their playing, Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country - it's worth a listen. Finishing up we've got some serious bluegrass from Peter Rowan.
Just as a reminder, if youtube is still screwed up and the full album embed only plays the first song, click the "on youtube" link to listen to the full album.
Here 'tis:
Jimmy Rushing ~ Listen To The Blues
Mose Allison ~ Your Mind Is On Vacation
Siegel-Schwall ~ Siegel-Schwall '70
Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country ~ Reflector
Comments
Hey man...
Mose knows, just look at that vacant room in the minds of the two-faced fat cats on the cover.
That's a pretty early Peter Rowan, am I right?
Good stuff, thanks brother.
evening jtc...
heh, mose always had his finger on the pulse of society.
the peter rowan album is mid-eighties, so post old & in the way, post seatrain and back into his bluegrass roots. he did some great stuff in the eighties and nineties that got shockingly little attention, though he's always been a favorite on the festival circuit.
Thanks for the music, joe
I never really ‘got’ funk music. The Mose Allison album though, is like so cool.
Enjoy the weekend
evening janis...
heh, my favorite funk is new orleans funk - and it's probably the most "accessible" funk going. check out the meters and the dirty dozen brass band, if you feel your foot tapping or any other body parts threatening to pick themselves up and create movement - you've just "gotten" funk.
that said, mose is definitely cool.
have a great weekend!
Okay,
I'll give them a listen, and try. Can't hurt if it makes you start moving to the rhythm ; ).
I first heard this Mose Allison album in the mountains of kauai, played by a friend. It is such a great album to hear again, and again.
The dirty dozen
definitely got me, thank you.
I've posted this before. Could it be considered ska-funk?